Comments Thread For: George Kambosos Fails To Impress, Edges Maxi Hughes With Close Majority Decision

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By Keith Idec - Maxi Hughes seemed to capitalize on the biggest opportunity of his late-blooming boxing career Saturday night. The British southpaw still lost a majority decision to former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. in their 12-round lightweight fight at FireLake Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma. England's Hughes, who sought this fight and
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Former unified and lineal lightweight world champion George Kambosos Jr. (20-2, 10 KOs) makes his Top Rank debut in a 12-round IBF world title eliminator against English southpaw Maxi Hughes (26-5-2, 5 KOs).

Kambosos is a 10-year pro who has traveled the globe in his efforts to conquer the lightweight division. In a triumph that was named ESPN’s 2021 Upset of the Year, Kambosos toppled Teofimo Lopez via split decision and captured three lightweight world titles. Following his first career setbacks in 2022, Kambosos has ambitions of reclaiming his throne, but he’ll first need to get past Hughes.

Hughes, a 33-year-old veteran hailing from the United Kingdom, debuted in the paid ranks in 2010. He lost a November 2019 showdown for the WBO European title against Liam Walsh, but rebounded impressively, winning all seven of his subsequent fights, including a 10-round decision win against then-unbeaten Kazakh standout Viktor Kotochigov in 2020. Hughes is coming off a 12-round majority decision win against former world champion Kid Galahad last September.

In the 10-round co-feature, U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis (8-0, 6 KOs) takes a seismic step up in class against Belgian contender and former European champion Francesco Patera (28-3, 10 KOs).

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Bout that time for some more boxing let’s gooo

[Brother Mouzone]

Just tuned in ..............

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Card kicking off with HW's, 18-1 Stephan Shaw vs 9-1-1 Joe Goodall

[BigZ44]

Thought Shaw won the 1st but lost the 2nd, lots of action in the second

[BigZ44]

2-1 Shaw, another entertaining rd

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Some good action in spurts. Always liked Shaw, but he’s just not as good as I use to think he could be.

[BigZ44]

2-2 with 4 to go

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Competitive scrap through 4