Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr are finally set to officially announce their upcoming lightweight title fight, with a June 5 pay-per-view date in Miami expected to be made official today at a Triller Fight Club press conference.
Lopez (16-0, 12 KO) will be defending his WBA, IBF, and WBO lightweight Lopez vs Kambosos live titles against IBF mandatory challenger Kambosos (19-0, 10 KO), a heavy underdog from Australia. The fight is most notable, perhaps, for the shock purse bid result, where Triller drastically out-bid Matchroom Boxing and Lopez’s promoter Top Rank, potentially setting off a domino effect for Lopez’s career depending on the success of this event. We’ll also reportedly be seeing Evander Holyfield and Kevin McBride in an eight-round exhibition on the show and there could be further card announcements made today, too, which could be any number of things given how the Triller operation is working so far.
Teofimo Lopez will square off against George Kambosos Jnr on Saturday 5th June 2021 in the United States. The fight will take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which means the weight limit will be 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG). This contest is for the undisputed lightweight championship of the world, with the The Ring, IBF, WBA & WBC belts on the line. The undercard is set to feature the clash of Holyfield vs McBride. Teofimo Lopez steps into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out. George Kambosos Jnr will make his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 0 draws, Lopez vs Kambosos live stream with 10 of those by knock out. The stats suggest Lopez has a large advantage in power over Kambosos Jnr, boosting at 75% knock out percentage over Kambosos Jnr's 53%. Teofimo Lopez is the younger man by 4 years, at 23 years old. Kambosos Jnr has a height advantage of 1 inch over Lopez. Despite this, he has 1-inch reach advantage. Both Teofimo Lopez & George Kambosos Jnr fight out of an orthodox stance. Lopez is the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 year and 5 months later than Kambosos Jnr, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He has fought 46 less professional rounds, 72 to Kambosos Jnr's 118. George Kambosos Jnr is currently ranked number 10 by the WBA, 11 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO, 1 by the IBF and 8 by the RING in the 135lb division.