One judge gave the fight to Lopez 114-113. Kambosos won by 115-111 and 115-112 on two judges' scorecards to improve to 20-0, with 10 KOs. "I wasn't hurt," said Kambosos of the knockdown. He had to bounce back from a 10th round knockdown to earn his third split decision victory in a row. The 28-year-old Kambosos snatched the WBA, IBF and WBO belts in a close slugfest at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden that left the fighters bloodied and bruised by the end of the 12th round. Australia's George Kambosos used a high-energy attack and a stinging overhand right to become the unified lightweight boxing champion with a shocking split decision victory over Teofimo Lopez on Saturday night in New York.īoth boxers came into the fight undefeated but the heavy underdog Kambosos made sure he was the one to leave with the 135-pound straps.
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