Ruthless Lomachenko stops Kambosos to win IBF lightweight title in Perth | Boxing

Vasiliy Lomachenko has stopped George Kambosos Jr within the eleventh spherical to win the IBF light-weight title on the RAC Enviornment in Perth, turning into a four-time world champion throughout three completely different weight courses.

The 2-time Olympic gold medalist from Ukraine returned from a year-long layoff following a controversial loss to Devin Haney to punish his opponent over 10 rounds earlier than dropping him early within the eleventh. Kambosos beat the rely however Lomachenko shortly closed it and dropped Kambosos once more with a pair of physique pictures, which prompted his nook to throw within the towel.

Lomachenko, 36, gained nearly each minute of each spherical in a masterclass efficiency earlier than 14,147 followers, outlanding Kambosos by a 175-40 margin in response to Compubox’s punch statistics.

“My plan was to regulate to my opponent,” Lomachenko mentioned after the struggle. “That is what I did within the struggle. Towards the tip of the rounds I wanted to complete robust. Within the final three rounds, I used to be looking for his physique.”

Afterward, Lomachenko addressed a mid-fight tweet from Gervonta Davis saying the pair would struggle subsequent after Davis’s struggle with Frank Martin subsequent month.

“You realize, throughout my boxing profession I’ve by no means run round and I’ve at all times taken fights,” Lomachenko mentioned. “After I relaxation a bit of bit, we are able to speak in regards to the future.”

Kambosos shot to stardom with a shocking 2021 upset of Teófimo López for the IBF, WBA and WBO light-weight titles at 135lbs, solely to lose them in a four-belt unification bout with Haney the next 12 months.

“This man is among the better of all time,” Kambosos mentioned afterward. “We tried our greatest, however he’s a superb champion. He deserves that belt. I gave it my all.

“I’m nonetheless alive, I’m nonetheless standing. I ain’t useless.”