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Former three-division world boxing champion Vasiliy Lomachenko will attempt to become champion again on Saturday when he faces George Kambosos Jr. for the vacant IBF lightweight title. The 12-round boxing main event headlines the Lomachenko vs. Kambosos fight card (8 p.m. ET) at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. The title is vacant because it was vacated by former unified lightweight champion Devin Haney, who vacated all four major belts before moving up to junior welterweight. Coincidentally, Lomachenko hasn’t fought since losing a hard-fought decision last May against Haney for the unified lightweight title that Haney won by defeating Kambosos. Kambosos is coming off a majority decision win against Maxi Hughes last July.
Lomachenko is a -650 favorite (risk $650 to win $100), while Kambosos is +450 in the latest Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos Jr. odds. The over/under for total rounds is 10.5, with the Over shaded to -310. Before locking in any George Kombosos Jr. vs. Vasiliy Lomachenko, be sure to see boxing predictions and betting advice from SportsLine expert Brandon Wise.
Wise, who is combat sports editor for CBS Sports, is an experienced boxing and mixed martial arts analyst who has consistently provided winning picks for SportsLine members. Over the past four years, he has made countless boxing picks in important fights.
For example, in March, Wise called a first-round win for Jake Paul (+200) against Ryan Bourland and also advised SportsLine members to take the Under 1.5 (+120) rounds. Both bets were right when Paul knocked him out at the end of the first round. Anyone who has followed Wise’s combat sports choices has seen massive returns.
Now, with Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. George Kambosos Jr. on deck, Wise has studied the matchup from every angle and released confident picks for the fight. You can only see these picks on SportsLine.
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Lomachenko (17-3) is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and is widely considered one of the most prolific amateur boxers in the history of the sport. Since then, the 36-year-old Ukrainian has become one of the best professional boxers of this generation. In a rarity in boxing, and on the strength of his colossal amateur career, Lomachenko was fast-tracked into a title fight in just his second professional appearance and won the vacant WBO featherweight title in his third professional fight with a majority decision over Gary Russell Jr. in June 2014.
In just his 12th professional fight, Lomachenko won the title in his third weight class, but became something of a polarizing star in the sport. Although he became one of boxing’s dominant champions, it often seemed as if he purposefully displayed a risk-averse style that involved him doing the bare minimum to defeat defeated opponents.
His shield of invincibility was shattered when Teofimo Lopez won Lomachenko’s two major lightweight belts with a dominant unanimous decision in October 2020. However, in just his first defense, Lopez was defeated by Kambosos, an upset that many considered even greater than Lopez. Lomachenko.
Kambosos (21-2) is a straightforward fighter who is known for maximizing his somewhat limited natural talent with grit and determination, along with a touch of good luck. To illustrate the latter, his defeat over Lopez was his third straight split decision victory.
Kambosos saw his first defense result in a lopsided decision loss to Haney in June 2022, and a rematch arranged four months later yielded the same result. Haney made a very thin decision in May last year against Lomachenko, although many observers believed the Ukrainian deserved to raise his hand. See who to support here.
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