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Mike Coppinger ESPN
George Cambosos Jr. puts his WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC lightweight franchise titles against WBC champion Devin Haney on Saturday at the top event of the Top Rank card at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia (21:00 ET on ESPN / ESPN + with preliminary meetings at 7:30 ESPN +).
Cambosos (20-0, 10 KOs) won his title against Teofimo Lopez Jr. with a unanimous decision in a major disorder in November. He had to face Vasily Lomachenko, but Lomachenko decided to stay in his native Ukraine after the Russian invasion, and Hani received the call.
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Battle in progress: George Cambosos Jr. vs. Devin Haney, 12 rounds, for the undisputed lightweight title
The battle is next!
Legendary ring announcer Michael Buffer presents fighters. First Haney, then Cambosos.
Devin Haney is already in the ring. George Cambosos Jr. makes his way around the flags of Australia and Greece.
Results:
Moloney stopped Palicte with a brutal technical knockout in the third round
Jason Moloney, after four battles in the state, returned to Australia with a statement.
The 31-year-old scored a technical knockout in the third round of Aston Palikte in a battle in the legal category, the battle for the main support of George Cambosos Jr. against Devin Haney.
Moloney (24-2, 19 KOs) overtook Palicte with a short right hand before a series of punches led referee Ignatius Misailidis to intervene when Palicte fell for the second time. The stop was 2:35.
Andrew Moloney’s twin brother, who also had to compete with this card, Jason Moloney was ranked No. 7 by ESPN in the lightweight category. The victory was the third in a row for Moloney after losing by knockout in the seventh round to United Champion Naoya Inoue in 2020.
Palikte (28-5-1, 23 KOs), 31, from the Philippines, lost for the third time in six matches.
Brown scored a mandatory knockout in the first round over the Fa
Lucas Brown, 43, achieved a stunning technical knockout result in the first round of the Junior Fa heavyweight division.
Brown, an Australian, sent the Fa to crash on the mat with his right hand over his ear, then finished the Fa with his other right hand on his head.
Brown (31-3, 27 KO) achieved the biggest victory of his career in 2016, when he scored a technical knockout in the 10th round of a faded version of Ruslan Chagaev, but has since lost three distance fights, including a technical knockout in the first round last year of journeyman Paul Galen.
Fa (19-2, 10 KO), a 32-year-old from New Zealand, is competing for the first time since rejecting his decision to former heavyweight title holder Joseph Parker in February 2021.
Nicholas and Higgins fight for equality
Junior middleweight Lachlan Higgins, left, and Terry Nicholas battled it out in a six-round tie. Mikey Williams / Top Rank Inc via Getty Images
Lachlan Higgins and Terry Nicholas fought for a draw with a majority in a 6-round middleweight bout.
One referee marked the match for Higgins, 58-56, but was overturned by a double score of 57-57.
Higgins (7-4-2, 2 KOs) and Nicholas (2-1-1, 2 KOs) took part in an exciting battle between two local fighters from Australia, but could not bring out a winner. The match was the last preliminary match before the start of the main card.
Robertson won his debut in the flyweight category
Tyla Robertson, right, strikes Sarah Higginson during their flyweight bout. Queen Rooney / Getty Images
In a five-round women’s flyweight bout, Tayla Robertson improved to 5-1 (by 1 knockout) with a unanimous decision against Sarah Higginson. All three referees scored 50-45. It was Robertson’s first fight at £ 112.
Robertson, a 24-year-old Australian, will fight again in 10 days in her homeland. Meanwhile, Higginson lost for the first time as a pro, falling to 3-1-1, 1 KO.
Angeloni dominated Aitken in his professional debut
Joel Angeloni made his professional debut with a unanimous victory over Ken Aitken in a semi-middleweight bout of four rounds.
The 18-year-old was forced to fight an unpleasant wound to his left eye after a head-on collision. He was a member of the Cuban national youth team before continuing his amateur career in Italy, where he now lives.
Angeloni, who was encouraged by Lou DiBella, won 39-37, 39-37 and 40-36. Atken (3-1, 1 KO) suffered the first defeat of his career.
Junior lightweight Pom Tanaut Fetkum defeated Hussein Fayyad by a unanimous decision of 40-36, 40-36 and 40-36.
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