{"id":168748,"date":"2021-12-03T02:49:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=168748"},"modified":"2021-12-04T06:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T06:01:28","slug":"us-pundits-extraordinary-kambosos-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=168748","title":{"rendered":"US pundit's extraordinary Kambosos claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Kambosos Jr<\/a>'s incredible win over Teofimo Lopez<\/a> is already being talked about as one of the best bouts in recent history – but how about of all time?<\/p>\n

The quality of the fight was enough for boxing commetator and trainer Teddy Atlas to compare it to the Rumble in the Jungle – with Kambosos playing the role of Muhammad Ali, and Lopez serving as George Foreman.<\/p>\n

"I'm not crazy – there was similarities," Atlas said on his podcast, with Kambosos as his guest.<\/p>\n

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"Ali was going into a fight as the underdog with a great puncher, intimidating guy, and a guy that he wasn't supposed to have a chance with," Atlas said to Kambosos.<\/p>\n

"You were going into the ring with a great puncher, an explosive guy, an undefeated guy, and a guy you were supposed to have no chance [against]."<\/p>\n

Atlas said that like Ali in Zaire, from the outset, Kambosos fought like a man who wasn't scared, and wasn't leaving the ring without the belt – which was key to his success.<\/p>\n

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After his win over Lopez, Kambosos referenced the advice that legendary boxing trainer Cus D'Amato gave Ali before that Foreman fight – in terms of coming forward, and showing no fear.<\/p>\n

"I really did leave no stone unturned – I checked every box," Kambosos said.<\/p>\n

"100 per cent, Muhammad Ali had no chance, no one gave him a chance against George Foreman."<\/p>\n

The advice from D'Amato – to hit Foreman with the best right you've ever delivered – led others to think he was crazy.<\/p>\n

"No one throws a right hand, in the championship fight, in the first round like that, with bad intentions. And that stuck in my mind," Kambosos said.<\/p>\n

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"I knew this kid psychologically, very emotionally [he] was too much in this fight. I said it all week I'm not taking this personal, there is no emotion attached to me, I'm here to do a job."<\/p>\n

With 15 seconds left in the first round, Kambosos saw his window to make an impact.<\/p>\n

"He came flying, guns blazing, trying to land the big shot. I saw it, I saw that mistake.<\/p>\n

"He came in heavy on that front foot, the chin was there. I said 'here's my moment, here's my Cus D'Amato moment'. I'm gonna land my right hand, I'm gonna gain my respect, I'm gonna earn my respect – and if he goes down, he goes down."<\/p>\n

Kambosos said he wasn't taking things personally, but one thing stuck with him in the lead-up; and that was the attitude from the Lopez camp that the fight could potentially be over in the first round.<\/p>\n

"I had to say it. I looked at him, and it's a beautiful moment. I said 'hey, one round, I'm still here, and I put you down.' And that's when the fight really began," he said.<\/p>\n

"I just saw his soul get taken out of him."<\/p>\n

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