THE REMATCH! Devin Haney (USA) vs George Kambosos Jr (Australia) 2 | Boxing Fight

Hey, stop, stop, stop, stop, alright? Unified is very comfortable. Watch my message. And, uh, show your brain and a great fight. It's been four months since they last met in this same city. For George Camboses Jr., he's been stewing, thinking of just one thing. Revenge for Devin Haney, he said, at 23 years old. Coming back after just four months off means I'm sharper, I'm faster, I'm stronger, and I'm gonna come out the hurt him. When you clinch, it's a part of boxing, people. You know, you disrupt the rhythm, the timing. You never allow your opponent to get going. Camboses must avoid all the clinching that Haney likes to do tonight in order to win this fight. To a better performance tonight, Camboses has done way too much talking in the first build-up, not so much in this one, but not the performance or the type of reaction we expected from a guy. Is Camboses switching from righty to lefty, trying to confuse Haney? That's interesting. For Haney, the key is the left jab. He's gotta get that left jab. Right now, he's probing with it. He's pawing with it, trying to find range. He needs to stick it just like that, not just to the head, but to the body to stop all the madness from Camboses, the switching back and forth. That would tame Camboses right in his place. What Camboses is trying to do with all that switching, what he's trying to do is he's trying to change, give different looks. He's trying to become unpredictable, but he must be careful with that switching in the wrong range because he can be off balance. He gets hit with a shot, he can go down. That's clinch number one, fellas. This is already a different fight, fellas. Camboses on the attack here at the first round. Camboses is not always confident with Devin Haney with his offense because that's what he's doing. He's waiting. Right now, he's taking initiative, trying to Ooh, nice right hand by Devin Haney, right over the top. There's that one-two now from Devin Haney once again, trying to You also don't see Haney moving very much. He's standing his ground, and he's not floating around the ring, so to your point, Bernardo, I think his sentiments are true. Nice flick jab from Camboses there. I'm trying to understand why Haney's not attacking Camboses when he switches southpaw right in front of him. Perfect opportunity. His feet are off the canvas when he switches or switches stance right in front of him. Stick from Devin Haney. Find that rhythm from the first fight. Haney's missing. He's missing the target. And I don't like that lead left hook from Haney. And Camboses can be waiting for a right hand over the top, beating that left hook. I think Haney can take more risk, fellas, in this fight than he did the first fight. He's been to Australia before. He knows. He'll allow Camboses to do what he's doing, and we don't know. He doesn't know how the judges are scoring, and he can set himself up to lose the decision. He's got to step it up little by little in this fight. And Camboses also needs to pick up his offense. A lot of movement, a lot of different angles he's giving, but he has to punch and he has to land just like that. See, Haney's now starting to time that rhythm of Camboses. He's starting to land lead left hooks and his jab more often than not. Oh, nice one-two from Devin Haney. Haney doing exactly what I was talking about. He caught Camboses in sequence as he was switching from right knee to left knee, and he caught him right in the midst of it. His neck and his head, he's allowing Devin Haney to press down on him, which is draining for a fighter. He's got to slip inside and let both hands go. He's giving up position on the inside, and he's actually tiring himself out. Clean right hand by Haney landing. Camboses was in the southpaw stance. Dang, a double right hand as Camboses was tripping over Haney's feet. Another right hand from Haney lands on Camboses' chin. Great finish to this third round from Devin Haney as Camboses tries to fire back, and he comes in head first. With trainer Chris Backus who worked his first 14 professional fights, he said they watched films of legends like Roberto Duran, Julio Cesar Chavez, fighters who lost but who came back and became legends because they were able to make excellent boxers uncomfortable in the ring, and that's what he's trying to do against the champion, Devin Haney. At mid-range, moving, switching stances, and Haney is finally starting to make him pay. Those are rehearsed movements. He's doing the same movements when he's right-handed, the same defensive movements when he's left-handed, and a smart boxer will pick that up. A sharp boxer will pick that up. 17 clinches tonight already by Haney. It's the fourth round right now. Remember, 55 clinches by him in the first fight. Nice right hand there from Haney. And, Tim, I think the big difference here is that some of those are being initiated by Camboses in this fight. See, the problem is Camboses, when he throws, he lunges forward, and then he gives his hands because he's looking to tie up because he's not looking to get caught with any shots from Haney. Camboses is best when he goes. He winds him up, and he goes. He did that against T.P. Mo Lopez, and that was a career-best performance for him. He's never going to win that battle. He has to believe in himself, see an opening, and let his hands go. Nice double left from Devon Haney. Follows up a nice right uppercut, as you see the aggressiveness here of George Camboses in round four. And he's in position, too. He's under his feet. He's always poised. Even when Camboses does that, he spins around, gets himself back in position, and he starts all over again. Well, it's a rematch, and I wouldn't expect the same exact fight. If everything that Camboses said is true, he should be better this time around, both physically and mentally. And now it's up to Haney to make those adjustments to the adjustments that Camboses has made, and the fight is still early. Haney is looking for a knockout. 54-30 so far through five. Yeah, to your point, Bernardo, he's looking for a knockout. Haney is not moving around a whole heck of a lot. He is standing his ground against Camboses. He's not being forced back in any way. And I think Haney has action to do that. I think going to the body is key, keeping the jab pumping is key, and taking advantage of these opportunities. He's a very patient fighter. He's a counterpuncher by nature, but if he's going to stop Camboses... And Haney's going to have to keep that right hand up also because Camboses is looking for that left hook. Nice combination from Haney. Nice right hook from the American. Just catching Camboses coming in as a bull. You see what happens to a fighter when he gets hit cleanly with shots. And he knows he's not winning a fight. He results back to his original self. You don't see now Camboses switching his feet and moving all crazy and erratic like he was early on. That tells you right there, that's the indicator. Good jab from Devin Haney. Another good jab. Haven't seen very many jabs to the stomach from Haney tonight. That jab setting up the right. Nice left hook there from Camboses trying to close out round 5. For Devin Haney, I spoke about the pride. He said, look, the first time I wanted to get rid of all that email champion stuff, come here and become undisputed. Now I want to be in the top 10 ESPN pound-for-pound list. But I know that that requires a dominant performance, maybe even a knockout. These are moments when Haney should be investing to the body with the jab, pot shots, looping right hands, and left hooks to the body when Camboses wants to rest. Good shot right there from Haney. And that will make those one-twos that he's landing even more potent. Big left hook there from Haney as well. Everything early on he did didn't work. Now he's dropping back to himself. Now he's running into shots from Haney. Camboses can't find any answers on getting inside and finding the proper range or the right range to land his offense on Haney. Haney told Camboses to his face at the weigh-in that you don't have any power. I don't know if he was just playing mind games or if he really believes that. That's got to be discouraging if you're George Camboses to hear something like that on the eve of your fight. I'm just going to let you know right now, when you get hit with single right hands, I'm talking about a power shot, a single right-hand power shot. My goodness, Dre, when you think about it, you're shooting a power shot. You're exposed. And now it's back to the jab show for Devin Haney here as we near the midway point of this fight. And you'll recall just how devastating that jab was to George Camboses, the last one to jab. Oh, my God. In the corner of Camboses, his father, Jim, was saying, what the F are you doing? Because he sees what we see. 83 connects for Devin Haney compared to just 39 for Camboses, who had early success, guys, but he's reverted to the first fight, and that's scary because Devin Haney is now looking to punish him. All the emotion is out the window from Camboses. All the things he told himself since the last fight in June, once you start getting hit and then you can't hit your opponent and it takes you back to that dark place that you were in that first fight, to Tim's point, you revert back to who you are. So, and I'll say it again, I think Haney has room to step it up and look for the stoppage if he wants to because he's already got the mind of Camboses. The next thing to follow is the body. Oh, what a right from Haney. Lead right hand. Pop shot from the outside. That's understanding distance. Range. It's disrespectful. Lead right hand in the middle of the ring time and time again. It's just disrespectful. Haney now, he's looking for the left hook now. You see him sitting on that front foot, pushing off that back foot, looking for the left hand. He'll stick around if you allow him to. But Haney can step it up if he wants to. That little time to bring that jab up takes too much time. And Haney is just timing it right over the top. Anytime he stepped forward, boom, shoot the right hand over the top. It's going to hit him every single time. A guy who was an obscure contender a year ago, according to the court papers, he made close to $5 million last time, a guarantee of $2 million this time. Maybe he's better off with a new trainer? I don't think so, but I got to ask again, is this a guy who's cashing out, or is this a guy who's been distracted? Well, it's a guy who's taken a lot of right hands from Devin Haney so far. And Haney said, look, Kambosis beating Teofimo was no fluke. He was surprised. I was bred to be here, and I expected this. And he expects to come out victorious, and he expects to punish Kambosis. He is punishing him. This is target practice right now. This corner needs to find some inspiration. They need to find a spark and get Kambosis throwing punches. If he poses, if he tries to look cute like he's trying to do a walk-around Haney without any answers, the same thing is going to continue to happen. He's got to let his hands go. This is about inspiration right now for Kambosis. It's not about X's and O's. It's about selling out, Dre. He's got to sell out. It's time to go for it. My message to Kambosis would be, you said you wanted your belts back. You said you were different. Now it's time to show it. You've got to back up the talk if you want to be a champion again. This fundamental boxing that Haney's putting on George Kambosis in the first fight and in the second fight. The first fight was more left-hand dominant. This fight is more right-hand dominant. But it's all the same. It's fundamental boxing. Just look at the lead hand of Kambosis. Anytime he gets ready to shoot the jab or shoot a punch, he drops that hand. Haney's just timing him right over the top. Inflammation under the left eye of George Kambosis. A mouth and irritation. Nice right hand from George Kambosis here at the close of round number eight. He only has a shot if he throws. Kambosis seeking angles to do damage. Kambosis gets the crowd on their feet here in Melbourne, Australia. There's a cut on Haney's right eye. You still won the round. Alright, we're seeing two cuts. The right eyelid of Devin Haney is cut and the right side behind the ear of George Kambosis is cut. So both fighters are now bleeding. But obviously there's more concern from the Devin Haney corner because of the location. But Dre, you talked about inspiration and this may be just the inspiration Kambosis needs. Absolutely. If the blood doesn't do it, nothing will. This should give Kambosis just what he needs, the shot in the arm that he needs to stop thinking and to start punching. But you can tell Kambosis is still overthinking every move because he doesn't want to get counted. Nice left hook from Kambosis. Did Kambosis finally find a key to some success? He finally found the safe place that Haney likes to go to. He likes to lean on that back leg. He likes to lean on the right side. And Kambosis jabbed and hooked him when he got in that position. Now's the time for Kambosis. Good shot right there. He comes back on the right of his own. The referee is doing a phenomenal job tonight, by the way. He's doing his job and staying out of the way. Look at the face of Kambosis. Mostly blood from Haney, though. And his own from the side of the head. Oh, actually, he's now cut on the left eyelid. Good catch there, Tim. Oh, big right hand from Devin Haney. And that cut was probably caused by the first right hand that Haney landed in this round, and now he's doubling up following with the left hook. Kambosis talking to him. Kambosis, the Spartan warrior with a good finish there at the end of round nine, but it was the two big right hands that Devin Haney landed that really made a big difference there in that ninth round. 200 jabs landed compared to 20 of 88 for Kambosis. And guys, there's always been a comparison with Devin Haney and Floyd Mayweather Jr. But a lot of people said he fights like Pretty Boy Floyd. Tonight, I see more of Pretty Boy Floyd than I do the Money Mayweather. And that's a good thing in terms of the description for Devin Haney. I think Haney's been somewhat of a chameleon tonight. Whatever he needed to be, that's what he's been. When he needs to be aggressive, he gets aggressive. When he's allowed to box, he boxes. We're seeing a more aggressive Haney right here. I think he's doing what an undisputed champion is supposed to do. He's trying to defend his belt. He's looking for a knockout, fellas. Now it's a combination of Devin Haney, the right followed by a left. And that blood waking your opponent up was both ways. May be hurt. His legs are leaving him. Time for Haney to switch up the cadence. Throwing combinations for him. Devin Haney doing what he said he would do. He needs to stop the loading up though, Bernardo, and just let those hands go. Switch up the cadence. Throw combinations instead of one or two hard shots at a time. He's got to go down to the body. There's a big right hand. That's over the ear. Haney finding a home for his shots here in an impressive 10th round. And here comes Kambosis trying to answer. Kambosis is ready to go. He just needs help. Still dangerous. He'll throw a big shot that you have to look out for, but he's discouraged, he's beat up, and he's ready to go. Ooh, another left hook from Devin Haney lands on the chin of Kambosis who's proving to take a good shot here. It's tough because any time Kambosis lands a good shot, Haney takes it well and answers right away. My goodness. Ooh, nice right hand from George Kambosis. Caught Devin Haney overcommitting here at the end of round number 10. George Kambosis coming over to be checked out by the Fight Doctor because at the end of that 10th round, his face was crimson. It was a crimson mask. And that's because Devin Haney has landed 169 to his 65 punches. 96 of those power punches compared to 42 power shots from George Kambosis who is going to have to do something beyond special. In the 10th round, it was 34 to 1 in favor of Devin Haney. If Haney had a body attack in this fight, along with those clean head shots that he's landed, then Kambosis may be out of it by now. And if Haney had more punching power, this fight should have been over a long time ago. He doesn't have the one-hitter quitter, but he's an accumulative puncher, but if the body was mixed in with those clean head shots, I think it would do the job. I understand that, because I wasn't a prolific power puncher. You know, I didn't have a whole lot of punching powers. And I would have to beat on guys. That's why I didn't have many knockouts. But I'm just saying, if he had that one-punch knockout power, this fight would have been over a long time ago. He has that long right. But having the lack of punching power, see, that's allowing Kambosis to still be around. And that's just it. That's all I'm talking about. But to your point, Dre, if he goes down to the body and weakens him even more, then he has a chance in knocking out Kambosis. Good little body shot right there from Kambosis. Just too far and too in between. Tried to sneak him upstairs, hit that overhand right, Kambosis did. Tried to throw the jab to the stomach and the overhand right to the head. That was partially blocked. Something Mayweather, to your point, Bernardo, something Mayweather used, that lead forearm to frame shots. Put punches up on a pedestal. Put that head up on a pedestal. That's what Kambosis needed at least four or five, six times per round. Kevin Haney, once again, whenever he gets an opportunity, he makes sure Kambosis pays. And those clean shots is what takes Kambosis back to that psychological dark place where he stops believing he can win. Big right to close out the round from Kambosis. 12th and final round, Devin Haney told me, people underestimate my power. If Kambosis could have been aggressive that first fight, he would have been. He felt my pop. Maybe it's not knockout power, guys, but it's respectable and Kambosis' face shows the wear after what Devin Haney has done throughout the first 11 rounds. Often, and that's fine, but there's different types of power in this game, and Devin Haney has stunning power at times. George Kambosis will throw caution to the wind and throw whatever he wanted to throw without fear of getting hit. Something is making Kambosis think two or three times before he opens up. Kambosis is right in his grill right now. I can tell you that much. Again, I'm noticing that Haney, he fights to the moment. It's not about somebody's fight to the level of the opposition. Haney fights to the moment. You know, the last time out, everybody said he was boring, he wasn't entertaining. You know, it was a White Watch performance. He dominated the fight. Now he's standing his ground. He's looking for the knockout. He didn't bag up a whole heck of a lot. You know, he's holding still or tying up, I should say, or clinching. I think a better fight this time around, a more entertaining fight. Into thinking you didn't dominate the first one and create new ways to go through the same thing all over again. Very, very difficult to do a repeat. Good counter right hand from Devin Haney right there. But the crazy part is, Dre, he is dominating still, but just in a different fashion. I mean, I'm saying to get to this point, it's hard. It's hard to do what he's doing again for the second time. You ain't lying about that. Not to mention, he's the champion in the Challengers home country, which is unheard of. Never been done before. That's the deal that he had to take in order to get the fight. Never been done before. You win an undisputed championship overseas and then you defend the title overseas. First time, 23-year-old Devin Haney. Devin Haney told me that moment was too big for Cambosis and he said, I am 23 years old. I came to his hometown. I won the title. Came across the world. It wasn't too big for me because this is where I was meant to be. This is what I was meant to do and this is what I will continue to be. The undisputed, lightweight champion of the world. Devin Haney celebrates what he feels will be a successful first defense of his title. Could you please show some appreciation for these two fighters? What a war! After 12 rounds of world championship lightweight boxing action, we go to the judges to score cards for a decision. Lesnik Jankowiak scores the competition 119-109. Manuel Oliver Palamo 118-110. Craig Metcalf, 118-110. For your winner by unanimous decision, and still the unified lightweight champion of the world, Devin the Dream Haney!