Undisputed lightweight world champion Devin “The Dream” Haney will return to face George Kambosos Jr., in a fight that is just as much a business deal as it is a sport.
For Haney to get the bout, Kambosos Jnr, had a rematch clause in which Haney had to fight him in Australia, again. The bout which takes place Sunday afternoon (Saturday evening prime time in the U.S.) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, will see Haney look to defend all four of his world titles against the man he beat to become undisputed - Kambosos.
“We've definitely made some adjustments, learned from the first fight. Obviously, we all know he's going to come with a different game plan. The same things that worked in the first fight may not work as good in the second fight, so we're preparing for it all,” said Haney. ”We just have to see how the fight plays out. We're prepared to win by any means necessary, so that's our main focus is winning. If a knockout comes, then it comes, but my main focus is winning.”
The anticipation is not the same for the second fight, as the first one was marked on everyone’s calendar, the second has been muted - even stemming from Kambosos Jnr., who has changed his demeanor completely heading into this fight.
"He definitely should've been humbled, but at the end of the day, his head got big. It got to his head,” Haney stated as to the more quiet nature of Kambosos heading into their second fight. He's making up every excuse in the book. He said he wasn't going to, but now they're saying I was holding, it was this, it was that. Whatever you want to say, he can keep saying it. The talk doesn't matter. I'm going to go in there and do what I'm going to do regardless. No matter what referee is in there, no matter where the fight is at, it doesn't matter."
Haney-Kambosos 2 will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m PT.
