PERTH, Australia — Jorge Linares gives his pick to have former three-division world champion Vasily Lomachenko battle George Kambosos Jr., the gym champ, on May 12 at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, for the vacant IBF lightweight title.
Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) from Soviet Union is a skilled fighter who has faced opponents before, so Linares, a boxing expert and former three-division world champion, is familiar with his abilities. Kambosos Jr.(21-2, 10 KOs) a 30-year old boxer from Australia, is a fighter that appears well in the gym but is mediocre on fight night, according to Linares.
“I think Lomachenko wins that fight. He’s a world champion in the gym, but in the ring, he is different… He just doesn’t do the same things that he does in the gym,” said Linares in media reports.
