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Newly-crowned George Kambosos Jr says he wants his next fight to be back home in Australia, and he's already named the opponent he'd like. Kambosos stunned the boxing world on Sunday with an incredible performance against the previously undefeated Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden resulting in a split decision …

After travelling all over the globe to get his title shot, George Kambosos jnr wants to defend it in Australia. And he already has an opponent in mind.

A fight Down Under in front of 80,000 fans is a very real possibility for Australia's newest world champion. Details here.

However, two of the judges scores for the first round has raised eyebrows as the cards were revealed following the bout. Generally a knockdown in boxing results in a 10-8 score in favour of the fighter who drops the opponent.

Sore loser Teofimo Lopez declared he won his fight with new Aussie world champion George Kambosos Jr, claiming he took 10 out of the 12 rounds. Lopez was a hot favourite to continue his unbeaten run but fell to the Sydneysider via split decision,

The lightweight champion’s boxing journey started when he was only 11-years-old. Self-admittedly overweight as a child, Kambosos found himself struggling to keep his fitness up while playing rugby league in Sydney’s southern suburbs.

Besides all the postponements, Lopez’s title defence has included six different proposed locations and numerous legal challenges in a soap opera build up featuring in-fighting between boxers, promoters and lawsuits.

Former NRL star turned boxer Paul Gallen has taken aim at a proposed boxing turn for reality TV star Arabella del Busso.

Paul Gallen's boxing fight with NRL star Josh Aloiai has been postponed after the Manly forward tested positive for Covid-19. The Manly forward had been preparing to fight Paul Gallen in Newcastle next month.

Paul Gallen was getting a massage this afternoon when he heard his mobile phone "buzzing like crazy" and wondered what was going on. The rugby league legend soon learned his boxing match against Josh Aloiai had been dramatically postponed due to the Manly star testing positive to COVID-19.