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George Kambosos says distractions starring into his archetypal combat against Devin Haney acceptable him disconnected people but his underdog presumption for the rematch with the American has him successful acquainted territory.
Haney near Australia undisputed champion aft their 12-round June fight astatine Marvel Stadium- the archetypal antheral to unify the lightweight part successful the four-belt era.
This clip the brace volition quadrate disconnected successful the overmuch smaller Rod Laver Arena which Kambosos says is close up his alley and akin to the country astatine Madison Square Garden wherever helium defeated Teofimo Lopez.
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But that's wherever comparisons to the Lopez combat request to extremity according to the Sydney fighter, who believes portion of his undoing successful their archetypal clash was that his mindset had not changed adjacent though his hostile had.
"After the Lopez combat I had reached specified a large high, the ego and the pridefulness wanted to pursuit the bigger food similar Haney and Lomachenko," Kambosos told Wide World of Sports.
"You've got to beryllium physically and mentally zoned successful connected the infinitesimal of the idiosyncratic you're fighting. I benignant of went into that combat similar I was warring Lopez again.
"I could spot (on tape) the mode I was trying to acceptable shots up for immoderate crushed I was warring similar I was warring Lopez again. My mindset, my absorption is I'm warring Haney now."
This clip astir Kambosos has been quiescent but not truthful shy down the scenes arsenic his begetter Jim Kambosos lobbied for a referee that would beryllium much conducive to a escaped flowing fight.
The archetypal combat reportedly had 59 clinches that robbed the contention of the amusement promoters promised. Kambosos refused to sanction the authoritative successful the ring, but said that his begetter had worked hard down the scenes to unafraid the close referee and helium was pleased with the selection.
As for his mentation for the rematch, the erstwhile champion says it has been wholly antithetic considering helium hasn't gone astir trying to merchantability the lawsuit similar helium did past time.
Kambosos considered taking his grooming campy to the Philippines but alternatively sent his household distant to sojourn extended household successful Portugal and moved into his Mortdale gym. Nights were spent going implicit imaginativeness of the fight. Watching erstwhile champions. He said helium feels little drained this clip around.
"Sometimes arsenic a champion, the feline that the full of Australia fell successful emotion with connected beforehand and backmost pages, successful magazines - my clip management, my rest, the small things of remainder and eating everything 110 per cent close [suffer]," Kambosos said.
"When I travel into the gym I'm not exhausted from doing different commitments I'm putting in. Don't get maine incorrect nary excuses I prepared highly good for the past fight.
"But it was the small things and the crippled plans weren't 110 per cent. The crippled program we enactment unneurotic was not right. But this clip we volition beryllium close and we're acceptable to daze the world.
"I've stayed low-key. I've stayed distant from immoderate antagonistic vigor and immoderate radical privation to speech astir I've blocked it each out.
"All that matters is 99.9 per cent of radical can't leap wrong that ringing and 99.9 per cent of radical cannot execute thing I've achieved. If I retired close present nary of these guys could person achieved what I've achieved."
The Greek-Australian has kept his basal successful Melbourne a concealed and has besides reunited with his archetypal trainer Chris Bakis.
American trainer Javiel Centeno was the antheral down Kambosos' upset implicit Lopez but it's understood helium wanted Kambosos to bid successful the US for this combat portion Kambosos wanted to enactment successful Australia, starring to the Aussie to scope retired to Bakis.
Bakis was successful the Sydneysider's country for the archetypal 14 fights of his vocation that saw him assertion the Australian and Oceania lightweight titles.
"I've gone backmost to the roots gone backmost to the aged schoolhouse and what got you there. When you get to the apical sometimes you hide what got you determination and much focused connected different things. I went backmost to the roots of "Ferocious' not "The Emperor' he's finished," Kambosos said.
"I cognize that helium cannot wounded me, not 1 bit. He had the accidental to wounded maine but helium couldn't. Yeah I had a fewer scratches connected the face, large deal. Knowing that and going into this combat close present I cognize I'm going to win.
"I'm backmost to what I've been and positive more. I've reached the apical of the upland with each that hard work. Yeah I mislaid them (the belts) but I'll get them backmost successful 36 minutes oregon less.
"A batch of radical person forgotten astir what I've done successful my career. the 20 wins, the fights overseas with erstwhile champions. I haven't done excessively overmuch talking this time, I'm going to bash it travel October 16.
"For the radical that person turned distant from me, the radical that person jumped connected and disconnected due to the fact that a feline won the rubric past had a atrocious time his adjacent fight, those guys are going to devour their words."
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