George Kambosos Jr. faces short-notice opponent Jake Wyllie live on DAZN from Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, on March 22. The pair square off in the scheduled 12-round main event bout at super lightweight.
Former unified lightweight champion Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) makes his hometown ring appearance following a defeat via 11th-round TKO against Ukraine’s Vasyl Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) for the vacant IBF 135-pound title last May. Wyllie (16-1, 15 KOs), of Everton Park, Queensland, took the fight on a few days’ notice, replacing Daud Yordan (43-4, 31 KOs) of Indonesia.
In the 12-round co-main event, Skye Nicolson (12-0, 1 KO) of Australia makes the third defense of her WBC featherweight title against Tiara Brown (18-0, 11 KOs) of Fort Myers, Florida. Also on the card is a six-round heavyweight contest between Teremoana Jnr (6-0, 6 KOs) of Australia and James Singh (12-5, 11 KOs) of Fiji.
As well, current WBC bantamweight champion Cherneka Johnson (16-2, 6 KOs) of New Zealand and former champion Nina Hughes (6-1) of England meet in an immediate rematch. Johnson won their first fight last May, dethroning Hughes by majority decision.
The telecast opener is a 10-round light heavyweight matchup between Sydney-based Imam Khataev (9-0, 9 KOs) and Durval Elias Palacio (14-3, 11 KOs) of Argentina.
George Kambosos Jr vs Jake Wyllie results
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Main card
- George Kambosos Jr def. Jake Wyllie by unanimous decision (117-111, 115-113, 117-111) | See photos
- Tiara Brown def. Skye Nicolson by split decision (96-94, 97-93, 94-96)
- Teremoana Jnr def. James Singh by TKO (R1, 2:12)
- Cherneka Johnson def. Nina Hughes by TKO (R7, 0:46)
- Imam Khataev def. Durval Elias Palacio by unanimous decision (99-89, 99-89, 98-90)
Undercard
- Hemi Ahio def. Aekkaphob Auraiwan by TKO (R1)
- Jayden Buan def. Jordan Kasilieris by unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 39-37)