Drama and ‘deception’ as Kambosos weighs in heavy for lightweight blockbuster

The unification world title fight between George Kambosos Jr and American Devin Haney will proceed on Sunday after the Australian dramatically made the weight at the second time of asking.

In chaotic and explosive scenes at Margaret Court Arena, Kambosos initially missed the 135lb limit for the lightweight blockbuster, hitting the scales at 135.36 pounds.

But he returned 70 minutes later after a hot shower and “a piss” at 134.46 pounds to keep alive his dreams of becoming the first boxer in the 18-year four-belt era to unify the lightweight division. Kambosos then raised his arms in triumph and gestured a throat-slit towards Team Haney.

“Changes nothing. It changes his mindset now. Trust me. Art of war. Deception,” Kambosos said. “Bring it on. More than ready. Let’s go. Let them believe that (a mistake). Everything is for a cause, for a process. Trust me, tomorrow, just be there.”

Looking to defend his three world title belts and take Haney’s WBC strap, Kambosos even removed all of his clothing as two guards tried to shield him from cameras with towels, but was still over the limit on his first weigh-in attempt.

“Maybe I did it on purpose,” Kambosos said before explaining how he made the weight the second time. “I took a piss, simple as that,” he said. “I chilled out. I was about to have a Greek coffee, but now that I have made weight, I will have a Greek coffee.”

Amid high drama and raucous support for the Sydney lightweight champion who draws inspiration from a childhood being bullied for being overweight, former champion Jeff Fenech labelled the miss “unprofessional”. However, he said it wouldn’t take long for Kambosos to get under the limit.

“He’ll have a little sauna and a skip, it’s not much weight, he’ll make it,”