Fight Day Media Hub: Lomachenko vs. Kambosos

The former pound-for-pound ring king, Vasiliy Lomachenko, hopes to return to championship glory. Lomachenko will face former unified world champion George Kambosos Jr. for the vacant IBF lightweight world title TODAY at RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs), a three-weight world champion and former unified lightweight king, returns following his close call against then-undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney last May. Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs), who lost a pair of undisputed bids to Haney on Australian soil in 2022, defeated Maxi Hughes last July in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

In a world championship special attraction, just before the main event, Great Britain’s WBA bantamweight world champion Nina Hughes (6-0, 2 KOs) makes her second world title defense against Australian former world champion Cherneka Johnson (15-2, 6 KOs).

The ESPN-televised broadcast kicks off with the return of Andrew Moloney (26-3, 16 KOs), who takes on Mexican former world champion Pedro Guevara (41-4-1, 22 KOs) for the vacant WBC Interim junior bantamweight championship.

Lomachenko-Kambosos, Hughes-Johnson and Moloney-Guevara will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes & ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.