Shawnee, OK – In an IBF lightweight eliminator, with the IBO title at stake, George Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) struggled to win a twelve round majority decision over Maxi Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KOs).
The scores were 114-114, 117-111 and 115-113.
Kambosos was having a lot of trouble with the southpaw style of Hughes in the first half of the fight. In the fifth round, Hughes had a big round, with a punch that opened up a cut above the right eye of Kambosos. A clash of heads in the sixth would open up a cut on Hughes.
Kambosos was starting to rally during the seventh and eighth, with his left hand. Hugh was still making things tough with his style and counter-punching ability. The tenth was close, with Kambosos starting to find his range and then Hughes closing well with his counters.
In the eleventh and twelfth, it was close action with neither guy having a big advantage. For most of the final round, neither fighter threw nor landed much of anything until the final thirty seconds.
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