This past Saturday [March 22nd] saw George Kambosos Jr. (22-3, 10 KO’s) make his Matchroom debut after signing with the promotion in November of 2024. Headlining a DAZN-broadcasted card in Australia at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Kambosos met 24-year old countryman Jake Wyllie (16-2, 15 KO’s) in the ring where he netted an expected unanimous decision (UD) win. In addition, Australian featherweight (126 lbs) champion Skye Nicolson (12-1, 1 KO’s) ended up losing her WBC title against American contender Tiara Brown (19-0, 11 KO’s) who defeated her by split-decision (SD).

Returning to super lightweight (140 lbs) for the first time in over a decade, George Kambosos was leagues ahead of Jake Wyllie ― who notably had never competed in a 12-round bout and had never made it past 8 rounds during a fight.

Faced against the vastly more experienced 31-year old Kambosos, Wyllie’s shortcomings were plain to see as Kambosos easily outboxed the younger compatriot. Despite Kambosos not largely known for having defense, he exposed Wyllie’s own shortcomings as he employed a combination of agility and solid defensive fundamentals to stifle any attack.

On the offensive side, Kambosos was easily in control as he opted to engage at mid-range, outpointing and outworking Wyllie with his jabs and counters. On the inside, Kambosos was further stifling with his clinches, asserting his physical dominance on the younger fighter to win out in most of those contests.

Though there were no impressive knockdown highlights, Kambosos was clearly the better man throughout the fight and was granted a UD win through the judges’ scores of 117-111 twice, and one score of 115-113 which did not accurately reflect Kambosos’ dominance.

Despite his victory, it is still uncertain whether Kambosos can make a career at 140 lbs. A former unified world champion at lightweight (135 lbs), Kambosos has the time to become a feared contender but finds himself in a division noted for its many talents.

With June 21st recently confirmed as the date featuring American IBF 140 lbs world champion Richardson Hitchins () defending his title against Kambosos, the upcoming bout will determine whether Kambosos can become a two-division champion again.

Undercard fights:

• Participating in the co-main event of the Matchroom card would be WBC women’s featherweight champion Skye Nicolson who faced American challenger Tiara Brown in a homecoming fight in her native country of Australia. Scheduled for 10 rounds, the two fighters were involved in a close-knit battle that notably saw Nicolson struggle as Brown adopted tactics that stifled her style.
  
  Forced to engage with Brown up close rather than boxing at a distance, Nicolson appeared uncomfortable over the 10-scheduled rounds and failed to make an impact against Brown whose disruptive tactics worked in her favor. At the end of the fight, the judges scored it a split-decision in favor of Brown through scores of 97-93, 96-94 and 94-96, culminating her to become the new WBC featherweight champion.
  
• The undercard also featured a rematch between Australian WBA bantamweight (118 lbs) champion Cherneka Johnson (17-2, 7 KO’s) and British challenger Nina Hughes (6-2, 2 KO’s). The two had faced each other in May of 2024 and saw an arguable upset occur as then-WBA champion Hughes suffered a majority decision (MD) defeat to Johnson to lose her title.
  
  Their March 22nd match saw Cherneka Johnson win again, though this time she put no doubts to the contest as the stopped Hughes in the 7th round to retain her WBA title for the first time. Now a two-division world champion ― having previously held a title at super bantamweight (122 lbs), Johnson will be looking to make good on her reclaimed position in the sport and might potentially seek to unify at 122 pounds.