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George Kambosos Jr overcomes tough Jake Wyllie in successful homecoming fight
George Kambosos Jr had a successful homecoming in Sydney where he beat fellow Australian Jake Wyllie by unanimous decision.
Wyllie was brought in to face Kambosos on five days' notice after Daud Yordan was forced to withdraw due to medical reasons, and Wyllie gave a good account of himself.
Taking the centre of the ring, Wyllie frequently attempted to back up the former unified lightweight champion, but in the final minute of the opening round Kambosos got to work, landing a body shot before a one-two which rocked his opponent.
This did not deter Wyllie from throwing shots as he looked to establish the jab in round two and combat Kambosos' lightning quick punches, especially his left hooks which were hitting his opponent with ease.
Kambosos' activity began to slowly decrease as the fight progressed which opened the door for Wyllie to grow into the contest.
Round six saw Wyllie land two successive right hands as Kambosos looked to wrestle back momentum.
Blood began to trickle down the face of Kambosos in the ninth after an accidental clash of heads, but he powered through with a successful left hook and uppercut the highlights.
The high punch speed which was prevalent earlier from Kambosos returned for the tenth round onwards as he looked to seal a win on the scorecards.
Wyllie however continued to come forward and briefly stunned Kambosos in round eleven with a left hook.
When the twelfth and final round came to a close, there were a lot of impressed onlookers considering Wyllie managed to hold his own against 'Ferocious' and even had stages where he was on top.
With scores of 117-111, 117-111 and 115-113, Kambosos was declared the winner, and now has IBF super lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins in his sights for a fight later this year.
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