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TUNNEL VISION

THERE’S a crackle down the phone line as George Kambosos Jnr speaks. A snap of interference seems to flicker sporadically, as if a spiteful pulse of energy transmits each time his opponent’s name is mentioned.

“We’re in a war zone right now, in preparation, and we’re coming to win this fight by any means necessary,” he tells Boxing News.

On Saturday night in Miami, Florida, Kambosos Jnr will embark upon a huge challenge when he takes on Teofimo Lopez for the world lightweight title. It’s an event the magnitude of which he’s never before experienced, and yet Kambosos Jnr says he feels perfectly at home under the bright lights, buoyed both by the experience of fighting around the world and

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