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Is George Kambosos Jr. Greek? Nationality, Ethnicity, and Religion

Published 06/04/2022, 10:00 AM EDT

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George Kambosos Jr. is the current WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring lightweight champion in boxing. At age 28, ‘Ferocious’ is the pride of Australia and one of the biggest stars in combat sports events. On June 4, inside the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, Kambosos Jr. will walk into the ring and face the unbeaten and young Devin Haney.

Five titles, all four of Kambosos’ and the one held by Haney will be laid out on the line. Undoubtedly, this will be the biggest boxing event Australia has ever seen.

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Kambosos Jr. made his professional debut in the year 2013. For the past nine years in the sport, he’s had twenty professional fights. Still undefeated, ‘Ferocious’ now holds a professional record of 20 wins, of which 10 comes via knockouts. Ahead of George Kambosos Jr. vs. Devin Haney, here is a look at some interesting facts about the reigning and defending WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and The Ring lightweight champion.

Which ethnicity does George Kambosos come from?

George Kambosos Jr. started his amateur boxing career in 2008 and continued until 2013. The super lightweight division was where he fought. He is an orthodox fighter, and during his amateur days had twelve fights. Kambosos Jr. won six matches and lost the other six fights.

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‘Ferocious’ lives in Australia and on Saturday, he will fight out of Sydney, New South Wales. The champion was born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales, and so his nationality is Australian. However, according to sources, he is of Greek descent.

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What are George Kambosos’ spiritual beliefs?

George Kambosos’ zodiac sign is Gemini and his ruling planet is Mercury. In addition, Kambosos Jr. was born on a Monday, and according to his statements at the Haney weigh-in, he seems to believe in the philosophy of Sun Tzu expressed in The Art of War.

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Other than that, there is hardly any reliable data available in the public domain.

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Who are George Kambosos’ parents?

The present unified world lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. was born on June 14, 1993. His father’s name is Jim Kambosos, and he is also the manager of his son.

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Apart from that, there is no reliable data available concerning Kambosos’ family and personal life.

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Samrat Sardar

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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Vibhanshu Kumar