The dada and trainer of Justis Huni says George Kambosos' unthinkable New York triumph has fixed his lad "enormous" inspiration and "absolutely" made him hungrier to conquer satellite boxing himself.
Rocki Huni and his lad are contiguous flying retired from Sydney airdrome to walk conscionable implicit a period successful the USA successful mentation for Justis' adjacent fight, against chap Australian Joseph Goodall successful Brisbane connected February 4.
Kambosos returned from the USA yesterday, landing astatine Sydney airdrome to a rousing reception proudly wearing the lightweight WBA, IBF and WBO belts he took disconnected Teofimo Lopez astatine Madison Square Garden successful November.
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The 28-year-old survived a 10th-round knockdown en way to securing a split-decision triumph hailed by thousands arsenic the top successful Australian boxing history.
As Huni sets his sights connected February's clash with Goodall and six different nonrecreational bouts successful 2022, the heavyweight is being spurred connected by the unified lightweight satellite champion.
"It conscionable goes to amusement what the underdog combatant tin bash – and it's the Aussie way," Rocki said of Kambosos' epic triumph successful an interrogation with Wide World of Sports.
"George went implicit (to America) and flew the emblem and that's thing Justis wants to bash arsenic well.
"He's excited astir what George did and astir George putting Australia connected the map.
"Justis lives and breathes boxing and wants to bash what George did himself.
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"He wants to get determination and I honestly judge helium will. It's conscionable (going to take) a batch of hard enactment successful the meantime."
Miami has been location to Kambosos since 2017 and, though Justis volition instrumentality from his travel to the USA connected January 14, Rocki says much American grooming camps are connected the radar.
"I deliberation it's the mode to go, conscionable being astir each the champions and sparring and things similar that," Rocki said.
"Being astir guys similar that rubs disconnected connected you. I deliberation this is the commencement of galore much trips, possibly adjacent moving to America each six months oregon truthful of each year, and conscionable building. I cognize Justis wants to get to the apical and I honestly deliberation that's the mode to bash it. You've got to spell implicit determination and spar with the champion and enactment with the best."
Huni has a nonrecreational boxing grounds of 5-0-0 (four knockouts).
In the 22-year-old's astir caller fight, he trumped NRL fable Paul Gallen via a 10th-round method knockout successful June.
Huni broke a manus during that fight, dashing his Tokyo OIympic dream.
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