Watch Lomachenko vs Campbell at The O2 on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office
Wednesday 28 August 2019 20:52, UK
Luke Campbell does not fear Vasiliy Lomachenko despite being an underdog against the pound-for-pound king, insists Eddie Hearn.
Campbell challenges the Ukrainian superstar for the WBA 'super' and WBO titles, with the vacant WBC belt also on the line, at The O2 on Saturday night, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
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The Hull fighter (20-2, KOs16) will be trying to win a world title at the second time of asking, while Lomachenko (13-1, KOs 10) has been involved in world-title fights since his second contest.
"People are writing him off already but I think that Luke Campbell knows the game inside out," promoter Eddie Hearn told Sky Sports.
"He was Britain's greatest ever amateur. Former Olympic champion, world champion silver medallist as well, he's fought for world titles before.
"He knows how good Lomachenko is but he doesn't have that same fear, or the feeling we've all got seeing Lomachenko - of being in awe of him.
"He's not going to freeze, he's not going to bow down to his greatness. He's going to go in there and try and knock him out.
"He is a great fighter, but Luke's in a great place. Shane [McGuigan] has done a great job, not just physically but mentally to get him in this place. George Groves and the team, Josh Taylor, have done a really good job around Luke Campbell to give him that belief.
"If you listen to George Groves, George Groves is convinced Luke Campbell wins this fight even with the underdog status that he has.
"So I don't think Luke could be better physically, better mentally. Unfortunately for him, he's in with a pound-for-pound great of his generation.
"But he can do it. It's not like he doesn't have a chance, but everything has got to go his way.
"He's got to pull out that performance from the gods."
Watch Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Luke Campbell on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office, from 6pm. Book it via your Sky remote or book it online here. Even if you aren't a Sky TV subscriber you can book and watch it here.
