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    Mark KriegelESPN <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

    MELBOURNE, Australia – Devin Haney isn’t merely presumed to be a transcendent talent. He’s a bright, sincere, impossibly likable (for a fighter, at least) 23-year-old who suddenly finds himself in hostile environs 8,000 miles from home. What’s more, he’s here without the father who not only raised him but painstakingly has orchestrated his entire career – from his 2015 pro debut in a Tijuana pool hall to this moment, with a crowd in excess of 40,000 expected this Sunday (9 pm ET Saturday night on ESPN \/ ESPN +) at Marvel Stadium for a bout that will grant the winner sole custody of all four belts and decide the undisputed lightweight champion of the world.<\/p>\n

    In other words, the prodigy has already accomplished the near impossible: Being both the betting favorite and the sentimental one.<\/p>\n

    And yet, all the heat for this fight is being generated by the other guy. That would be George Kambosos, who until late last November was regarded as merely another obscure IBF mandatory challenger. Before that, he’d been best known as a Manny Pacquiao sparring partner.<\/p>\n