Steve Georganas (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to congratulate one of our greatest sporting heroes on one of the great Australian sporting achievements. Yesterday George Kambosos shocked the world, pulling off arguably one of the biggest wins in Australian boxing history. George beat Teofimo Lopez yesterday at Madison Square Garden, becoming one of the great boxers of this nation. He will go down in the history books with Lionel Rose, Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu and all the others. I think we're all proud of his achievements. He worked so hard. I've been following his career and the dedication he has shown in the last 12 months. He has a child—he continued to train on the day his child was born. His grandfather died a couple of months ago—he continued to train on the day of the funeral. He was so committed, so dedicated, and we can all be very proud of this achievement. He took the world lightweight championship off the leading champion just yesterday. He is a sportsman with true dedication and true boxing spirit. I know boxing isn't as popular as it used to be many years ago, but this person has put in dedication and hard work. He is a fantastic person from a Greek migrant background who did us proud yesterday.