Richardson Hitchins is confident of dethroning IBF light middleweight champion Liam Paro on Saturday night in their 12-rounder at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) fired up during the bout, pushing Challenger Hitchins during the final press conference on Thursday. Hitchins paid back the Aussie, Paros, pushing him hard and looking ready to fly. You could see the concern on Paro’s face during this exchange. He looked scared.
It is understandable why Paro would be upset because this is easily the best fighter he has ever faced during his eight year professional career. Paro wouldn’t even be here if the referee who refereed his last fight against the IBF 140-lb champion Soubriel Matias he had done his job by punishing him for his tactics or their fight on June 15th.
Expect Paro to resort to the same tricks against Hitchins, hoping the ref isn’t on his JOB, deducting points for turning the match into a WWE-style match.
Hitchins promoted by Eddie Hearn is a better version of him Shakur Stevensonone with strength, aggression and courage. Hitchins is an improved version of Shakur and this type of fighter is a nightmare for Paro or any regular type of fighter.
Hitchin is looking for the IBF gold belt
“All he’s going to do is come forward. He’s got boxing skills, but he’s going to come out on top,” Richardson Hitchins told Fighthype, speaking about Liam Paro after their fight during the fight at the latest press conference on Thursday.
“The last guy I fought was extremely predictable. This guy (Paro) has boxing ability. He can think there with me and make adjustments. That’s how it wins over most guys. I’m always looking to make a statement,” Hitchins said.
“The guy is confident. Beat Matias. I’m a winner,” Richardson said when asked how he sees his fight with IBF light welterweight champion Paro going this Saturday night. “He may be better than me at hockey, but he’s not better than me at boxing.”
Eddie Hearn is promoting both of these guys, but with the glowing way he’s been talking about Paro in interviews this week, it seems he’s favoring him over Hitchins. If Paro wins, Hearn can match him with George Kambosos Jr. in a stadium race in Australia and would fill it. The pay-per-view numbers from the Australian market would be huge.
There’s a lot of money to be made in a Paro vs. Kambosos fight that wouldn’t be there if Hitchins was the one facing Kambosos. As we saw with the two times Devin Haney trained Kambosos, he can’t handle talented boxers. Hitchins would be pure kryptonite for Camposo and destroy Hearn’s whole purpose of signing the young ‘Emperor’ in the Matchroom stable.
