Richardson Hitchins does not give the IBF light welterweight champion, Liam Paro, his courage to agree to fight him on December 7 because it is an obligation for him, and he did not want to pay him. It was a fight or lose for the IBF belt. There is no heroism involved.
Hitchins: Paro Had No Choice
Hitchins (18-0, 7 KOs) says it was similar to how Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) fought the boogeyman at 140, Subriel Matias, last summer on June 15 in Manati, Puerto Rico. He says Paro, 28, had already withdrawn from the fight against Regis Prograis who was the WBC 140-lb champion in the past due to injury. He had a record set, and he was 28 years old.
Agreed on a request to fight Matias or be kicked out of Matchroom because they gave him two chances to fight for world titles. So, Paro fought Matias, did a lot of grappling and roughhouse tactics, and won the fight with a 12-round decision. Hitchins says Paro did a lot of catching and throwing rabbit punches during the Matias fight.
Paro will defend against #1 IBF mandatory Hitchins on December 7th in the main event, live on DAZN from Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The highly skilled Hitchins, an the amped-up version of Shakur Stevenson but with more power and aggression, he plans to study southpaw Paro. He will reduce Paro’s bag of tricks, remove his toughness to give him a lesson in boxing.
“When he was building up in Australia, he signed Eddie Hearn, and he’s giving you not one but two chances to fight for a world title. First chance, he’s coming out of Regis Prograis injured,” said Richardson Hitchins writing to Cigar Talk about Liam Paro being offered the benefits of fighting for world titles since signing with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom.
“Now, father [Matchroom] like, ‘We’ll give you another chance. If you say, No, you are cut. Your manager will decide for you.’ He is 28 years old; your record has already been created. You have to say, ‘Yes.’ There’s nothing else I can do,” Hitchins said about why Paro fights former IBF 140-lb champion Subriel Matias on June 15 in Manati, Puerto Rico.
“Same thing when Liam Paro said, ‘I took my responsibility. You were my responsibility. I show you that I am a fighter.’ You don’t show me that you are a fighter. You had to fight me. I am your responsibility. He tried to get a Devin Haney fight. That didn’t work. He tried to do something with George Kambosos. It didn’t work,” Hitchins said.
Paro There Is No Escape
It sounds like Paro was at the end of his rope with Matchroom and really had no choice but to fight the dangerous puncher Subriel Matias on June 15. Would Hearn release Paro if he refused to agree to the fight? It won’t be surprising because he couldn’t bring him together, to support his work by comparing him to cans of tomatoes, infinitum.
HIitchins is a completely different ball game for Paro compared to the guys he’s faced during his carefully crafted eight-year career, and he’ll have to come up with a different set of tools to try and win this fight. Holding and roughhouse tactics won’t get the job done against a fighter as skilled as Hitchins because he’s seen all those things before.
“The only option Eddie gave him was to fight me, or he had to pay me money on the side. He wasn’t trying to do that. People talk and talk, but he [Paro] to Puerto Rico [to fight Matias] he didn’t say anything. He is 28 years old. You have to fight,” Hitchins said of Paro.
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