URichardson Hitchins is confident of dethroning IBF light welterweight champion Liam Paro on Saturday night in a 12-rounder at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) picked up the upset in their face-off, shoving challenger Hitchins during Thursday’s final press conference. Hitchins paid the Aussie, Paro, back, shoving him hard and looking like he was ready to bowl. You could see the concern on Paro’s face during that exchange. He looked scared.
It’s understandable why Paro is upset because this is the best fighter he’s faced in his eight-year professional career. Paro wouldn’t even be here if he had a referee officiating his last fight against the IBF 140-lb champion. Subriel Matias did his job by punishing him for his abusive tactics or their fight on June 15.
It is expected that Paro will use the same cheat bag with Hitchins, hoping that the referee is not on his job, and deprive him of points by turning the fight into a WWE style match.
The Eddie Hearn-promoted Hitchins is the best version Shakur Stevensonauthoritative, aggressive, and courageous. Hitchins is an advanced version of Shakur, and that type of fighter is a nightmare for Paro or any light forward type of fighter.
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“All they have to do is go public. He’s got boxing skills, but he’s going to come out,” said Richardson Hitchins at Fighthype, talking about Liam Paro after their confrontation during their final press conference on Thursday.
“The last guy I fought was unpredictable. This boy [Paro] he has boxing skills. He can think there with me and make changes. That’s how you beat a lot of guys. “I’m always looking to make a statement,” Hitchins said.
“The boy is confident. He beat Matias. I won,” said Richardson when asked how he sees his fight with Paro, the IBF light welterweight champion, on Saturday night. “He might be better than me at hockey, but he’s not better than me at boxing.”
Eddie Hearn is promoting both of these guys, but the way he talked about Paro in interviews this week, it seems like he favors him over Hitchins. If Paro wins, Hearn can match him with George Kambosos Jr. in the field war in Australia, and it would fill. Pay-per-view numbers from the Aussie market will be huge.
There is a lot of money to be made in the Paro vs. Kambosos, which would not have existed if Hitchins was the one dealing with Kambosos. As we saw the two times Devin Haney studied Kambosos, he can’t handle skilled boxers. Hitchins could be pure kryptonite for the Kambosos, and he’ll spoil Hearn’s whole intention of a smaller signing. ‘Emperor’ at his Matchroom stable.
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