Richardson Hitchins is confident he will dethrone IBF welterweight champion Liam Paro on Saturday night in their 12-rounder at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) got uppity during the face-off, pushing Challenger Hitchins during the final press conference on Thursday. Hitchins paid the Aussie, Paro, back, pushing him hard and looking like he was ready to throw. You can see the concern on Paro’s face during that exchange. He looked scared.
It is understandable why Paro would be nervous as 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 worked his last fight against the IBF 140-lb champion Subriel Mathias he had done his job by punishing him for his rough tactics or his fight on June 15.
It is expected that Paro will resort to that same bag of tricks against Hitchins, hoping that the referee is not on his JOB, taking points from him to turn the fight into a WWE type match.
Hitchins promoted by Eddie Hearn is a better version of Shakur Stevensonone with power, aggression and courage. Hitchins is an improved version of Shakur, and that type of combat is a nightmare for Paro or any simple advanced type of combat.
Hitchin is chasing an IBF gold belt
“All he has to do is move forward. He has boxing skills, but he has to come forward,” Richardson Hitchins told Fighthype, speaking of Liam Paro after their altercation during the final press conference on Thursday.
“The last guy I fought was super predictable. This guy (Paro) has boxing ability. He can think there with me and make adjustments. That’s how he beats most guys. I’m always looking to make a statement Hitchins said.
“The guy is confident. He beat Matias. I’m a winner,” Richardson said when asked how he sees his fight with IBF welterweight champion Paro this Saturday night. “He might be better than me at hockey, but he’s not better than me at boxing.”
Eddie Hearn promotes both of these guys, but with the glowing way he talked about Paro in the interview this week, it seems he favored Hitchins. If Paro wins, Hearn can match him against George Kambosos Jr. in a stadium fight in Australia, and he got it. The pay-per-view numbers from the Australian market will be huge.
There is a lot of money to be made in a Paro vs. As we saw with the two times Devin Haney schooled Kambosos, he can’t handle talented boxers. Hitchins would be pure kryptonite for Kambosos, and would ruin the whole purpose of Hearn signing the little one ’emperor’ at his Matchroom stable.
