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The Advertiser
6 hours ago
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- The Advertiser
'Take him to school': American's threat to Kambosos Jr
Tired of the trash talk, Richardson Hitchins is promising to send George Kambosos Jr back to Australia with tail between his legs. Kambosos (22-3, 10KOs) will bid to join the great Jeff Fenech as a multi-division world champion when he takes on Hitchins (19-0, 7KOs) for the American's IBF super-lightweight belt at New York's Madison Square Garden Theatre on Sunday (AEST). Sydney's former unified lightweight champ is up in class and Hitchins suspects probably out of his league too despite Kambosos spruiking about maintaining his perfect record in the US. Be it by knockout or through sheer boxing smarts, Hitchins doesn't care how he wins, just as long as he puts Kambosos in his place after an explosive build-up spiced with threats, bets and a cancelled face-off after the two combatants almost came to blows on Friday. "I know I've been promising everybody a knockout, but, to be honest, bro, the way George has been talking trash, like I really don't got skills, I really feel like I'm gonna just, like, beat him up," Hitchins told AAP. "Or it just depends how George comes. "If he wants to be like the common fighter who would think that I don't have that much skills, like be aggressive and come at me and think that's what he has to do, if he does that, he's gonna get stopped. "But if he tries to make me think and shit like that, then I don't know. I might just have to just take him to school. "If he really wants to come out and take a fast-ass whooping, he's gonna get stopped. "If he wanna be strategic, then I'm not gonna be dumb. I'm not gonna be the first to make mistakes, so then it's gonna be a lesson." For all his bravado, Hitchins - who took down Australian Liam Paro last December to claim the strap, insists he respects the challenger. He saw enough in Kambosos's shock victory over Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden in late 2021 to know the 32-year-old Sydney slugger can be dangerous. "I know he's got fast hands," the New Yorker said. "He's a little twitchy. He's aware in the ring. He do have boxing abilities. I can see how he made a living in the sport. "He's not a dumb fighter. He knows when to hold. He has deceptive timing. "There's things in the boxing ring, qualities ... I can see why he's at where he at in boxing. I can see why he didn't stop in the amateurs and he kept pursuing boxing." But just not as good as him, says Hitchins, who added he could "see the comparisons" between himself and Devin Haney, the two-divisional pound-for-pound king who stripped Kambosos of his IBF, WBC and WBO belts with two wins over the Australian in Melbourne in 2022. "Definitely the stylistic comparisons but, if you get really in depth with it, I feel like I display that style ... better," Hitchins warned. "I think my style is better. "Yeah, he probably got Lopez, but we'll see." Tired of the trash talk, Richardson Hitchins is promising to send George Kambosos Jr back to Australia with tail between his legs. Kambosos (22-3, 10KOs) will bid to join the great Jeff Fenech as a multi-division world champion when he takes on Hitchins (19-0, 7KOs) for the American's IBF super-lightweight belt at New York's Madison Square Garden Theatre on Sunday (AEST). Sydney's former unified lightweight champ is up in class and Hitchins suspects probably out of his league too despite Kambosos spruiking about maintaining his perfect record in the US. Be it by knockout or through sheer boxing smarts, Hitchins doesn't care how he wins, just as long as he puts Kambosos in his place after an explosive build-up spiced with threats, bets and a cancelled face-off after the two combatants almost came to blows on Friday. "I know I've been promising everybody a knockout, but, to be honest, bro, the way George has been talking trash, like I really don't got skills, I really feel like I'm gonna just, like, beat him up," Hitchins told AAP. "Or it just depends how George comes. "If he wants to be like the common fighter who would think that I don't have that much skills, like be aggressive and come at me and think that's what he has to do, if he does that, he's gonna get stopped. "But if he tries to make me think and shit like that, then I don't know. I might just have to just take him to school. "If he really wants to come out and take a fast-ass whooping, he's gonna get stopped. "If he wanna be strategic, then I'm not gonna be dumb. I'm not gonna be the first to make mistakes, so then it's gonna be a lesson." For all his bravado, Hitchins - who took down Australian Liam Paro last December to claim the strap, insists he respects the challenger. He saw enough in Kambosos's shock victory over Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden in late 2021 to know the 32-year-old Sydney slugger can be dangerous. "I know he's got fast hands," the New Yorker said. "He's a little twitchy. He's aware in the ring. He do have boxing abilities. I can see how he made a living in the sport. "He's not a dumb fighter. He knows when to hold. He has deceptive timing. "There's things in the boxing ring, qualities ... I can see why he's at where he at in boxing. I can see why he didn't stop in the amateurs and he kept pursuing boxing." But just not as good as him, says Hitchins, who added he could "see the comparisons" between himself and Devin Haney, the two-divisional pound-for-pound king who stripped Kambosos of his IBF, WBC and WBO belts with two wins over the Australian in Melbourne in 2022. "Definitely the stylistic comparisons but, if you get really in depth with it, I feel like I display that style ... better," Hitchins warned. "I think my style is better. "Yeah, he probably got Lopez, but we'll see." Tired of the trash talk, Richardson Hitchins is promising to send George Kambosos Jr back to Australia with tail between his legs. Kambosos (22-3, 10KOs) will bid to join the great Jeff Fenech as a multi-division world champion when he takes on Hitchins (19-0, 7KOs) for the American's IBF super-lightweight belt at New York's Madison Square Garden Theatre on Sunday (AEST). Sydney's former unified lightweight champ is up in class and Hitchins suspects probably out of his league too despite Kambosos spruiking about maintaining his perfect record in the US. Be it by knockout or through sheer boxing smarts, Hitchins doesn't care how he wins, just as long as he puts Kambosos in his place after an explosive build-up spiced with threats, bets and a cancelled face-off after the two combatants almost came to blows on Friday. "I know I've been promising everybody a knockout, but, to be honest, bro, the way George has been talking trash, like I really don't got skills, I really feel like I'm gonna just, like, beat him up," Hitchins told AAP. "Or it just depends how George comes. "If he wants to be like the common fighter who would think that I don't have that much skills, like be aggressive and come at me and think that's what he has to do, if he does that, he's gonna get stopped. "But if he tries to make me think and shit like that, then I don't know. I might just have to just take him to school. "If he really wants to come out and take a fast-ass whooping, he's gonna get stopped. "If he wanna be strategic, then I'm not gonna be dumb. I'm not gonna be the first to make mistakes, so then it's gonna be a lesson." For all his bravado, Hitchins - who took down Australian Liam Paro last December to claim the strap, insists he respects the challenger. He saw enough in Kambosos's shock victory over Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden in late 2021 to know the 32-year-old Sydney slugger can be dangerous. "I know he's got fast hands," the New Yorker said. "He's a little twitchy. He's aware in the ring. He do have boxing abilities. I can see how he made a living in the sport. "He's not a dumb fighter. He knows when to hold. He has deceptive timing. "There's things in the boxing ring, qualities ... I can see why he's at where he at in boxing. I can see why he didn't stop in the amateurs and he kept pursuing boxing." But just not as good as him, says Hitchins, who added he could "see the comparisons" between himself and Devin Haney, the two-divisional pound-for-pound king who stripped Kambosos of his IBF, WBC and WBO belts with two wins over the Australian in Melbourne in 2022. "Definitely the stylistic comparisons but, if you get really in depth with it, I feel like I display that style ... better," Hitchins warned. "I think my style is better. "Yeah, he probably got Lopez, but we'll see." Tired of the trash talk, Richardson Hitchins is promising to send George Kambosos Jr back to Australia with tail between his legs. Kambosos (22-3, 10KOs) will bid to join the great Jeff Fenech as a multi-division world champion when he takes on Hitchins (19-0, 7KOs) for the American's IBF super-lightweight belt at New York's Madison Square Garden Theatre on Sunday (AEST). Sydney's former unified lightweight champ is up in class and Hitchins suspects probably out of his league too despite Kambosos spruiking about maintaining his perfect record in the US. Be it by knockout or through sheer boxing smarts, Hitchins doesn't care how he wins, just as long as he puts Kambosos in his place after an explosive build-up spiced with threats, bets and a cancelled face-off after the two combatants almost came to blows on Friday. "I know I've been promising everybody a knockout, but, to be honest, bro, the way George has been talking trash, like I really don't got skills, I really feel like I'm gonna just, like, beat him up," Hitchins told AAP. "Or it just depends how George comes. "If he wants to be like the common fighter who would think that I don't have that much skills, like be aggressive and come at me and think that's what he has to do, if he does that, he's gonna get stopped. "But if he tries to make me think and shit like that, then I don't know. I might just have to just take him to school. "If he really wants to come out and take a fast-ass whooping, he's gonna get stopped. "If he wanna be strategic, then I'm not gonna be dumb. I'm not gonna be the first to make mistakes, so then it's gonna be a lesson." For all his bravado, Hitchins - who took down Australian Liam Paro last December to claim the strap, insists he respects the challenger. He saw enough in Kambosos's shock victory over Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden in late 2021 to know the 32-year-old Sydney slugger can be dangerous. "I know he's got fast hands," the New Yorker said. "He's a little twitchy. He's aware in the ring. He do have boxing abilities. I can see how he made a living in the sport. "He's not a dumb fighter. He knows when to hold. He has deceptive timing. "There's things in the boxing ring, qualities ... I can see why he's at where he at in boxing. I can see why he didn't stop in the amateurs and he kept pursuing boxing." But just not as good as him, says Hitchins, who added he could "see the comparisons" between himself and Devin Haney, the two-divisional pound-for-pound king who stripped Kambosos of his IBF, WBC and WBO belts with two wins over the Australian in Melbourne in 2022. "Definitely the stylistic comparisons but, if you get really in depth with it, I feel like I display that style ... better," Hitchins warned. "I think my style is better. "Yeah, he probably got Lopez, but we'll see."
Evening Standard
7 hours ago
- Sport
- Evening Standard
How to watch Hitchins vs Kambosos: TV channel and live stream today
'We did have a nice face-off outside the arena,' he said in an interview. 'I was trying to tell all the New Yorkers walking past, 'It's Hitchins, your champion.' But no one really paid attention. I was getting noticed, and a few people said, 'It's Kambosos.''
Perth Now
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
'Take him to school': American's threat to Kambosos Jr
Tired of the trash talk, Richardson Hitchins is promising to send George Kambosos Jr back to Australia with tail between his legs. Kambosos (22-3, 10KOs) will bid to join the great Jeff Fenech as a multi-division world champion when he takes on Hitchins (19-0, 7KOs) for the American's IBF super-lightweight belt at New York's Madison Square Garden Theatre on Sunday (AEST). Sydney's former unified lightweight champ is up in class and Hitchins suspects probably out of his league too despite Kambosos spruiking about maintaining his perfect record in the US. Be it by knockout or through sheer boxing smarts, Hitchins doesn't care how he wins, just as long as he puts Kambosos in his place after an explosive build-up spiced with threats, bets and a cancelled face-off after the two combatants almost came to blows on Friday. "I know I've been promising everybody a knockout, but, to be honest, bro, the way George has been talking trash, like I really don't got skills, I really feel like I'm gonna just, like, beat him up," Hitchins told AAP. "Or it just depends how George comes. "If he wants to be like the common fighter who would think that I don't have that much skills, like be aggressive and come at me and think that's what he has to do, if he does that, he's gonna get stopped. "But if he tries to make me think and shit like that, then I don't know. I might just have to just take him to school. "If he really wants to come out and take a fast-ass whooping, he's gonna get stopped. "If he wanna be strategic, then I'm not gonna be dumb. I'm not gonna be the first to make mistakes, so then it's gonna be a lesson." For all his bravado, Hitchins - who took down Australian Liam Paro last December to claim the strap, insists he respects the challenger. He saw enough in Kambosos's shock victory over Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden in late 2021 to know the 32-year-old Sydney slugger can be dangerous. "I know he's got fast hands," the New Yorker said. "He's a little twitchy. He's aware in the ring. He do have boxing abilities. I can see how he made a living in the sport. "He's not a dumb fighter. He knows when to hold. He has deceptive timing. "There's things in the boxing ring, qualities ... I can see why he's at where he at in boxing. I can see why he didn't stop in the amateurs and he kept pursuing boxing." But just not as good as him, says Hitchins, who added he could "see the comparisons" between himself and Devin Haney, the two-divisional pound-for-pound king who stripped Kambosos of his IBF, WBC and WBO belts with two wins over the Australian in Melbourne in 2022. "Definitely the stylistic comparisons but, if you get really in depth with it, I feel like I display that style ... better," Hitchins warned. "I think my style is better. "Yeah, he probably got Lopez, but we'll see."
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kambosos: Pressure is on to walk the walk after talking the talk
George Kambosos Jr. (left) and Richardson Hitchins face off for the IBF super lightweight title on Saturday. Matchroom Boxing knew what it was doing when it matched IBF super lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins with George Kambosos Jr., the former unified lightweight ruler. The fight always had the potential to create absurdist theater and pugilistic magic. So far, the fighters have delivered on the former and get the chance to live up to the latter. On Saturday, they headline a world title fight at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Hitchins's IBF championship is on the line. Advertisement Throughout the promotion, Hitchins and Kambosos always seemed close to throttling one another. They almost came to blows Thursday when Jim Kambosos, George's father, appeared to strike Hitchins's trainer Lenny Wilson with a microphone. The coach responded by grabbing a chair as if to throw it, but security stopped the pandemonium before it descended further. 'When you compare Richardson Hitchins to Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez and Vasiliy Lomachenko — he's not them guys,' Kambosos told Uncrowned ahead of Saturday's fight on DAZN. 'He hasn't fought anyone to be one of them guys, or established himself to be one of them guys.' Hitchins doesn't mind Kambosos dismissing him. He's 'supposed to,' the American said. Regardless, Hitchins still doesn't like him. Advertisement Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) may be undefeated and the defending champion in this bout, but it is Kambosos (22-3, 10 KOs) who has fought the superior competition. The Aussie's split decision win over Teofimo Lopez in 2021 earned him the unified lightweight title. It also catapulted him to boxing stardom. But he lost the belts in his very next bout against Devin Haney, and has never been able to reclaim them since. He lost to Haney a second time, rebounded with a win over Maxi Hughes, but then lost to Lomachenko last year. In his most recent fight, in March, he beat Jake Wyllie. The way Hitchins talks, Kambosos won't just be suffering a fourth career defeat this weekend. He'll be suffering injury too, as the champ is keen to rearrange his opponent's face when they finally quit talking and start punching instead. Advertisement Saturday, Hitchins told Uncrowned, 'is going to get real bad' for Kambosos. 'George is a bum,' he said. 'In boxing, he can't f*** with me. Kambosos will see my boxing IQ. And it will be horrendous how he'll look after the fight.' Kambosos isn't convinced. '[Hitchins is] a good fighter, but we see holes in him,' he said. 'He does some basic things well, but there are holes to open him up and put him in an uncomfortable position. You compare Hitchins to Haney, Teofimo or Lomachenko and he's not 1/10th of those guys. 'That really burns him inside,' Kambosos said. Hitchins, though, is yet to be burned. He's undefeated in 19 bouts, and has come of age at Matchroom as he's beaten Jose Zepeda, Gustavo Lemos and Liam Paro since signing with Eddie Hearn and the U.K.-based promotional outfit. The victory over Paro earned him the IBF title at 140 pounds. It's a belt he'll be taking into the ring Saturday to put on the line against Kambosos. And it's a belt he intends to leave the ring with, too. Advertisement 'I'm ready to take over the sport of boxing,' said Hitchins, keen to reach the heights of his Matchroom USA stablemates Shakur Stevenson and Jaron "Boots" Ennis. 'The sport needs someone like me with the skills and technical boxing, charisma, and swagger. When you have skills like me you can afford to talk s***,' he said. This is actually Hitchins 'being humble,' he said, as he 'could be more cocky, and flamboyant, but I'm taking it easy right now." 'I expect to have fun and f*** him up, straight up, that's it," Hitchins said. "He's a C-class fighter. I'm an A-plus fighter. I'll teach him something about the sport of boxing with the Queensberry rules, if he wants to learn. Advertisement 'He's going to school on Saturday night, and George Kambosos should be grateful that he's getting into the ring with greatness.' Considering Hitchins is yet to take on a fighter like Lopez, Haney or Lomachenko, he could face criticisms that he's not shared the ring with an A-plus fighter. The type of fighter he says he is. But his answer to that is simple. 'To be a world champion in just 19 fights, undefeated, obviously when I talk, I'm backing it up,' he said. 'I'm boxing top opposition. And I'm not just talking and not showing up, because I show up every time. I can afford to talk my s*** because I put in the work,' he added. Advertisement 'I know how many miles I'm running, how many rounds I'm sparring, and the way I make a guy look in the ring. When a guy boxes me, they ask themselves if they really want to do this. That's what I do to people. 'I'm born for this s***.'
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
George Kambosos Jr and Richardson Hitchins face-off features slap and thwarted attempt to throw chair
The final press conference for George Kambosos Jr's fight with Richardson Hitchins ended in chaos on Thursday, as promoter Eddie Hearn decided to scrap a face-off between the boxers. Kambosos Jr's father, Jim, appeared to use a microphone to strike Hitchins's trainer, Lenny Wilson, who then grabbed a chair in an apparent attempt to throw it across the stage. Advertisement • Watch Hitchins vs Kambosos Jr live on DAZN this weekend Hitchins, 27, prevented his coach from doing so, but Hearn called an end to the press conference to prevent further altercations. The protagonists were quickly escorted off the stage as a result. Still, American Hitchins and Australia's Kambosos Jr, 31, are set to face off at Friday's weigh-in, before their grudge match in New York City on Saturday night (14 June). Thursday's drama began with hometown boxer Hitchins getting in Kambosos Jr's face over a $50,000 bet that they had discussed earlier in the week. Hitchins, after flashing $50,000 in cash in Kambosos Jr's face on Thursday, said: 'The money is here, can we shake on it? 'Bet the f*****g money, you p****,' he added, after Kambosos Jr shoved the champion and shouted: 'You better get the f*** out of my face.' Richardson Hitchins's trainer (left) picked up a chair at the press conference for Saturday's bout with George Kambosos Jr (right) (X/DAZN) Later, after the mic slap and chair incident, Hitchins shouted: 'F*** around, and you won't make it out of this city. You boys better calm the f*** down.' Kambosos Jr hit back: 'I got boys, too [...] I'm in your city, I don't give a f***.' Advertisement In Saturday's bout at Madison Square Garden Theater, Hitchins will defend the IBF super-lightweight title, along with his unbeaten record of 19-0 (7 knockouts). Meanwhile, Kambosos Jr (22-3, 10 KOs) is aiming to become a two-weight world champion. The Australian was previously a unified champion at lightweight, but with two points losses to Devin Haney in 2022, he lost the IBF and WBO belts and failed to regain them. Haney also retained the WBC title in those fights, both of which took place in Australia. Hitchins (left) and Kambosos Jr during an earlier face-off, atop the Empire State Building (Geoffrey Knott/Matchroom Boxing) Kambosos Jr bounced back with a controversial decision victory over Maxi Hughes in 2023, picking up the IBO lightweight strap, but he lost it in May 2024 to Vasyl Lomachenko, who also won the vacant IBF gold that night. Advertisement While Lomachenko retired last week, Kambosos Jr responded to his defeat with a points win against Jake Wyllie in March. Meanwhile, Hitchins took the IBF super-lightweight title from Liam Paro last time out, winning a split decision against the Australian southpaw in December. Purchase a subscription to DAZN here, with plans starting at £14.99 a month.
