Richardson Hitchins says he will rise to 147 to challenge Devin Haney for the WBO welterweight title if he on November 22, champion Brian Norman Jr. Defeated. Hitchins are not interested in fighting Norman JR. If he overcomes Haney, he will not go up to 147.
Lopez Fight: Money Talks
Theofimo Lopez, who would not require him to go to welterweight, is the other target on Hitchins’ two-drive list. What he needs is Turki Alalshikh to show interest in putting the fight. Teo will not fight against Richardson (20-0, 8 COs) unless he paid the kind of money he has for his title defense against Arnold Barboza Jr. on May 2. Even then, it is unclear whether he will fight against him.
Hitchins is on June 14 in New York City of an eighth round victory over George Kambosos jr. He believes that the fight put him on the world scene. However, it was quickly forgotten by fans, treated like junk food entertainment because it is a low-level opponent. It would cost a lot more than Kambosos jr. Kambosos jr. Beating to become popular, and he is not prepared to take the risks to become a big name. If he were, he would be prepared to Norman Jr.
“I did what Devin Haney and Theofimo Lopez couldn’t do. It was to destroy George Kambosos,” Richardson Hitchins said Curran Bhatia On his channel “I said what I did. I destroyed and violated George Kambosos.”
It is nothing for hitchins to boast, and the exhausted George Kambosos jr. Knocked out. He was stopped in Vasily Lomachenko’s final battle of his career in 2024. Kambosos probably lost four out of his last five fights before being selected as Hitchins’ opponent last June.
Rather than fighting Kambosos, Hitchins should have fought his then IBF duty Subriel Matias or Gary Antuanne Russell. It seems bad that he chose Kambosos instead of the guys. Which says his career is going. He is just like everyone else. Just looking for pay days and not willing to take risky battles.
Haney, Lopez: “Easy work”
“Devin Haney and Theofimo Lopez,” Richardson said when asked who he wanted next. ‘Easy work. He (Haney) got business (WBO Welterweight Champion Brian Norman Jr. on November 22). If he gets (that, I get right to 147. I’m chasing him off. I hunt him down. That’s the battle I want. “
Hitchins’ style: Runner Foe
Hitchins won’t get fights against Haney or Theofimo because the guys don’t want to fight against anyone who lives on the outside and uses the Shakur-Esque three-step-back method. Although Haney himself is a runner -up, he did not fight other runners. He is always focused on straight punches. The one exception is when he fought Vasily Lomachenko, but he had a great advantage against him.
“When I go up, I don’t want any excuses. He is the bigger man. He was at weight, ‘Richardson said of his dream of fighting against Haney. “So, when I came up and grabbed its belt in my first fight at 147, the boxing world had to wake up better and realize that it was my s ***.”
Hitchins’ reality of 147 pounds
Richardson needs to be more realistic. If he moves to 147, WBO champion Brian Norman Jr. Or Shakhram Giyasov the only fighters he can potentially get. In other words, fighters that he will not be eager to fight because he will probably lose. Haney, Ryan Garcia and Theofimo will not fight against him because he has a difficult style, and he is not popular.
“We really don’t like each other. We work and bite each other. That’s how much we don’t like each other. It’s going to be a wonderful battle to be boxing, ‘said Hitchins about a fight between him and Devin.
Haney tolerates Hitchins like an annoyance, a house fly, but he has no real interest in fighting him. The guys who want Haney want are Ryan Garcia
Last updated on 07/31/2025
