WATCH: HITCHINS AND KAMBOSOS JR IN INTENSE FACE-OFF WITH ONE MONTH UNTIL NYC SHOWDOWN
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 15 May 2025
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Richardson Hitchins and George Kambosos Jr met in an intense face-off in New York as we hit one month to go today until they clash for Hitchins’ IBF World Junior-Welterweight title on Saturday June 14 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, live worldwide on DAZN.
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Hitchins and Kambosos Jr lit the blue touch paper on what promises to be a fiery build-up to their Big Apple showdown when they met at a media day at the World’s most famous arena, with a month to go until New York’s own Hitchins defends his crown for the first time against the ‘Ferocious’ Aussie, who returns to the scene of his greatest triumph with two-weight World champion aspirations.
The pair faced-off for the cameras out outside the venue, and there was a tense exchange when they sat opposite each other for Cards On The Table, Matchroom’s new YouTube face-off series that premiered with British Heavyweights Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen ahead of their own showdown on Saturday night in London, live worldwide on DAZN – watch here – with Hitchins and Kambosos Jr’s episode to be aired ahead of their fight week.
Hitchins (19-0 7 KOs) returns home to New York for the first defense of the title that he won with a clinical performance against Australian Liam Paro in Puerto Rico in December. The unbeaten 27 year old is back in the Big Apple for the first time since February 2023 where he dominated John Bauza, with his last two wins seeing his shut-out Jose Zepeda in Orlando in September 2023 before he set up his World title shot against Paro with victory in a final eliminator over Gustavo Lemos in Las Vegas last April.
Kambosos Jr (22-3 10 KOs) has very fond memories of the venue too, with the Australian returning to the scene of his greatest night, where he became the king at 140lbs by stunning Teofimo Lopez in November 2021. ‘Ferocious’ returned Down Under where he twice met Devin Haney in Melbourne before welcoming Vasiliy Lomachenko to Perth, with a victory over Maxi Hughes in Oklahoma. The 31 year old claimed the 22nd win of his pro career in March against Jake Wyllie in Sydney and will look to become a two-time World ruler against Hitchins.
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