All the weights, running order, ringwalk times and quotes from the official Richardson Hitchins vs George Kambosos Jr weigh-in on Friday.
You can watch Hitchins’ defence of his IBF World Junior-Welterweight crown against former world ruler Kambosos Jr. at The Theater at Madison Square Garden tonight (Saturday June 14), live worldwide on DAZN.
You can also watch undercard action on Before the Bell live on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube channel from 7.15pm ET / 12:15am BST.
Live on Matchroom YouTube channel 7.20pm ET / 12:20am BST
4×3 Super-Bantamweight contest
ADAM MACA (119.2lbs)
RAFAEL CASTILLO (120lbs)
6×3 Super-Welterweight contest
NISHANT DEV (154.4lbs)
JOSUE SILVA (155.2lbs)
Live on DAZN 8.30pm ET / 1:30am BST
6×3 Super-Featherweight contest
ZAQUIN MOSES (129.2lbs)
CARL ROGERS (129.6lbs)
8×3 Super-Welterweight contest
PABLO VALDEZ (152.4lbs)
CESAR DIAZ (152.2lbs)
6×3 Heavyweight contest
TEREMOANA TEREMOANA (265.6lbs)
ALEEM WHITFIELD (246.2lbs)
12×3 IBF World Lightweight title eliminator
ANDY CRUZ (135lbs)
HIRONORI MISHIRO (134.6lbs)
12×3 IBF World Junior-Welterweight title
RICHARDSON HITCHINS (140lbs)
GEORGE KAMBOSOS JR. (139.4lbs)
Quotes
RICHARDSON HITCHINS: “First off, I just want to thank God for being here. All this actually becoming true because I know the work that I put in, it’s been happening years before I was signed with you (Matchroom) – you (Eddie Hearn) helped save my career and I want to give a personal thank you. You brought structure back into my career and I said it over and over my manager kept calling, my coach Lenny Wilson, Scooter strength conditioning, Whitey my manager. This is what I worked for my whole life this whole everything.
“I remember coming to the Garden and watching Teofimo and Kambosos compete and I looked and I said I can beat both of those guys. Slowly but surely I said when I get my opportunity I’ll be world champion. I’ll bring the championship back to New York because, you know, New York has had a lot of big fights through the years. But New York hasn’t had its own, I want to say for 8-10 years now, brought a championship back home and competed. You know they have somebody they could be behind and I’m glad I’m thankful to God that I’m that guy.
“As far as George Kambosos, a lot of people want to say that – you know when they fight me a lot of guys game plan to go forward, hit him in the shoulder, break him down. That’s every guy’s f**cking game plan. I think that George Kambosos is at this level because obviously he’s got boxing skills. That’s what f**cked Teofimo up. Teofimo came at him as if he was just a regular guy and you know he ran into his face.
“Saturday night, I’ll be right in front of him all night long and if he’s confident in himself, they say I’m easy work. I know for sure I’m confident in myself, I’ve been saying it since the face off. I want to bet 50 thousand. His dad said he got the bet, so hold up, he said bring the money. The money’s here, hold up [Richardson pulls out $50k].
“You’re fighting a real New Yorker now, and you’ll see me calm and collected and ready. And this is why I hate the whole media they’re trying to write me off about my last fight with Liam Paro, everybody said I was going to lose the fight. Show you a lot of people don’t know about boxing – like I said now they want to make me the favorite. They should have put me as an underdog so I could really shock the world again. He’s a bum, he’s still living off the Teofimo win.
“Dominating fashion – like I said Saturday night I won’t be going nowhere, I’ll be right in front of him. Bill Haney wants to say don’t run, get knocked the f*ck out. I ain’t f**cking Devin Haney I’ll be right in front of him all night punching this guy. I’m going to be right there all night. I worry about the whole boxing world. This whole sport is my shit.”
GEORGE KAMBOSOS JR: “As you know, I love that underdog role, but there are no maybes, I’m doing this. There’s no fake stuff. I’m going to this home in a familiar place where I’m 2-0 already. This is the trifecta. Like Lenny said, the talk is finished and we don’t need to sit and talk. I’m coming here as the underdog and I’m coming here to win this fight. You have seen it before and I’m here to win this fight; whatever it takes there is no plan B.
“He’s the one who is making statements and saying he’s going to knock me out. We have our plans and have worked extremely hard in training camp and who knows maybe I will learn from him and run the whole fight. You know I can box and fight and dictate the fight to do whatever it takes.
“ I can get knocked down and get back up again to win a championship fight. I’ve seen it all at the highest level and have been at the pinnacle and he isn’t. When you fight the best and beat the best and lose to the best you’re still here. This warrior is still here back at his favourite home grounds to do the trifecta in a Matchroom show and I never lost in America or a Matchroom show.”
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