IBF mild welterweight champion Liam Paro says challenger Richardson Hitchins doesn’t prefer to be concerned in fast-paced fights, and that’s what he intends on bringing to him in 18 days on December seventh of their headliner on DAZN on the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan.
Hitchins (18-0, 6 KOs) didn’t carry out properly in his final battle towards the 5’5″ Gustavo Lemos, who he defeated by an unpopular 12-round unanimous choice on April sixth in Las Vegas.
That was a battle the place he took many exhausting photographs at Lemos, who has energy, and he received the higher of him all through the battle. The Nevada judges gave Eddie Hearn-promoted Hitchins an enormous break by giving him the choice, however it was a hole victory. He’d been uncovered.
Hitchins vs. Lemos Punch Stats
Lemos: 161 of 696 for 23.1% accuracy
Hitchins: 172 of 548 punches for 31.4%
Paro will apply stress to Hitchins like Lemos did, however probably with extra emphasis on the ability sport. The Brooklyn, New York native Hitchin, 27, falls aside when getting hit exhausting and takes off working.
We noticed that at play in his fights towards Lemos and Jose Zepeda. The crowds booed Hitchins loudly for unwillingness to have interaction or stand within the pocket.
That is Paro’s first protection of his IBF 140-lb title that he captured earlier this 12 months towards the boogeyman of the division, Subriel Matias, on June fifteenth in Manati, Puerto Rico.
The southpaw Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) neutralized Matias’ energy through the use of motion, holding, and roughhouse ways to win a detailed 12-round unanimous choice in entrance of his followers. It nonetheless wasn’t simple for Paro, 28, as a result of he took some large photographs from Matias whereas standing within the pocket.
If Paro hadn’t had an awesome chin, he won’t have gotten by way of it as a result of a number of the photographs he received hit with would have taken out fighters like Devin Haney.
“He doesn’t like a fast-paced battle, and he doesn’t like a canine battle,” mentioned Liam Paro to YSM Sports activities Media when requested if he watched Richardson Hitchins’ final battle towards Gustavo Lemos on April sixth. “Anybody that is aware of Liam Paro is aware of what I’m about.
“We’re going to see on December seventh if that self-belief is there for himself. Liam Paro is coming 110%. I’m prepared to listen to the phrases, ‘And nonetheless.’”
Hitchins’ latest wins
Gustavo Lemos
Jose Zepeda
John Bauza
Yomar Alamo
