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00:00Challenger, he fights out of the red corner, he wears blue with gold trim.
00:05He scaled 139 and one half pounds.
00:09Professional record, 22 victories, 3 defeats, with 10 wins coming by way of knockout.
00:17He fights out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
00:21Here is the former IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC franchise, and Ring Magazine lightweight champion of the world,
00:35George Therocious Kambosis Jr.
00:43Kambosis Jr.
00:45And his opponent across the ring, fighting out of the blue corner.
00:54He wears silver with black lettering.
00:58He scaled with the Jr. welterweight limit of 140 pounds.
01:03Bang on.
01:04Professional record, perfect.
01:0719 fights, 19 victories, with 7 wins coming by way of knockout.
01:14Fighting out of the beautiful borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA.
01:20Here is the 2016 Olympian Emirati, defending, undefeated, IBF Jr. welterweight champion of the world,
01:32Richardson Hitchens.
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02:04Hitchens.
02:05you got a cue
02:10you men receive my instructions in your dressing room
02:16protect yourselves at all times
02:18touch gloves now men
02:21we're boxing at the bell
02:22god bless you both
02:23well four years ago
02:26George Kambosis supercharged his career
02:29inside Mazda Square
02:30guarding shocking Teofimo Lopez
02:32to revive it
02:34he will have to do it again
02:36the task in front of him here may be taller
02:38Richardson Hitchens has likened himself to a math problem
02:41one that is impossible to solve
02:43can George Kambosis
02:45summon one more improbable performance
02:48or will Richardson Hitchens
02:49continue his rise to the top
02:52will the IBF super lightweight title on the line
03:01Richardson Hitchens the champion, the challenger
03:03the former lightweight champion George Kambosis Jr. who steps up to the chalkboard so to speak to try and solve this equation
03:11and Sergio in Puerto Rico against Liam Powell it looked like an incredibly difficult one to solve
03:16it was but Powell was a southpaw so that right hand of Hitchens kept him on the outside
03:20with Kambosis he has quicker feet than Powell and he has a herky-jerky style
03:25he can land something over the top from that orthodox stance and he can nullify that jab
03:30I think for Kambosis these early rounds are gonna be really important
03:34Hitchens has a bit of a history
03:36as a slow starter he lost several of the first rounds against Liam Powell
03:41if Kambosis is gonna try to win a decision here
03:44he's gotta try to bank some of these early rounds
03:47and there's that one-two
03:49that's exactly what
03:51is the ammo of Richardson Hitchens
03:53it's everything behind that long jab
03:55he has six inches in reach he has one in height
03:57at least one in height but everything is
03:59disciplined behind that jab and of course that right hand
04:01Kambosis of course trying to make Hitchens undisciplined here tonight
04:07and guys Kambosis is kind of one of those fighters whose personality outside of the ring
04:11sort of mirrors what he does in the ring
04:13you think of the trash talk the art of war the deception
04:16it's kind of what Kambosis does in the ring
04:19he's a front-footed counter-puncher who's looking to pester you into making the wrong decisions
04:24yeah and part of the art of war is deception
04:26you know so Kambosis needs to be a little bit deceptive right now
04:30move his upper body and try to lure Hitchens into something big
04:33right now Kambosis is looking good
04:36he's not staying in front of him too long
04:39he's keeping his range he's throwing the shots to the body
04:41so far so good for the former champion Kambosis
04:44I'll tell you what though Sergio
04:45I think Kambosis has got to be more physical to win this fight
04:49he's got a very good over-the-top right hand just like that
04:52that's one of his signature punches
04:54but Kambosis I think he's got to take a page out of the Lemos books
04:58and try to make this a more physical fight
05:00a fight at this range favors Richardson Hitchens
05:03no it favors them but so far so good
05:05you know what I'm saying
05:05and look there's the thing about Kambosis
05:07he doesn't have Lemos power
05:08and Lemos caught that big shot in the 8th round
05:12later in the fight
05:12a lot of fight left here
05:14but so far Kambosis I think he's utilizing his game plan
05:17he referenced only 10 knockouts on the ledger of George Kambosis
05:22and you think back to his most recent win over Jake Wiley
05:26you know in every fight in certain respects
05:29is kind of a little bit of a struggle for George Kambosis
05:31he has to grind and think these wins out
05:34even that one to a certain degree
05:36as Richardson Hitchens
05:37comes behind that long right hand
05:40and now back on the snappy jab
05:41a laser jab by Hitchens
05:45such a beautiful jab
05:47just popping it twice
05:48he can make it a lot more easier
05:49just by snapping that jab
05:51and staying in the middle of the ring
05:52minor moments here
05:55of round 1
05:56good action to kick things off
05:58of that jab is how he's going to win this fight
06:00it's round 2 underway
06:02a lot of confidence in both corners
06:04in between rounds
06:06there always is in the Kambosis corner
06:08the messaging
06:09very interesting in the Hitchens corner
06:11they're telling him
06:12hey you're going to get him out of here
06:13and you know
06:15I think both of them had their moments
06:17Hitchens obviously was landing with a better shot
06:19in that last round
06:21but Kambosis
06:22I can see what he's trying to do
06:23and he's having success
06:25closing the distance a lot faster than I thought
06:28just like that
06:29see jabbing upstairs
06:30jabbing downstairs
06:30touching the gut
06:31yeah the fact that Kambosis can jab to the body
06:34and stay in range
06:35that is a good sign for Kambosis
06:37and there it is again
06:38and not only that
06:39but landing that right hook
06:40to the side of the belly
06:41problem is those are the hazards
06:43that sweeping left hook
06:44and that piston jab of Hitchens
06:46that is available for him at any time
06:49you know one thing Hitchens been focusing on
06:51during this camp
06:52has been the body work
06:53they watched that fight
06:54between Kambosis and Vasily Lomachenko
06:57Lomachenko just went hard
06:59to the body of Kambosis
07:00got the stoppage
07:01with body shots
07:02that's something they think
07:03is going to work really well
07:04for them in this fight
07:05and Hitchens is laser sharp
07:07right now with that right hand
07:08barely making Kambosis miss
07:10and making him pay
07:11it's a beautiful fighter man
07:13honestly
07:14Hitchens is a nice fighter
07:15laser sharp
07:17laser vision man
07:20look at that jab
07:20it's a jab that can do damage
07:23all on its own
07:24in addition to just controlling the range
07:27there's a nice jab from Kambosis
07:28and we've been likening this experience
07:30to what Kambosis had
07:32with Teofimo
07:32so far
07:33Hitchens has not been
07:35getting out of his comfort zone
07:37he stayed behind that jab
07:38used the right hand
07:39fighting very disciplined
07:40early in this fight
07:41that's what Kambosis is going to have to do
07:42he's going to have to counter the body right now
07:44when it comes to Hitchens
07:46he's too sharp
07:47to hit solid upstairs
07:48so counter downstairs
07:49with both hands to the body
07:52Kambosis is having thoughts about that
07:56what we are seeing is
07:58Hitchens is able to counter those body shots like that
08:00with chopping shots over the top
08:01yeah at this range
08:02it's going to be all Hitchens
08:03he's taking advantage of the height and reach
08:06Kambosis is going to have to move off the body
08:08and just concentrate on the gut
08:10on the body
08:10of Hitchens
08:11touch anything
08:12see right there
08:17he should be closing the distance
08:18double jabbing
08:19and there's that right hook to the body
08:20both sides of the body
08:22is what Kambosis needs to touch on
08:2330 seconds here of round 2
08:29as Kambosis
08:30continues to jab to the body already
08:33a cut opening up
08:34underneath the right eye
08:36that's what Kambosis needs to do guys
08:37right there
08:38that right hook to the body
08:39yeah but Corey
08:40you would hear a point there
08:41under that right eye of Kambosis
08:43a little bit of a mouse
08:44or a cut starting to form
08:46a little bit of both
08:47at this moment
08:48about 10 seconds here
08:49of round 10
08:51or excuse me round 2
08:52not that far in the fight
08:55fast forward
08:55good left hook there
08:56from Hitchens
08:57and that'll do it for the round
08:59it's worth noting
09:00that Anton Kaddushin
09:02long time Russian coach
09:04trained George Kambosis
09:05this fight
09:06they trained up in Canada
09:07for this fight
09:08Anton Kaddushin was
09:10not granted a visa
09:11to come to the United States
09:12so he is not in the corner
09:14of George Kambosis
09:16his father of course
09:17is there
09:17been with him
09:18his entire career
09:19but the man
09:20that came up with the game plan
09:21for this fight
09:22will not be working it
09:23with Kambosis
09:24Kambosis still targeting
09:27the body
09:28of Hitchens
09:29that was the edict
09:30in the corner
09:30to continue to go downstairs
09:32perhaps that's in service
09:33of trying to set up
09:34that big overhand light
09:36and of course
09:36we saw Kambosis
09:37has dropped
09:38Tampimo Lopez with
09:39a couple of years back
09:41Sergio Bat
09:42Maus
09:43under the eye
09:44of Kambosis
09:45is going to start closing
09:46if Hitchens keeps
09:47aiming that jab
09:48under that right eye
09:49that's going to be a problem
09:50just accurate
09:51sharp punching
09:52by Hitchens
09:53you can see that
09:56he's comfortable
09:56just right now
09:57in the pocket
09:57he's already comfortable
09:58in the range
09:59in the distance
10:00see the jab numbers
10:02through two rounds here
10:03Hitchens
10:03outlanding Kambosis
10:0526 to 9
10:06see Kambosis
10:08at least statistically
10:08trying to jab
10:09with Hitchens
10:10when he can
10:11but the accuracy
10:11in the heft
10:13of those jabs
10:14of Hitchens
10:14has been very apparent
10:15you can see it
10:16on the face
10:17of Kambosis already
10:18and Hitchens
10:19is one of the best
10:20jabbers
10:21in any weight class
10:23long
10:24accurate
10:24sharp
10:25trying to win
10:26a jab fight
10:27with Hitchens
10:27is not going to work
10:28because this is
10:29stuff like this
10:29is going to happen
10:30sharp right hand
10:33and another
10:34as Kambosis
10:35tries to leap in
10:36with the left hook
10:36that caught the shoulder
10:37of Hitchens
10:38on his way in
10:39you see Kambosis
10:40already getting frustrated
10:41with those sharp
10:42accurate punches
10:43of Hitchens
10:44and it's nothing
10:45it's nothing
10:46out of the ordinary
10:46by Hitchens
10:47it's a 1
10:47and a 2
10:48you know
10:49he's not throwing
10:49combinations
10:50he's just controlling
10:51him with that range
10:51that height
10:52that reach
10:53and popping him
10:54with that jab
10:54stabbing him
10:55with that right hand
10:55there you go
10:56keeping it nice
10:59and simple
10:59twos and fues
11:00from Richardson Hitchens
11:01problems with the
11:03jabs
11:03are not new
11:04for George Kambosis
11:05Devin Haney
11:06took two wins
11:07off of Kambosis
11:08largely behind
11:09the work
11:09of that jab
11:10the straight right hand
11:11they're different
11:11fighters
11:12but Haney
11:13and Hitchens
11:14do fight
11:15a similar style
11:15and that's the
11:17counters to the body
11:18that I was talking
11:18about earlier guys
11:19that's Kambosis
11:20that's what he needs
11:21to do
11:21he'll be too hard
11:22to down upstairs
11:23but any time
11:24that Hitchens
11:24sets in rate
11:25just with both hands
11:27catch him downstairs
11:28and back comes Hitchens
11:31with three straight jabs
11:32Kambosis trying to get
11:34to his body
11:34once again
11:35about 20 seconds
11:38here in round three
11:39Hitchens just with that
11:44first field
11:46of straight shots
11:47continuing
11:49to aim at the face
11:51of George Kambosis
11:52now do it for round three
11:57Hitchens is not giving him that
11:58round four now underway
12:02as surgical as
12:06Richardson Hitchens can be
12:08what he can't remove
12:09is the resolve
12:10of George Kambosis
12:11but that's also
12:12what's keeping him
12:13right in front of Hitchens
12:14and giving him that target
12:16surgical at that jab
12:18and then that big right hand
12:19man
12:19it's just
12:20it's beautiful to watch
12:22man
12:22up close
12:23you know
12:23when we were walking
12:24into the arena
12:25Sergio
12:25you likened Hitchens
12:26in a certain sense
12:28to Vernon Forrest
12:29yeah
12:29because they're tall
12:32wide shoulders
12:33everything's up
12:34that long jab
12:35the long
12:35the long
12:36width of his
12:38legs and thighs
12:39and then that
12:40straight right hand
12:41just beautiful
12:42beautiful viper-like
12:43that wide stance
12:48of Hitchens
12:48Kambosis has to find a way
12:55to get on that front foot
12:57and push Hitchens back
12:58when he's at this type
12:59of range
13:00he's just going to be
13:01easy money
13:02for Richardson Hitchens
13:03shopping right hand
13:06there from Hitchens
13:07Kambosis
13:08trying to come back
13:09with that up jab
13:10and a right hand
13:11to the body
13:11Hitchens rolling
13:13with that shot
13:14to the body
13:14catching a bit of it
13:15on the elbow
13:16and back with a right hand
13:17now Hitchens
13:17has no respect
13:19for Kambosis
13:19now he's not even
13:20jumping back
13:21or trying to counter
13:22he's barely making a miss
13:23with that shoulder
13:24and coming back
13:24with that right hand
13:25landing accurately
13:26with that right hand
13:27we talked about
13:28the offense of Hitchens
13:29but the defense
13:30is really sharp as well
13:31one of Kambosis' best shots
13:33is kind of that jab
13:34that turns into
13:35a left hook
13:36Hitchens has kept
13:36that right hand up
13:37the entire time
13:38taking that weapon
13:39away from Kambosis
13:40see there's a counter
13:42of the body
13:43yeah
13:43good shot there
13:44from Kambosis
13:45but he's going to have
13:46to do it with both hands
13:47upper body movement
13:48and counter with both hands
13:49that's the only thing
13:50that's going to keep
13:51the long arms
13:52of Hitchens that big
13:53and now let's set up
13:55shots like that
13:56Hitchens just missing
14:12with that right hand
14:13as does Kambosis
14:14with the sweeping
14:16left hook
14:17and Hitchens didn't miss
14:18with that right hand
14:19and he rarely misses
14:21Sergio
14:22with that jab
14:23there are very few
14:24throwaway jabs
14:25from Hitchens
14:26a beautiful shot
14:27everything off that jab
14:31I mean this is
14:31this is just what
14:32this is a true science
14:34right here
14:34everything off that jab
14:35right hand
14:36double right hand
14:38there from Hitchens
14:39inside the final
14:4115 seconds
14:42of round 4
14:43a brilliant performance
14:45thus far
14:46from Hitchens
14:47good body shot
14:47from Hitchens
14:48right there
14:48in the exchange
14:49yep I caught that
14:50man what
14:50this is
14:51this is an artist
14:52at work man
14:53I love watching
14:54Richardson Hitchens
14:55when he's this sharp
14:56this confident
14:57this strong
14:58he's got to focus
14:59on the body
14:59and upper body movement
15:00like they told him
15:01in the corner
15:01back to action here
15:04and you heard the
15:05instructions in the
15:05corner of Kambosis
15:06they want him
15:07to really become
15:09the aggressor here
15:10of course
15:10that may put him
15:11in even more peril
15:12but to his corners point
15:14what he was doing
15:15before is a recipe
15:16for disaster
15:17well it is
15:18but Kambosis
15:19does a good job
15:19of keeping his chin
15:20down
15:20he knows how to
15:21hide behind
15:22his shoulders
15:22if he can double
15:23and triple his
15:24jab
15:24his way in
15:26and then land
15:27the body shot
15:28if you can back up
15:29Hitchens to the ropes
15:30then maybe you can
15:30have some success
15:31see right there
15:35that's what
15:35that's what Kambosis
15:36needs to do
15:37just jab his way in
15:38and then you can
15:38start throwing
15:39the shots
15:39downstairs
15:40beautiful
15:45counter right hand
15:46there from Hitchens
15:46and Kambosis
15:47better start
15:48dipping his head
15:48to his left
15:49as well
15:49yeah
15:50Hitchens got a line
15:51on that dip right
15:52he's anticipating it
15:53every time
15:54that Kambosis
15:55dips down
15:56to throw that jab
15:57to the body
15:57and that's with
15:58the upper body movement
15:59to tell him
16:00that he needs
16:00you know
16:01he's gonna keep
16:02his head
16:02in the same line
16:03of fire
16:03he's gonna keep
16:03getting peppered
16:05the longer
16:05this fight goes
16:06short right hand
16:08on the inside
16:09again there
16:10from Hitchens
16:10and that
16:10really illustrates
16:12the problem here
16:13for Kambosis
16:14Sergio
16:14the one thing
16:16that is working
16:16for Kambosis
16:17is countering
16:18to the body
16:18or at least
16:18getting to the body
16:19of Hitchens
16:20but if we're talking
16:20about ratios
16:21and the price
16:22that you pay
16:23to land
16:23to what you're landing
16:24at this rate
16:25Kambosis has to
16:26hurt Hitchens
16:27to the body
16:28because when he
16:28goes down there
16:29he's getting counters
16:30yeah and look
16:32right there
16:32there's a perfect
16:33example
16:33Hitchens caught
16:34that shot
16:35to the body
16:35and came back
16:36with a left hook
16:37that's very difficult
16:38to do
16:38but when you're
16:39as sharp
16:39and as quick
16:40as Hitchens
16:40you get away
16:41to the CompuBox
16:43punch stats
16:44through four rounds
16:4590 to 29
16:46the numbers
16:48for Richardson
16:49Hitchens
16:49has a glaring
16:52scoreboard
16:53for Hitchens
16:54right now
16:55who just missed
16:56with that right hand
16:57as Kambosis
16:57tries to get back
16:58on his jab
16:59with body shot
17:00by Hitchens
17:01in the inside
17:01Kambosis
17:02hurts in the body
17:02Kambosis felt that one
17:04he is hunched over
17:06and Richardson
17:06Hitchens
17:07is tasting blood
17:09Lomachenko
17:12stopping him
17:13over to the body
17:13Kambosis doesn't
17:14like it
17:15downstairs
17:15the Hitchens
17:17corner told him
17:18you had hurt him
17:19to the body
17:20how prophetic
17:21with 40 seconds
17:23remaining in round
17:24five
17:25Kambosis says
17:26come on
17:27Kambosis is brave
17:29but that body
17:29is unforgiving
17:31you just
17:31don't
17:32recover
17:33final 30 seconds
17:38of round five
17:39and the guts
17:40on Kambosis
17:40still swinging away
17:41but Hitchens
17:42really calm
17:44he wants to get
17:44another good shot
17:45he's only going to
17:46take another body shot
17:47for Kambosis
17:48to go down again
17:48Kambosis
17:51trying to breathe
17:52through the pain
17:52of that body shot
17:54trying to take much
17:56for him to go down again
17:57man looking sharp
17:59too right
17:59Charisma
18:01he has Charisma
18:02to spare
18:03round six
18:05underway
18:05we'll see if Kambosis
18:07can recover
18:07from what was
18:09a titanic struggle
18:11in the last minute
18:1220 or so
18:13of that round
18:14as he tries to go
18:16downstairs to the body
18:17of Richardson Hitchens
18:18it was Kambosis
18:19who was hurt badly
18:20to the body
18:21and may still be
18:22from round five
18:23oh he still is
18:24you don't recover
18:25in 60 seconds
18:26from a body shot
18:27what that's only
18:28going to do
18:28is open up
18:29the head shots
18:30a fighter
18:31much rather get hit
18:32with three or four
18:33shots upstairs
18:34and one good one
18:35to deliver
18:35and right now
18:35you can see
18:36the Hitchens
18:37is having a
18:38good time
18:39patient
18:39looking for the
18:40right shot
18:41to the body
18:41again
18:42Hitchens now
18:43just walking
18:44Kambosis down
18:45you see the
18:46high frame guard
18:47he's not even
18:48worrying about
18:49standing on the
18:50outside
18:50that was a nice
18:50right hand
18:51from Kambosis
18:51before he slipped
18:52but it's Hitchens
18:54who's giving him
18:55these opportunities
18:56right now
18:56because he thinks
18:57that a knockout
18:58could be just
18:59around the corner
18:59Hitchens is just
19:00so relaxed
19:01and he has no
19:02no respect
19:03for Kambosis
19:03right now
19:04he predicted
19:08a stoppage
19:09and you know
19:10he keeps on
19:11touching and
19:12peppering him
19:12I can see the
19:13stoppage
19:13especially if he
19:14keeps going
19:14downstairs
19:15I just saw
19:16Kambosis winced
19:17just off that
19:18jab to the body
19:19as well
19:19there's another
19:20one
19:20from Hitchens
19:21as we take
19:23a look at
19:23Chris Mannix's
19:24scorecard
19:2450 to 45
19:33easy night
19:34of scoring
19:35for Chris Mannix
19:36as Hitchens
19:40still in full
19:40control here
19:41in round 6
19:42just backing
19:43Kambosis up
19:44now
19:44yeah pretty easy
19:45fight to score
19:46as I get my
19:47mic back
19:47up and running
19:48all riches
19:50of Hitchens
19:50operating behind
19:51the jab
19:51good round so far
19:52I think for George
19:52Kambosis
19:53starting to
19:53try to dig deep
19:54here
19:54probably knowing
19:55how far he's
19:56behind but
19:56so far
19:57all riches of
19:58Hitchens
19:58a little bit of
19:59blood coming
19:59from the mouth
20:00of Hitchens
20:01now
20:01Voluntarily
20:07and made this
20:07and made this a
20:08higher contact
20:08fight looking for
20:09uppercuts like
20:10that
20:10what a right
20:11hand immediately
20:12behind it
20:12both fighters
20:13looking for
20:13uppercuts
20:14right there
20:14and Kambosis
20:14talking to
20:16Hitchens
20:16now
20:16getting his
20:17confidence
20:17back
20:17you can see
20:18that the pain
20:19from the liver
20:20is not there
20:20anymore
20:21so he's
20:21moving forward
20:22Kambosis
20:25man
20:26what guts
20:26to spare
20:27inside the
20:30final 30 seconds
20:31here of round
20:32six
20:32Kambosis
20:36just trying
20:36to nuke
20:37that shot
20:37there you go
20:38over the top
20:39of the jab
20:39Hitchens
20:40getting a little
20:41bit
20:41a little bit
20:42overconfident
20:43just walking
20:44down
20:44Kambosis
20:44no respect
20:45this is
20:48an opportunity
20:49for Kambosis
20:50to go over the top
20:51maybe a
20:51mild confidence
20:52boost here
20:53for George Kambosis
20:54and that
20:56will do it
20:57for round six
20:58the surgical
20:58beat down
20:59by Richardson
21:00Hitchens
21:01round seven
21:03begins
21:04and considering
21:05the condition
21:06that Kambosis
21:07was in
21:07at the end
21:08of round five
21:09graded on that
21:11curve
21:11that was a pretty
21:12good round
21:12for Kambosis
21:13in round six
21:13I thought he had
21:14good flashes
21:15in the first round
21:16as well
21:17he had flashes
21:17in first
21:18in the last round
21:18but it's been
21:19all domination
21:20by Hitchens
21:21with that jab
21:21just pot-shotting
21:23lining him up
21:23with that right hand
21:24and of course
21:24those body shots
21:25Hitchens now
21:32back to long range
21:33and that's what
21:36Hitchens needs to do
21:37just go back
21:38to the stick
21:38popping him
21:40with that stick
21:41busting up that eye
21:42blooding up
21:43Kambosis
21:43big right hand
21:44there from Hitchens
21:45I thought Hitchens
21:46got away from that
21:47a little bit
21:48in the sixth round
21:49tried to engage
21:50a little bit too much
21:51with Kambosis
21:52created those opportunities
21:53for Kambosis
21:53to have pockets of success
21:55when you're Hitchens
21:56like this
21:56keeping it at the mid-range
21:57operating off the jab
21:58you are as close
21:59to unbeatable
22:00in this fight
22:00as you possibly can be
22:02I like that delayed
22:03right hand
22:03by Hitchens
22:04he pops that jab
22:05and then
22:06kind of slows down
22:08with that right hand
22:09and it's really tricky
22:10thing to time
22:11if you're Kambosis
22:12if you're a fighter
22:13at the end of that
22:14of that right hand
22:15when you change the volume
22:16change the speed
22:18which is back to that formula
22:33that he feels
22:34is unbeatable
22:35unsolvable
22:36Kambosis corner
22:40these last couple of rounds
22:41has been pressing him
22:42to throw multiple punches
22:44don't just throw one jab
22:45and get out
22:46throw two three punch combination
22:48mix it up a little bit more
22:49very difficult to do
22:51when you're getting hit
22:51with that
22:52with that long jab
22:53it's a stabbing jab
22:55you know
22:56you can see it
22:56you can see that
22:57it's redding in the face
22:58of Kambosis
22:59the right eye
23:01is starting to close
23:02that's the power of a jab
23:05the accuracy
23:06this long range version
23:12of Hitchens
23:13has made Kambosis
23:15it seems a little more tentative
23:16now here in round seven
23:18a lot more tentative
23:19and that body shot
23:19does that
23:20it takes the confidence
23:21out of you
23:21I would love to see Hitchens
23:22start stabbing him
23:23to the body
23:24even with that jab
23:25remind the gut
23:27of that pain
23:27that he had earlier
23:28there you go
23:31that was a nice body shot
23:32by Hitchens
23:33nice left hook as well
23:34second one caught
23:37by the gloves
23:37of Kambosis
23:38Kambosis
23:40Kambosis looking for that
23:43big right hand over the top
23:44no steam in the punches
23:47of Kambosis
23:48Richardson
23:52Richardson Hitchens just battering Kambosis
23:54with the basics here tonight
23:56one more right hand
23:58as we hear the bell
23:59his fights for a few years
24:01it is almost always chaos
24:04in that corner
24:05I remember the fight
24:06a few fights ago
24:06where one of his guys
24:08was on the phone
24:09with Shakur Stevenson
24:10giving Hitchens instructions
24:12from Shakur Stevenson
24:14there's always a lot of voices
24:15going back and forth
24:16in the corner
24:17of Hitchens
24:17fortunately for him
24:18whatever chaos is going on
24:20in the corner
24:20he is just as disciplined
24:22in the ring
24:23huge left hook there
24:24from Hitchens
24:25who just cranked that up
24:27and it landed flush
24:28and Hitchens smells blood man
24:30he's going
24:30he's going for the knockout
24:31that he said he was going to get
24:32he said he was going to stop Kambosis
24:34he's looking for it
24:35and he's chasing after it
24:36yeah I think he's one good body shot away
24:38from getting at least a knockdown
24:41well there were two different strategies
24:43to your point
24:44Chris Mannix in the corner there
24:46one saying just keep doing
24:48what you're doing
24:49and they might just stop this
24:50if you just keep pecking away
24:52the other saying
24:53you can just end this right now
24:55it seems like he's listening
24:56to the second voice
24:57at least at the moment
24:58yeah I would advise him
24:59to listen to Lenny Wilson
25:00his long time trainer
25:01that's giving the advice
25:02keep punishing him
25:03is the right thing to do
25:03because just because
25:05he's throwing jabs
25:06in straight right hands
25:07that doesn't mean
25:07he can't get stoppages that way
25:09look at the jabs
25:12through seven rounds
25:13104 to 32
25:16for Hitchens
25:17as he goes downstairs
25:18to the body of Kambosis
25:19once again
25:20he's busting him up
25:31every time he throws that jab
25:32he lands it
25:33with that jab
25:43he's looking like
25:44Icorte right now
25:45Richardson Hitchens
25:46man
25:46just a long
25:47strong shotgun jab
25:49setting up that right hand
25:51Hitchens just now
25:53pointed to the corner
25:55of Kambosis
25:55and yelled at him
25:57to stop the fight
25:58yeah prior to that
25:59he had his palms to the sky
26:00asking Kambosis
26:01do you want to keep
26:02doing this
26:02shot straying low there
26:06from Hitchens
26:07as we're inside
26:08the final minute
26:08of round eight
26:09now shades of
26:10Vasily Lomachenko
26:12against Richard Comey
26:13a couple of years ago
26:14right here
26:15in Mass Square Garden
26:16where Lomachenko
26:17was putting
26:17body shot
26:18body shot
26:19from Hitchens
26:20and that may be
26:23a walk-off
26:25home run
26:26the pain
26:28from the body
26:29lingers
26:30it's not going to go
26:30away
26:31this fight's over
26:32that is it
26:33Richardson Hitchens
26:35the pride of Brooklyn
26:37shines at
26:38Madison Square Garden
26:40Brooklyn stand up
26:41he wanted the knockout
26:43he went for the knockout
26:44he got the knockout
26:46it's like that
26:46and you could see
26:48by the way that Kambosis
26:49grimace right there
26:50opening his mouth
26:51no way he was getting up
26:53from that shot
26:54the pain from the last
26:55body shot was still
26:56lingering around
26:57Kambosis had fun
26:59with that liver shot
27:00everything off that jab
27:07it was target practice
27:09by Richardson Hitchens
27:11not even breathing heavy
27:13confident telling
27:14and yelling at the corner
27:15to stop this fight
27:16because their man
27:17was outclassed tonight
27:18what a moment
27:21what a slow-mo replay
27:23as well
27:23the kids call that
27:24aura
27:25Sergio
27:26and this man
27:27had it tonight
27:28Richardson Hitchens
27:29Ladies and gentlemen
27:32referee Michael Griffin
27:34calls a halt to this contest
27:35the official time
27:37of the stoppage
27:392 minutes
27:4033 seconds
27:41of round number 8
27:43declaring a winner
27:44by TKO
27:45he's still undefeated
27:48and still
27:50the IBF Junior
27:52welterweight
27:53champion of the world
27:55Richardson
27:57Son Hitchens
27:59oh damn