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Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kambosos Jr. (14-06-2025) Full Fight
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00:12We're boxing at the bell. God bless you both.
00:16Four years ago, George Kambosis supercharged his career
00:20inside Madison Square Garden.
00:22Shocking Teofimo Lopez.
00:24To revive it, he will have to do it again.
00:27The task in front of him here may be taller.
00:29Richardson Hitchens has likened himself to a math problem.
00:33One that is impossible to solve.
00:35Can George Kambosis summon one more improbable performance?
00:39Or will Richardson Hitchens continue his rise to the top?
00:49The IBF super lightweight title on the line.
00:52Richardson Hitchens, the champion, the challenger.
00:55The former lightweight champion, George Kambosis Jr.
00:58who steps up to the chalkboard, so to speak, to try and solve this equation.
01:02And Sergio in Puerto Rico against Liam Powell, it looked like an incredibly difficult one to solve.
01:08It was, but Powell was a southpaw.
01:10So that right hand of Hitchens kept him on the outside with Kambosis.
01:12He has quicker feet than Powell, and he has a herky-jerky style.
01:16He can land something over the top from that orthodox stance, and he can nullify that jab.
01:22I think for Kambosis, these early rounds are going to be really important.
01:25Hitchens has a bit of a history as a slow starter.
01:28He lost several of the first rounds against Liam Powell.
01:32If Kambosis is going to try to win a decision here, he's got to try to bank some of these early rounds.
01:36And there's that one-two.
01:41That's exactly what is the ammo of Richardson Hitchens.
01:44It's everything behind that long jab.
01:46He has six inches in reach.
01:47He has one in height, at least one in height.
01:49But everything is disciplined behind that jab and, of course, that right hand.
01:53Kambosis, of course, trying to make Hitchens undisciplined here tonight.
01:58And, guys, Kambosis is kind of one of those fighters whose personality outside of the ring
02:03sort of mirrors what he does in the ring.
02:05You think of the trash talk, the art of war, the deception.
02:08It's kind of what Kambosis does in the ring.
02:10He's a front-footed counterpuncher who's looking to pester you into making the wrong decisions.
02:15Yeah, and part of the art of war is deception.
02:18You know, so Kambosis needs to be a little bit deceptive right now.
02:21Move his upper body and try to lure Hitchens into something big.
02:26Right now, Kambosis is looking good.
02:28He's not standing in front of him too long.
02:30He's keeping his range.
02:31He's throwing the shots to the body.
02:33So far, so good for the former champion, Kambosis.
02:36I'll tell you what, though, Sergio.
02:37I think Kambosis has got to be more physical to win this fight.
02:40Yeah, he's got a very good over-the-top right hand just like that.
02:44That's one of his signature punches.
02:45But Kambosis, I think he's got to take a page out of the Lemos book
02:49and try to make this a more physical fight.
02:51A fight at this range favors Richardson Hitchens.
02:54No, it favors him, but so far, so good.
02:56You know what I'm saying?
02:57And look, there's the thing about Kambosis.
02:58He doesn't have Lemos power.
03:00And Lemos caught that big shot in the eighth round later in the fight.
03:04A lot of fight left here.
03:05So far, Kambosis, I think he's utilizing his game plan.
03:08He referenced only ten knockouts on the ledger of George Kambosis.
03:13And you think back to his most recent win over Jake Wiley.
03:17You know, in every fight, in certain respects,
03:20is kind of a little bit of a struggle for George Kambosis.
03:23He has to grind and think these wins out, even that one, to a certain degree.
03:27As Richardson Hitchens comes behind that long right hand
03:31and now back on the snappy jab.
03:34A laser jab by Hitchens.
03:36Such a beautiful jab, just popping it twice.
03:39He can make it a lot more easier just by snapping that jab
03:42and staying in the middle of the ring.
03:45Line of moments here of round one.
03:47Good action to kick things off.
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04:13Where to next?
04:14Wherever we want.
04:155-0 with the Knicks.
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04:21Fearless.
04:22Inhumane.
04:24Sauvage au fort.
04:26The new Parfum Dior.
04:27Keep calm.
04:28Keep your eyes on him.
04:29And watch out for the game.
04:30Stop doing your things.
04:32I'm just making the market.
04:33Yeah.
04:34Yeah, but let's work.
04:35Let's work.
04:36I don't want to pitch in the rim.
04:37And don't sit on the edge.
04:38Stay close.
04:39Keep back.
04:40Hitchens controlling the range, controlling the distance.
04:43And look, that's the right hand that I'm talking about.
04:45Setting it up with that jab.
04:47Popping that jab.
04:48Never, ever letting go of that jab is how he's going to win this fight.
04:53Round two underway.
04:54A lot of confidence in both corners in between rounds.
04:57There always is in the Kambosis corner.
05:00The messaging, very interesting in the Hitchens corner.
05:03They're telling him, hey, you're going to get him out of here.
05:05And, you know, I think both of them have their moments.
05:08Hitchens, obviously, was landing with the better shots in that last round.
05:12But Kambosis, I can see what he's trying to do.
05:15And he's having success closing the distance a lot faster than I thought.
05:19Just like that.
05:20See?
05:21Jabbing upstairs, jabbing downstairs.
05:22Touching the gut.
05:23Yeah, the fact that Kambosis can jab to the body and stay in range.
05:27That is a good sign for Kambosis.
05:29And there it is again.
05:30And not only that, but landing that right hook to the side of the belly.
05:33Problem is, those are the hazards.
05:34That sweeping left hook.
05:36And that piston jab of Hitchens that is available for him at any time.
05:40You know, one thing Hitchens has been focusing on during this camp has been the body work.
05:45They watched that fight between Kambosis and Vasily Lomachenko.
05:48Lomachenko just went hard to the body of Kambosis.
05:51Got the stoppage with body shots.
05:54That's something they think is going to work really well for them in this fight.
05:57And Hitchens is laser sharp right now with that right hand.
06:00Barely making Kambosis miss and making him pay.
06:03It's a beautiful fighter, man.
06:05Honestly, Hitchens is a nice fighter.
06:07Laser sharp.
06:09Laser vision, man.
06:11Look at that jab.
06:12It's a jab that can do damage all on its own.
06:16In addition to just controlling the range, there's a nice jab from Kambosis.
06:20And we've been likening this experience to what Kambosis had with Teofimo.
06:24So far, Hitchens has not been getting out of his comfort zone.
06:28He stayed behind that jab, used the right hand, fighting very disciplined early in this fight.
06:32That's what Kambosis is going to have to do.
06:34He's going to have to counter the body right now.
06:36When it comes to Hitchens, he's too sharp to hit solid upstairs.
06:40So counter downstairs with both hands to the body.
06:46Kambosis is having thoughts about that.
06:48What we are seeing is Hitchens is able to counter those body shots like that with chopping shots over the top.
06:53Yeah, at this range, it's going to be all Hitchens.
06:55He's taking advantage of the height and reach.
06:57Kambosis is going to have to move the upper body and just concentrate on the gut, on the body of Hitchens.
07:03Touch anything.
07:04See right there, he should be closing the distance, double jabbing.
07:10And there's that right hook to the body.
07:12Both sides of the body is what Kambosis needs to touch on.
07:1530 seconds here of round two as Kambosis continues to jab to the body already.
07:24A cut opening up.
07:25There we go.
07:26That's what Kambosis needs to do, guys, right there.
07:29That right hook to the body.
07:31Yeah, but Corey, to your point there, under that right eye of Kambosis, a little bit of a mouse or a cut starting to form.
07:38A little bit of both at this moment.
07:40About 10 seconds here of round 10.
07:43Excuse me, round two.
07:45Not that far in the fight.
07:46At least fast forward.
07:47Good left hook there from Hitchens.
07:49And that'll do it for the round.
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08:21You need to come over with a jab with a hand over the top of that jab.
08:36Every time he jab.
08:37Stab on you.
08:38You got a jab.
08:39You're hearing it from the corner.
08:41Counter to the body.
08:42They're seeing exactly what I'm seeing.
08:43But look, that jab right there was a little bit.
08:45He was in range for that right hand.
08:47That chopping down right hand from the taller, longer fighter.
08:50You don't want to be in front of him too long like that.
08:52So it's worth noting that Anton Kadushin, long time Russian coach, trained George Kambosis this fight.
08:59They trained up in Canada for this fight.
09:01Anton Kadushin was not granted a visa to come to the United States.
09:05So he is not in the corner of George Kambosis.
09:09His father, of course, is there, been with him his entire career.
09:12But the man that came up with the game plan for this fight will not be working it with Kambosis.
09:19Kambosis still targeting the body of Hitchens.
09:22That was the edict in the corner to continue to go downstairs.
09:25Perhaps that's in service of trying to set up that big overhand light.
09:29And, of course, we saw Kambosis drop Tampimo Lopez with a couple of years back.
09:34Sergio, that mouse under the eye of Kambosis going to start closing.
09:39If Hitchens keeps aiming that jab under that right eye, that's going to be a problem.
09:43Just accurate, sharp punch in by Hitchens.
09:48You can see that he's comfortable just right now in the pocket.
09:50He's already comfortable in the range, in the distance.
09:53See the jab numbers through two rounds here.
09:55Hitchens out landing Kambosis 26-9.
09:59See Kambosis, at least statistically, trying to jab with Hitchens when he can.
10:03But the accuracy in the heft of those jabs of Hitchens, but very apparent.
10:08You can see it on the face of Kambosis already.
10:11And Hitchens is one of the best jabbers in any weight class.
10:16Long, accurate, sharp.
10:18Trying to win a jab fight with Hitchens is not going to work
10:21because stuff like this is going to happen.
10:25Sharp right hand and another as Kambosis tries to leap in with the left hook.
10:29That caught the shoulder of Hitchens on his way in.
10:32You see Kambosis already getting frustrated with those sharp, accurate punches of Hitchens.
10:37And it's nothing, it's nothing out of the ordinary by Hitchens.
10:40It's a one and a two.
10:41You know, he's not throwing combinations.
10:42He's just controlling them with that range, that height, that reach, and popping it with that jab.
10:47Stabbing him with that right hand.
10:48There you go.
10:51Keeping it nice and simple.
10:52Twos and twos from Richardson Hitchens.
10:54The problems with the jab are not new for George Kambosis.
10:58Devon Haney took two wins off of Kambosis.
11:01Largely behind the work of that jab, the straight right hand.
11:04They're different fighters, but Haney and Hitchens do fight a similar style.
11:09And that's the counter to the body that I was talking about earlier, guys.
11:12That's Kambosis.
11:13That's what he needs to do.
11:14He'll be too hard to down upstairs.
11:16And back comes Hitchens with three straight jabs.
11:25See Kambosis trying to get to his body once again.
11:30Final 20 seconds here of round three.
11:36Hitchens just with that force field of straight shots.
11:41Continuing to aim at the face of George Kambosis.
11:45And that'll do it for round three.
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12:20You start getting the back up.
12:22Start going to his body.
12:23Get him on the inside and his blazer's ass.
12:26That's it.
12:27Because when you're in close, touch him with that jab.
12:29That's it.
12:30Don't just walk in.
12:32He's as sharp as it gets, guys.
12:35Look it.
12:36Beautiful one to him.
12:37This is what he's been doing.
12:39He's just surgical with that jab.
12:41That range is there.
12:42And then he bounces back.
12:43Stays out of the distance of the pouncing of Kambosis.
12:46That's what Kambosis likes to do.
12:47Get opponents off guard and pounce on them.
12:49Hitchens is not giving them that.
12:50Round four now underway.
12:54As surgical as Richardson Hitchens can be, what he can't remove is the resolve of George Kambosis.
13:04But that's also what's keeping him right in front of Hitchens and giving him that target.
13:08Surgical with that jab.
13:10And then that big right hand, man.
13:12I mean, it's just, it's beautiful to watch, man.
13:15Up close.
13:16You know, when we were walking into the arena, Sergio, you likened Hitchens, in a certain sense, to Vernon Forrest.
13:21Yeah.
13:22Because they're tall, wide shoulders.
13:26Everything's off that long jab.
13:28The long width of his legs and thighs.
13:32And then that straight right hand.
13:34Just beautiful, beautiful Viper-like.
13:36That wide stance of Hitchens.
13:41You know, Kambosis has to find a way to get on that front foot and push Hitchens back.
13:51When he's at this type of range, he's just going to be easy money for Richardson Hitchens.
13:56Shopping right hand there from Hitchens.
13:59Kambosis trying to come back with that up jab and a right hand in the body.
14:04Hitchens rolling with that shot to the body.
14:07Catching a bit of it on the elbow and back with a right hand.
14:09Now Hitchens has no respect for Kambosis now.
14:12Now he's not even jumping back or trying to counter.
14:14He's barely making a miss with that shoulder roll.
14:16Coming back with that right hand.
14:18Landing accurately with that right hand.
14:20We've talked about the offense of Hitchens, but the defense is really sharp as well.
14:24One of Kambosis' best shots is kind of that jab that turns into a left hook.
14:28Hitchens has kept that right hand up the entire time, taking that weapon away from Kambosis.
14:33See, there's a counter to the body.
14:36Yeah, good shot there from Kambosis.
14:38But he's going to have to do it with both hands.
14:40Upper body movement and counter with both hands.
14:42That's the only thing that's going to keep the long arms of Hitchens that big.
14:46And now a set of shots like that.
15:04Hitchens just missing with that right hand as does Kambosis with the sweeping left hook.
15:09And Hitchens didn't miss with that right hand.
15:12And he rarely misses, Sergio, with that jab.
15:16There are very few throwaway jabs from Hitchens.
15:19A beautiful shot.
15:22Everything off that jab.
15:24I mean, this is just what...
15:25This is the true science right here.
15:27Everything off that jab.
15:28Right hand.
15:30Double right hand there from Hitchens.
15:32Wow.
15:33Inside the final 15 seconds of round four.
15:37A brilliant performance thus far from Hitchens.
15:39Good body shot from Hitchens right there in the exchange.
15:41Yep, I caught that.
15:42Man, what...
15:43This is...
15:44This is an artist at work, man.
15:45I love watching Richardson Hitchens when he's this sharp, this confident, this strong.
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16:14You sit in there, boom, going one and done.
16:16You got to put combinations together.
16:20Listen, don't time them.
16:22Step and work off the jab.
16:25Work off to the side, touch, touch, go.
16:27Touch, touch, go.
16:28When you go into the body, you're pulling out.
16:31You got to stay in there.
16:32These counters are in your head when you pull out.
16:35Listen to me.
16:36You can't sit and counter.
16:39They're giving the right instructions to Kambosis,
16:41but it's the upper body movement that's failing them.
16:45And you cannot be throwing shots like that,
16:48left hook like that, a beautiful body shot by Hitchens.
16:50You just got to focus on the body and upper body movement
16:53like they told them in the corner.
16:56Back to action here.
16:57And you heard the instructions in the corner of Kambosis.
16:59They want him to really become the aggressor here.
17:03Of course, that may put him in even more peril,
17:05but to his corner's point,
17:07what he was doing before is a recipe for disaster.
17:09Well, it is, but Kambosis does a good job
17:12of keeping his chin down.
17:13He knows how to hide behind his shoulders.
17:15If he can double and triple his jab his way in
17:19and then land the body shots,
17:21if you can back up Hitchens to the ropes,
17:22then maybe you can have some success.
17:27See right there, that's what Kambosis needs to do.
17:29Just jab his way in,
17:30and then you can start throwing the shots downstairs.
17:32Beautiful counter right hand there from Hitchens.
17:39And Kambosis better start dipping his head to his left as well.
17:42Yeah, Hitchens got a line on that dip right.
17:45He's anticipating it every time that Kambosis dips down
17:49to throw that jab to the body.
17:50And that's what the upper body movement
17:51has to tell him that he needs.
17:53You know, he's going to keep his head in the same line of fire.
17:56He's going to keep getting peppered the longer this fight goes.
17:59Short right hand on the inside again there from Hitchens.
18:03And that really illustrates the problem here
18:05for Kambosis, Sergio.
18:08The one thing that is working for Kambosis
18:09is countering to the body,
18:11or at least getting to the body of Hitchens.
18:12But if we're talking about ratios
18:14and the price that you pay to land to what you're landing,
18:17at this rate, Kambosis has to hurt Hitchens to the body
18:20because when he goes down there, he's getting counters.
18:23Yeah, and look, right there is a perfect example.
18:26Hitchens caught that shot to the body
18:28and came back with a left hook.
18:30That's very difficult to do,
18:31but when you're as sharp and as quick as Hitchens,
18:33you get away with it.
18:35See, the CompuBox punched that through four rounds,
18:3890 to 29.
18:40The numbers for Richardson Hitchens.
18:44That's a glaring scoreboard for Hitchens right now,
18:48who just missed with that right hand
18:49as Kambosis tries to get back on his jab.
18:52Good body shot by Hitchens in the inside.
18:54Kambosis hurts to the body.
18:55Kambosis felt that one.
18:57He is hunched over,
18:58and Richardson Hitchens is tasting blood.
19:04Lomachenko stopped in a moment to the body.
19:06Kambosis doesn't like it downstairs.
19:09The Hitchens corner told him,
19:11you would hurt him to the body.
19:13How prophetic.
19:15With 40 seconds remaining in round five,
19:18Kambosis says, come on.
19:20Kambosis is brave, but that body is unforgiving.
19:23You just don't recover.
19:29Final 30 seconds of round five.
19:32And the guts on Kambosis still swinging away,
19:34but Hitchens really calm.
19:36He wants to get another good shot.
19:38It's only going to take another body shot
19:39for Kambosis to go down again.
19:43Kambosis trying to breathe through the pain of that body shot.
19:48Time to take much for him to go down again.
19:50Those body shots linger in pain.
19:52All right, let's send it over to Chris Mannix
19:59with a special guest.
20:02Brooklyn!
20:03All right, we're here with Teofimo Lopez.
20:05Brooklyn!
20:06Teofimo, I know it wasn't your favorite experience
20:08going up against George a few years ago,
20:10but he's back here now against Richardson Hitchens.
20:13What do you think of what you've seen so far?
20:14What a phenomenal performance by Richardson Hitchens.
20:19Outboxing him, out-jabbing him, out-classing him.
20:23Kambosis has got to pick it up,
20:25or this fight could be over very soon.
20:27What would your advice be to Kambosis
20:28against an opponent like Hitchens?
20:30Um, move your fucking head.
20:36That's it, move your fucking head.
20:38Excuse my language.
20:39And, uh, yeah, man.
20:40I'm happy, man.
20:41What a phenomenal fight.
20:42Appreciate it, Teofimo.
20:43You're welcome.
20:44Thank you so much, Chris.
20:47Excellent analysis there from Teofimo Lopez.
20:50Coming for your job, Sergei.
20:51Man, looking sharp, too, man.
20:54Charisma, he has charisma to spare.
20:58Round six underway.
20:59We'll see if Kambosis can recover
21:01from what was a titanic struggle
21:04in the last minute 20 or so of that round.
21:09As he tries to go downstairs
21:10to the body of Richardson Hitchens,
21:11it was Kambosis who was hurt badly
21:14to the body and may still be
21:16from round five.
21:17Oh, he still is.
21:18You don't recover in 60 seconds
21:20from a body shot.
21:21What that's only going to do
21:22is open up the head shots.
21:25A fighter much rather get hit
21:26with three or four shots upstairs
21:28and one good one to deliver.
21:29And right now you can see
21:30that Hitchens is having a good time,
21:33patient, looking for the right shot
21:34to the body again.
21:37Hitchens now just walking Kambosis down.
21:39You see the high frame guard.
21:40He's not even worrying about
21:42standing on the outside.
21:44That was a nice right hand
21:45from Kambosis before he slipped.
21:47But it's Hitchens who's giving him
21:49these opportunities right now
21:50because he thinks that a knockout
21:52could be just around the corner.
21:53Hitchens is just so relaxed
21:55and he has no respect
21:56No respect for Kambosis right now.
22:01He predicted a stoppage
22:03and he keeps on touching
22:05and peppering him.
22:06I can see the stoppage,
22:07especially if he keeps going downstairs.
22:09I just saw Kambosis wince
22:11just off that jab to the body as well.
22:13There's another one from Hitchens
22:15as we take a look at
22:17Chris Maddox's scorecard.
22:25Oh, 50-45.
22:27An easy night of scoring
22:28for Chris Maddox.
22:30Hitchens still in full control
22:35here in round six
22:36just backing Kambosis up now.
22:38Yeah, pretty easy fight to score
22:39as I get my mic back up and running.
22:43All Richardson Hitchens
22:44operating behind the jab.
22:45Good round so far, I think,
22:46for George Kambosis.
22:47Starting to try to dig deep here
22:48probably knowing how far he's behind
22:50but so far,
22:51all Richardson Hitchens.
22:52A little bit of blood
22:53coming from the mouth
22:54of Hitchens now.
23:00Voluntarily made this
23:01a higher contact fight
23:02looking for uppercuts like that.
23:04What a right hand
23:05immediately behind it.
23:06Both fighters looking for uppercuts
23:07right there.
23:08Kambosis talking to Hitchens now
23:10getting his confidence back.
23:12You can see that the pain
23:13from the liver is not there anymore
23:15so he's moving forward.
23:19Kambosis, man,
23:20what guts to spare.
23:24Inside the final 30 seconds
23:25here of round six.
23:29Kambosis just trying
23:30to loop that shot.
23:31There you go,
23:32over the top of the jab.
23:34Hitchens getting a little bit
23:35a little bit overconfident
23:37just walking down Kambosis.
23:38No respect.
23:42This is an opportunity
23:43for Kambosis to go over the top.
23:45Maybe a mild confidence boost
23:47here for George Kambosis.
23:50And that will do it
23:51for round six.
24:00Listen,
24:01he's not fighting good
24:02coming forward
24:03but you still,
24:04if you're going to turn,
24:05you've got to come up with shots.
24:07If you're going to work angle,
24:08you've got to work the hook
24:09and bring the right.
24:09You can't be happy
24:11throwing one punch.
24:12Put your head over the bucket.
24:17You've got to go right.
24:20Beautiful shot.
24:21There you go.
24:22There you go.
24:22Right on the bread basket.
24:23You could see
24:24Kambosis was hurting right there.
24:28Open up that straight right hand
24:29but it was that body shot
24:30that put him down.
24:32Just clean shots.
24:33And this is what I'm talking about.
24:35A fighter much rather get hit
24:36with three or four shots upstairs.
24:38That one good one
24:39right in the solar plexus.
24:40And I imagine,
24:41Sergio,
24:41when you see an opponent
24:43grimace like that,
24:44that's blood in the water.
24:46Oh yeah.
24:48This is a surgical beatdown
24:50by Richardson Hitchens.
24:52Round seven begins.
24:55And considering the condition
24:57that Kambosis was in
24:58at the end of round five,
25:00graded on that curve,
25:02that was a pretty good round
25:03for Kambosis in round six.
25:04I thought he had good flashes
25:06in the first round as well.
25:08He had flashes in the first
25:09and in the last round
25:09but it's been all domination
25:11by Hitchens with that jab.
25:12Just pot shot him,
25:14lining him up with that right hand
25:15and of course those body shots.
25:17A lot of fights.
25:18A lot of fights.
25:20A lot of fights.
25:20Hitchens now back to long range.
25:26That's what Hitchens needs to do.
25:28Just go back to the stick.
25:30Popping him with that stick,
25:32busting up that eye,
25:33blooding up Kambosis.
25:34Big right hand there from Hitchens.
25:36I thought Hitchens got away from that
25:38a little bit in the sixth round.
25:40Tried to engage a little bit too much
25:41with Kambosis.
25:42Created those opportunities
25:43for Kambosis to have
25:44pockets of success.
25:46When you're Hitchens like this,
25:47keeping it at the mid-range,
25:48operating off the jab,
25:49you are as close to unbeatable
25:51in this fight
25:51as you possibly can be.
25:53I like that delayed right hand
25:54by Hitchens.
25:55He pops that jab
25:56and then
25:56kind of slows down
25:59with that right hand.
26:00It's a really tricky thing
26:01to time
26:02if you're Kambosis.
26:03If you're a fighter
26:04at the end of that
26:04right hand,
26:06when you change the volume,
26:07change the speed.
26:08which is back
26:23to that formula
26:24that he feels
26:25is unbeatable,
26:26unsolvable.
26:30Kambosis corner
26:31these last couple of rounds
26:32has been pressing him
26:33to throw multiple punches.
26:35Don't just throw one jab
26:36and get out.
26:37Throw a two,
26:38three punch combination.
26:39Mix it up a little bit more.
26:40Very difficult to do
26:41when you're getting hit
26:42with that long jab.
26:45It's a stabbing jab.
26:46You know,
26:47you can see it.
26:47You can see that
26:48it's reddening the face
26:49of Kambosis.
26:51The right eye
26:52is starting to close.
26:53That's the power
26:55of a jab.
26:56The accuracy.
27:01This long-range version
27:03of Kambosis
27:04has made Kambosis
27:05that seems a little
27:06more tentative
27:07now here in round seven.
27:09A lot more tentative
27:10and that body shot
27:10does that.
27:11It takes the confidence
27:12out of you.
27:12I would love to see
27:13Kambosis start stabbing
27:14him to the body.
27:15Even with that jab,
27:17remind the gut
27:17of that pain
27:18that he had earlier.
27:19There you go.
27:22That's a nice body shot
27:23by Hitchens.
27:24Nice left hook as well.
27:26Second one caught
27:27by the blows
27:28of Kambosis.
27:33Kambosis looking
27:33for that big right hand
27:34over the top.
27:37No steam
27:38in the punches
27:38of Kambosis.
27:42Richardson,
27:43Hitchens
27:43just battering Kambosis
27:45with the basics
27:46here tonight.
27:47One more right hand.
27:49As we hear the bell.
27:57We head to Anaheim,
27:58California
27:59on June 28th
28:00as Jake Paul
28:01takes the next step
28:02in his pro boxing adventure.
28:04But the problem child
28:05faces the toughest test
28:07of his career
28:08in the shape
28:08of former world champion
28:10Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
28:12on June 28th.
28:13I'm going to keep
28:18punishing them.
28:19That's what you're doing.
28:20You're telling them.
28:20Keep punishing them.
28:22Keep punishing them.
28:23You're doing great.
28:27They're going to end
28:28them slowing them up
28:29like they're stopping
28:30that shit.
28:32They're going to end
28:32them stopping that shit.
28:33I tell you what.
28:44Richardson Hitchens
28:44is a great fighter
28:46and obviously
28:47he has a very good team
28:48behind him.
28:50But we've been calling
28:51his fights for a few years.
28:52It is almost always
28:54chaos in that corner.
28:56I remember the fight
28:57a few fights ago
28:57where one of his guys
28:59was on the phone
29:00with Shakur Stevenson
29:01giving Hitchens
29:03instructions
29:03from Shakur Stevenson.
29:05There's always a lot
29:06of voices going
29:07back and forth
29:07in the corner
29:08of Hitchens.
29:09Fortunately for him
29:10whatever chaos
29:11is going on
29:11in the corner
29:11he is just as
29:13disciplined in the ring.
29:14Huge left hook
29:15there from Hitchens
29:17who just cranked
29:18that up
29:18and it landed flush.
29:19And Hitchens
29:20smells blood man.
29:21He's going for the
29:22knockout that he said
29:23he was going to get.
29:24He said he was going
29:24to stop Kambosis.
29:25He's looking for it
29:26and he's chasing after it.
29:27And I think he's
29:28one good body shot
29:29away from getting
29:31at least a knockdown.
29:33Well there were
29:33two different strategies
29:35to your point
29:35Chris Mannix
29:36in the corner there.
29:37One saying
29:38just keep doing
29:39what you're doing
29:40and they might
29:41just stop this
29:41if you just keep
29:43pecking away.
29:43The other saying
29:44you can just end
29:45this right now.
29:46It seems like
29:47he's listening
29:47to the second voice
29:48at least at the moment.
29:49I would advise him
29:50to listen to Lenny Wilson
29:51his long time trainer
29:52that's giving the advice.
29:53Keep punishing him
29:54is the right thing to do
29:55because just because
29:56he's throwing jabs
29:57in straight right hands.
29:58That doesn't mean
29:59he can't get stoppages
30:00that way.
30:02Look at the jabs
30:03through seven rounds.
30:05104 to 32
30:07for Hitchens
30:08as he goes downstairs
30:09to the body
30:10of Kambosis
30:11once again.
30:21Busting him up.
30:22Every time he throws
30:23that jab
30:23he lands it.
30:32With that jab
30:34he's looking like
30:35I-Corte right now
30:36Richardson Hitchens
30:37just a long
30:38strong
30:39shotgun jab
30:40setting up
30:41that right hand.
30:43Hitchens just now
30:44pointed to the corner
30:46of Kambosis
30:46and yelled at him
30:48to stop the fight.
30:49Yeah.
30:49Prior to that
30:50he had his palms
30:50to the sky
30:51asking Kambosis
30:52do you want to
30:53keep doing this?
30:53Shot straying low
30:57there from Hitchens
30:58as we're inside
30:59the final minute
30:59of round eight.
31:00Now shades
31:01of Vasily Lomachenko
31:03against Richard Comey
31:04a couple of years ago
31:05right here
31:06in Max Square Garden
31:07where Lomachenko
31:08was putting
31:09body shot
31:09body shot
31:10from Hitchens
31:11and that may be
31:14a walk-off
31:16home run.
31:19The pain
31:19from the body
31:20lingers
31:21it's not going
31:21to go away
31:22this fight
31:22it's over.
31:23That is it.
31:25Richardson Hitchens
31:26the pride
31:27of Brooklyn
31:28shines
31:29at Madison Square
31:30Garden.
31:31Brooklyn stand up
31:33he wanted
31:33the knockout
31:34he went
31:34for the knockout
31:35he got
31:36the knockout.
31:39Sergio
31:43performances
31:44do not
31:45get much
31:45more dominant
31:46than that.
31:47A plus
31:48performance
31:49he went
31:49for it
31:49he smelled
31:50blood
31:50and those
31:51beat downs
31:52to the body
31:52softening him
31:53up with that
31:53jab
31:54the straight
31:55right hand
31:55he went
31:56for the kill
31:57that's what
31:57you want
31:58to see
31:58from guys
31:58like Richardson
31:59Hitchens
31:59you want
32:00to see
32:00if they
32:01have that
32:01mean streak
32:01they smell
32:02blood
32:03you go
32:03for the kill
32:04killer instinct
32:06Corey
32:06that's something
32:06you can't
32:07teach
32:07a moment
32:16that Richardson
32:16Hitchens
32:17has no doubt
32:18dreamt of
32:18since he was
32:20a young boy
32:21however he
32:25visualized it
32:26Sergio
32:26I'm sure
32:27this lived
32:27up to his
32:28dreams
32:28listen
32:30I'm a big
32:31believer of
32:32the hometown
32:32curse
32:33I think
32:33fighters from
32:35the hometown
32:35always want
32:36to impress
32:37their fans
32:37going for the
32:38knockout
32:38and they
32:38usually don't
32:39look good
32:39this was an
32:41A plus
32:41performance
32:42by the
32:43hometown
32:43fighter
32:44here in
32:44front of
32:45his fans
32:45I mean
32:45beating
32:46down
32:46ferocious
32:48Kambosas
32:48with the
32:49right hands
32:49like that
32:50now respecting
32:50the power
32:51body shots
32:52like that
32:53and you
32:53could see
32:54by the way
32:55that Kambosas
32:55grimaced
32:56right there
32:56opening his
32:57mouth
32:57no way
32:59he was
32:59getting up
32:59from that
33:00shot
33:00the pain
33:01from the
33:02last body
33:02shot
33:02was still
33:03lingering
33:03around
33:04Kambosas
33:05had fun
33:05with that
33:06liver shot
33:06everything
33:13off that
33:13jab
33:14it was
33:15target
33:15practice
33:16by Richardson
33:17Hitchens
33:18not even
33:19breathing heavy
33:19confident
33:20telling
33:20and yelling
33:21at the
33:22corner
33:22to stop
33:22this fight
33:23because
33:24their man
33:24was out
33:24class
33:25tonight
33:25what a
33:27moment
33:28what a
33:28slow-mo
33:29replay
33:29as well
33:30the kids
33:30call that
33:31aura
33:31Sergio
33:32and this
33:33man had
33:34it tonight
33:34Richardson
33:35Hitchens
33:35the kids
33:37call it
33:38aura
33:38they call
33:39it
33:39swagger
33:40over here
33:40in New York
33:40Corey
33:41well speaking
33:45of New York
33:46we'll be back
33:47here in the
33:47Big Apple
33:48on July 12th
33:49when the ring
33:50presents another
33:51blockbuster card
33:52Edgar Berlanga
33:53versus
33:54Hamza Shiraz
33:55tops the bill
33:56with Shakur
33:57Stevenson
33:58and William
33:59Zepeda
33:59facing off
34:00in the Chiefs
34:01support
34:01it promises
34:02to be another
34:03memorable night
34:04of boxing
34:05here from
34:06New York
34:07and what
34:07a memorable
34:08night for
34:09Richardson
34:09Hitchens
34:10let's make
34:11it official
34:12ladies and
34:15gentlemen
34:16referee
34:16Michael
34:17Griffin
34:17calls a
34:18halt to
34:18this contest
34:19the official
34:20time of
34:22the stoppage
34:22two minutes
34:2333 seconds
34:25of round
34:25number eight
34:26declaring your
34:27winner
34:28by TKO
34:29he's still
34:31undefeated
34:32and still
34:34the IBF
34:35junior
34:36welterweight
34:37champion
34:38of the world
34:39Richardson
34:41Hitchens
34:43so Richardson
34:48Hitchens
34:49retains his
34:51IBF title
34:52here at
34:53Madison Square
34:53Garden
34:54a thoroughly
34:55dominant
34:56performance
34:56from start
34:57to finish
34:58for Hitchens
34:59who promised
35:02a knockout
35:02here tonight
35:03and he
35:04delivered
35:04and we're
35:07going to hear
35:08from Hitchens
35:09who
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