When is Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kambosos?

Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kambosos is on Saturday, June 14. The broadcast will begin at 7 p.m. Eastern Time (midnight BST). 

Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kambosos will stream on DAZN.

Where is Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kambosos?

The fight is taking place at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Who is Richardson Hitchins?

Hitchins, 19-0 (7 KOs), captured the IBF junior welterweight belt in December from Liam Paro; Paro himself was making the first defense of that title after defeating Subriel Matias. Ahead of their fight, Paro called Hitchins a frontrunner. The opposite turned out to be true. Hitchins started slowly and then picked up momentum, winning an impressive split decision that should have been unanimous.

So now the 27-year-old from New York City is making his first title defense, headlining in front of his home crowd at The Theatre at Madison Square Garden. 

This will be Hitchins’ first fight of 2025. He ended 2023 well, winning a wide decision over former title challenger Jose Zepeda. Hitchins then had a rough outing in a unanimous but debatable decision over Gustavo Lemos in April 2024.

Hitchins performed far better against Paro and is hoping to keep that going against Kambosos, who like Paro is from Australia. And if Hitchins succeeds, he will have plenty of options given how packed things are at 140lbs.

There is lineal and WBO champion Teofimo Lopez, who may be leaving this weight class behind, which would be a shame given that Lopez-Hitchins would be an all-NYC showdown. There is the winner of the July 12 fight between WBC titleholder Alberto Puello and Matias. And then there is Gary Antuanne Russell, who not only impressively picked up the WBA belt from Jose Valenzuela in March, but also owns an amateur win over Hitchins from the 2016 Olympics.

Other contenders and prospects include Kariton Agrba, Adam Azim, Arthur Biyarslanov, Lindolfo Delgado, Oscar Duarte, Andy Hiraoka, Sandor Martin, Ernesto Mercado, Jamaine Ortiz, Dalton Smith and the winner of the July 19 rematch between former titleholder Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and Angel Fierro. Oh, and Keyshawn Davis has outgrown the lightweight division and is planning to compete next at 140lbs.

Who is George Kambosos Jnr?

Kambosos, 22-3 (10 KOs), is a former lineal and unified lightweight champion who is in his second fight at junior welterweight after signing with Matchroom Boxing – which is promoting Hitchins and this show.

The 31-year-old native of Sydney continues to get big opportunities even though he hasn’t scored another major win since his upset of Teofimo Lopez in November 2021. One thing that helped Kambosos land those opportunities was that he became an attraction in Australia after the Lopez fight and his opponents were willing to travel for the paydays. There were two decision losses to Haney in Melbourne in 2022, then an 11th-round TKO to Vasiliy Lomachenko in Perth in May 2024.

Sandwiched between those was a controversial majority decision win over Maxi Hughes in America in 2023. The only clear win Kambosos has picked up was in Sydney in March, when he outpointed the 16-1 Jake Wyllie, a late replacement for original opponent Daud Yordan.

Another loss should truly be it for Kambosos, who could otherwise be used to sell tickets at home while bringing more eyes to the other prospects and contenders from his nation. But another unexpected win? That would restart the cash cow process anew.

What other fights are on the undercard of Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kambosos?

In the co-feature, lightweight contender Andy Cruz will face Hironori Mishiro, with the winner becoming the mandatory challenger for the IBF belt currently held by Raymond Muratalla.

Cruz, 5-0 (2 KOs), is a 29-year-old from Cuba who now lives in the United States. He is ranked third by the IBF at lightweight; the sanctioning body’s top two spots are vacant. Cruz won an Olympic gold medal in 2021, defeating Keyshawn Davis in the tournament finale in Tokyo, Japan.

Cruz had been calling out Davis of late, but that ship may have sailed for now given that Davis failed to make the lightweight limit last week for a canceled title defense against Edwin De Los Santos and is now planning a move to 140lbs.

Japan’s Mishiro, 17-1-1 (6 KOs), 30, is ranked fifth by the IBF, one spot below former featherweight titleholder Mark Magsayo. Mishiro’s blemishes are a draw in 2018 with the 18-1 Masaru Sueyoshi and a cut-shortened technical decision loss to the 14-4-2 Min Ho Jung in April 2023. Since then, Mishiro has won five in a row, most recently stopping the 14-2-1 Hinata Maruta in December. 

Also on the undercard are several prospects in separate bouts, including junior lightweight Zaquin Moses, 3-0 (2 KOs); debuting bantamweight Adam Maca; junior middleweight Nishant Dev, 1-0 (1 KO); and heavyweight Teremoana Jnr, 7-0 (7 KOs).

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