Richardson Hitchins says his goal is to show that he is “above the standards” of Liam Paro when he challenges him for the IBF light welterweight belt on Saturday, December 7, at Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan. Their 12-round fight will be shown live on DAZN.
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Questionable Tactics
IBF mandatory Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) wants to dominate Paro (25-0, 15 KOs) and not just knock him out. Looking for the perfect Aussie school.
Hitchins, 27, is worried about the damage and southpaw tactics Paro displayed in his recent victory over the IBF 140-lb champion. Subriel Matias June 15th in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Paro went overboard in the power and offensive skills department against Matias, but was able to get the win by using these four things:
– To catch you regularly
– Shooting
– It’s going
– Roughhouse tricks
The referee was just there only the body and do nothing there, I look & release from Paro’s tactics against Matias. This was surprising because Paro’s shoving, holding, and other questionable tactics should have resulted in warnings and points being deducted, which would have lowered the scale on Matias’ side. In other words, Subriel would have won.
Since the Paro-Hitchins fight will be held in Puerto Rico again, it will be interesting to see if the referee does anything to control the tactics used by Paro in the fight.
If Liam chooses to sit around grabbing, shoving, and pummeling Hitchin with his fists to the back of his head, can the referee do something about it or just stand there, wide-eyed, pointlessly clearing the ring?
The Hitchins will probably be well prepared for Paro’s tactics and won’t just let them happen without devising a strategy to deny them.
Richardson’s Purpose Dominance
“I’ve been calling out Liam Paro’s name since the minute I signed with Matchroom. I signed with them at the same time. I will fight Liam Paro. I will fight Montana. It doesn’t really mean anything,” said Richardson Hitchins speaking to Boxing News.
“Now that he has won the world title. I just want to go out and prove that I’m more than Liam Paro. It’s not even winning the world title. If I win the world title by an inch, it won’t be good for me, but it’s about going out and separating myself to be the fighter that I am.
“I can’t say that he won in a comfortable and dominant way. I think he won in fashion when he knew he won the battle. It wasn’t comfortable and it wasn’t fun,” Hitchins said of Paro’s hard-fought 12-round decision win over IBF light welterweight champion Subriel Matias on June 15 in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Paro Matias’ win was not a pleasant one. He was forced to grab, shove, and move to avoid being knocked out by the IBF champion. Also, it would have been a different story if the referee had been on his job, warning and punishing Paro.
I felt that Liam should have had a three-point split in the fight, which would have changed the results significantly and possibly caused Matias to take him out. Without grabbing and shoving Paro away, he would be forced to stop and fight or run away. He would not win the war by walking. Therefore, he would have to fight with Matias, which would not end well for him because he would get slapped during the exchange.
“Liam came with an important game plan. Move, touch, hit, grab, and do it in every battle [against Matias],” Hitchins said. “When he started to lose his mind, he got a chance to make him happy. ‘You can do it,’ and he was already on the cards. What he had to do was to keep going and not give up. He came out of that fight stunned, he was able to escape with victory,” said Hitchins talking about the victory of Matias who was ugly, full of titles, moving and shuffling.
“When we get in there, we’ll see how his timing matches up with mine,” Hitchins said.
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