Unbeaten super lightweight Richardson Hitchins (14-0, 6 KOs), who inked a promotional pact with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom yesterday, will fight for his first pro title when he takes on Yomar Alamo (20-1-1, 12 KOs) for the IBF North American title as the co-main event of Montana Love vs. Steve Spark on November 12 at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, live worldwide on DAZN.
“November 12, my time to shine,” said Hitchins. “Eddie promised me big fights, big opportunities, and most importantly, activity. This is the beginning of all that, the beginning of this new journey in my career and I couldn’t be more excited.”
In other action, unbeaten featherweight Raymond Ford (12-0-1, 6 KOs) defends his WBA Continental Americas title against Sakaria Lukas (25-1-1, 17 KOs) and unbeaten super featherweight Christian Tapia (15-0, 12 KOs) takes on Thomas Mattice (19-3-1, 15 KOs) for the WBA Continental Americas title.
Well that was quick. Just signed and has his first fight scheduled already. Actually a pretty good card; Ford – Lukas is an interesting fight.
I hope he gets his block knocked off. His grab and clutch style drives me nuts.
Typo? Title says “Hitchens”. Article says “Hitchins”.
There ya go! You corrected it…..
That’s a decent first fight, guess signing with Matchroom wasn’t a bad idea after all
Tapia vs. Mattice is an interesting matchup. Mattice is a slick boxer & lost a majority decision to Isaac Cruz.
Caught it Through the Grapevine (from a local reliable source), ML is the greatest all round package out of Cleveland right now! My learning intimate conversations with CB back then have reinforced what reality is today. I really cherish your signature on the custom poster from those early days.
Looks like a tough fight for Ford. His team shows great confidence, his last few fights have been against solid opposition. Ford is talented and slick and very good at not letting fighters get him into a fire fight, by grabbing when on the inside.
He’s disciplined and smart so should be able to get past this stiff test.
Matchroom tricked Andrade into signing up so he could actually get a good fight with GGG, Canelo, BJS, or even Munguia.
All of those guys received the protection and none was ever delivered for Andrade.
Hitchins should take note of the treatment he could be looking at signing up with Matchroom:
“Eddie promised me big fights, big opportunities”