Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) dethroned IBF junior welterweight champion Liam Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) by twelve round split decision on Saturday night at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hitchins outboxed Paro and pulled away to a 117-111 Paro, 116-112, 116-112 Hitchins.
IBF #4 junior lightweight Henry Lebron (20-0 10 KOs) outscored WBA #7 Christopher “Pitufo” Diaz (29-6 19 KOs) over ten rounds in a bout for the vacant IBF Latino, WBO NABO and WBA Continental Latin America titles. Scores were 97-93, 97-93, 96-94.
WBA #3, WBC #9, WBO #11 flyweight and Puerto Rican Olympian Yankiel Rivera (7-0, 3 KOs) stopped Angel Gonzalez in round four in a bout for the vacant WBC Silver, WBA Continental Americas and WBO Intercontinental flyweight titles.
Lightweight Marc Castro (13-1, 8 KOs) suffered his first loss, dropping a ten round split decision against Agustin Quintana (21-1-2, 13 KOs). Scores were 97-93, 97-93 for Quintana, 96-94 for Castro.
Welterweight Jalil Hackett (9-1, 7 KOs) also came up short, losing a ten round split decision to Jose Roman Vazquez (14-1, 6 KOs). Scores were 96-94, 96-94 for Vazquez, 96-94 for Hackett.
Stevie Wonder was in attendance and was assigned one scorecard.
Actually ,by the scoring there were two Stevie Wonders judging!!! No way Hitchins won by those margins!!
Everyone was judging him from the Lemos fight. Hitchins is much better than he was that night.
“Congrats” to a young cat, Hitchins. Keep moving forward, Hitchins.
I had Paro 7/5…that said: What a snooze fest. Every round was an exact duplicate of the previous round. Man oh man, is Hitchins a boring, one dimensional fighter?
Even though I was supporting Liam Paro I thought Hitchens won the fight.
Paro at least pressed the fight. Neither of them landed very many clean punches.
Even though I was supporting Liam Paro I thought 117 112 to Paro was definitely out I thought Hitchens won unanimous decision the better nan won but Paro was humble in defeat said Hitchens was better fighter on the night all respect to Liam Paro hopefully see him back in action soon get a top 10 contender
Hitchens has more power then people think…he stopped me in round 9….I was out! lol. That said from what I saw and then heard he won handily.
Hitchins does not have a 9th round knockout on his record
I think you missed the joke, Ian.
I never want to see Hitchins fight again
I hear you there, M. Back in April, I spent my hard-earned money to see Hitchins fight in Vegas. In his fight with Gustavo Lemos, there were around 110 clinches initiated by Hitchins! I’d never shell out money to see the Haitian New Yorker fight again; he’s no Andre Berto.
Hitchens exposed paro as a mediocre fighter. People gave Paro too much props for beating Matias. Matias is a shopworn fighter who burned out by getting into too many wars. In actuality, Paro is several levels below hitchens. Dominant and exciting fight by Hitchings IF you understand the art and science of boxing. Poor paro looked lost by round two. Once Hitchens kicked it into gear, it was a one-man show.
“…IF you understand the art and science of boxing” – haha, the typical defence of boring American fighters.
This coming from the same guys who called Lomachenko an “exciting” fighter with “hi-tech” defensive skills and marveled at his “incredible footwork.” Sure, brilliant defense is only “boring” when it’s an American fighter. I get it.
Loma has a lot more knockouts then 7 on his record. Plus, some of those knockouts were people quitting. Don’t think people quit from applying defense or footwork.
Not sure Paro is several levels below Hitchens. I have to watch this replay. I haven’t watched these guys fight.
I’d like to see Paro fight Kambosos, because Kambosos wants to jump up to 140 and call out big names and big paydays. And he left 135 not showing much in last 5 or 6 fights. He probably really lost 4 fights and had one draw, but ended up with just 3 losses.
Kambosos probably would rather fight Hitchens than Paro, because he doesn’t want to be considered a 2nd or 3rd best 140 lbs guy in Australia.
I was at Hitchins previous fight, and witnessed Gustavo Lemos beat him from pillar to post. Hitchins held well over 100 times that fight and should’ve been disqualified or had points taken away. I didn’t see last night’s fight, though.
“witnessed Gustavo Lemos beat him from pillar to post”… And then you woke up
Would love to see Hitchins fight Matias next with the winner taking on Teo! No way Matias should have to go to the back of the line based on one slip up!!
The Aussie boxers are not as good as the Aussie media and others think they are!!!!!
I didn’t see the fight last night, so perhaps someone can tell me: On a scale of 1 to 10, how exciting was it?
Does your rating scale go to zero?
I don’t like how Hitchens throws that straight with his chin up, an orthodox fighter with a good left hook, can exploit that. Keep that chin tucked when you throw, champ.
Warren has taken over from Hearn as the top Brit. Promoter, Hearn goes on like he is some Hip Hopper.
Paro losses and you go off on Hearn!!!!!
Hutchins won unconvincingly
Why was this in Puerto Rico?Very curious to me. It would have appeared thatt a good size crowd in Austrailia would have come to watch. Hitchins is of Hatian descent, not Puerto Rican.