Whereas proficient, the younger profession of Richardson Hitchins, at the very least from his perspective, has stalled.
After a powerful displaying within the 2016 Olympic Video games, the now 25-year-old inked a promotional contract with Mayweather Promotions. From there, Hitchins was satisfied that he aligned himself with the type of promotional muscle that will permit him to turn into a star.
However, despite his lofty targets, Hitchins grew acrimonious as he endured protracted stints on the sidelines. Unwilling to permit his expertise to go to waste, Hitchins escaped the promotional clutches of Mayweather Promotions and has signed on with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.
On February 4th, on the Hulu Theater in New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard, Hitchins (15-0, 7 KOs) will make his second ring look since inking his settlement. Hitchins, admittedly, has nothing however respect for John Bauza, his upcoming foe. Nonetheless, the extremely assured contender considers himself top-of-the-line fighters round, whether or not the remainder of the boxing world is aware of it or not.
“I feel I’m an elite-level fighter,” mentioned Hitchins to Ringside Views.
The pedestal through which Hitchins locations himself upon, hasn’t led to mainstream consideration. At the moment, the New York native has a methods to go earlier than he’s talked about amongst the remainder of the tremendous light-weight division’s higher echelon. Ought to he go on to turn into the primary man handy John Bauza a defeat, Hitchins believes that his gaudy aspirations will probably be just a few fights away.
In the end, the principle goal for Hitchins is to turn into one of many extra recognizable faces within the sport. So as to take action, he is aware of good and nicely that he should combination world titles and string collectively spectacular performances.
Nonetheless, at this very second, Hitchins is below the impression that he’s considerably outgrown his present standing as a mere undercard fighter. Though his wishes aren’t precisely pragmatic, Hitchins deduces that at this stage in his profession, he needs to be at the very least considerably of a family title.
“I really feel like I needs to be having my very own principal occasions and proper there in world title rivalry.”