Ernesto Mercado calls Richardson Hitchins a “false champion”

Welterweight’s light contestant, Ernesto Mercado, says he sees the 140 -pound champion IBF, Richardson Hitchins, as a “false champion.” He does not like the way Hitchins (19-0, 7 kos) leads Australian fighters instead of United States fighters, like himself.

Hitchins won his IBF belt in Aussie Liam Paro last December. Now the defense against another Australian, George Kamboses Jr., on June 14 at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York. Mercado (17-0, 16 kos) Fight against the burial against Jonathan Montrel (19-3, 13 kos) in a round of ten. The event will be displayed Live in Dazn.

Mercado explodes “False Champion”

“I don’t know him. Only the way the mouth runs, he is an author, said Ernesto Mercado to Thaboxingvoice As for Richardson Hitchins. “It acts as if it were this type of type, but it is not this type of champion. He is talking like:” Oh, I called this kind. “

Hitchins, 27, definitely took the struggle of Matias, who continues to do it badly to this day. I should have taken this game. There is no other way to look at it not Richardson to have cold feet and do not want to mix it with the old 140-pound IBF champion subrriel. Hitchine’s decision to defend Kambosa’s belt instead of one of the other Light Welterweight contestants was the wrong movement, because it only reached 140 and has only struggled once in the weight class.

“Now, he is (Hitchins) fighting two Australians. Why is F *** he is fighting against two Australians. Come on,” said Mercado about Hitchins fighting Liam Paro last December and now defends against George Kamboses Jr. “All that is addressed are these Australian types. I ask. How don’t you fight any of the states? And then kamboses. Seriously?”

Hitch promoter Eddie Hearn may have had something to do with him by choosing to defend -Kamboses Jr. Because it promotes it. This was the only Hearn door to 140 that has control. So having Richardson defended against Kamboses was his way of making the two fighters in the Matchs Room happy. It’s not like Hitchins had been pleased if Hearn had chosen Ernesto Mercado or Elvis Rodriguez for his first IBF belt defense.

“Are we being serious? Everyone knows that kambos is shit,” said Mercado. “So sorry Is just a false champion A **. I feel like once I have the opportunity to fight him and seeing that I fight for an IBF belt (North America), I want you to know that it will come for its **. When I see him there, I will definitely let him know. “”

Kambosa 2-3 record in its last five fights tells you everything you need to know about your suitability as Hitchins’ challenger. It should not have been chosen as a rival for a title defense, because it sends the message that failure is rewarded. Success is ignored. Fighters like Mercado are ignored, while Kamboses are given a title to fail their way to the top.

“He is just a false champion A **, claiming he owns New York,” said Mercado about Hitchins. “No one or she knows him in New York. He claims he is from the trenches. He is not a trench. It’s just a blow.

Why Hitchs chose Kamboses

Richardson’s style of struggle has an element of Shakur Stevenson. He is definitely not an attacker or someone who will remain and will spend for a long time. That is why he was ruined by his fights against Jose Zepeda and John Bauza. Interestingly, Hitchins believes that he will gain a lot of attention by beating Kamboses. He says that this struggle will make him known to the fans and open for him. This is not the type of opponent that Hitchins must notice.

“And seeing how Kambosa has just passed to 140, what is the F *** that is mandatory? The s *** does not make sense. It’s all politics. And then see -in that sense, it is even the worst,” said Mercado when he told him that Kambos is a voluntary defense for Richardson. Why do you want to fight against him of all 140 guys? It doesn’t make sense. “

He chose Kambosa for these reasons:

1. It is not a threat
2. Well -known
3. Your promoter wanted you to do
4. Functions of your

What Hitchins should have done is to fight Mercado, Matias, Rodriguez or to resell Liam Paro. If he beat one of these boys, the fans would take note and could make Turki Alralikh show an interest in using one of his letters.

“If they fought in Australia, he would see the value in this, but they are fighting in New York. No one knows him in New York,” Mercado said when he told him that Hitch is fighting Kamboses because he is a “money struggle.” “If they fought in Australia in that field they succeeded, but Hitchins only try to keep the belt, man. He knows he will be removed. The way I see it,” said Mercado.

Kambos has lost so many times in the last three years that he has probably worked out his welcome to the fight in Australia in front of his people. The great crowd that Kambos achieved for his first fight against Degget in 2022 will have reduced to his three defeats in the last three years. Returning to Australia would now have meant fight in front of a tiny crowd. It would not have been worth it.