The path to Kambos’s victory: what precocious aggression and pressure could reveal Hitchins

Promoter Eddie Hearn says that George Kamboses has the opportunity to get a hassle tonight if he starts quickly, he uses a lot of aggression and does not allow the heavy weight champion of the IBF Richardson Hitchins to build a great advantage.

Hitchins (19-0, 7 kos) is the favorite against Kamboses (22-3, 10 kos) for its headline at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City. He is a rival that Hitchins chose by hand after he did not get a fight against Teophimo López. It is not ideal, but Richardson was not going to choose his number 1 contestant, Subriel Matias, due to the risk involved.

Hitch’s weaknesses

• Constant maintenance
• Vulnerable to pressure
• Low power
• A runner
• Without interior
• Lack of aggression

Kambosa’s discomfort plan revealed

“Much of this struggle depends on the amount of George and how Richardson can be composed in this cauldron of madness,” said Eddie Hearn to Fighthypedissecting Richardson Hitchins vs. George Kamboses Jr. Fighting for this night. “If you go to experience, you will go to George because of what he did last time and of all those massive nights of which he has been part of.”

Kambosa is as good as always, but he seems to have lost some speed of his hand since 2021. He still has enough pop in his punches to worry about Hitchins if he can reach him before, before building an advantage. If the Hitchins can get a great advantage in the first half of the contest, they are in the back rounds moving constantly. This is what he does. It builds an advantage and then enters its forecast defense, running for the second half of the fight. It is effective, but not entertaining.

“It’s good enough. You have to be good enough to face Hitchine’s skills, which is very good. The brain would say,” Hitchins on Points. “For me, the first three rounds of this struggle are really important,” said Hearn. “If George can go into the struggle, if not 3-nil, 4 down, chasing, has a great opportunity in the fight. But it must be effective early, try to unveil Hitchins, who is a very talented fighter.”

Stressed hitchins by pressure

Kambos has gone through to overcome the hard and fast shots that Hitchine launches to approach him enough to connect. It is vulnerable when its opponents are landing. We saw that in Hitchins’ fights against Gustavo Lemos and Jose Zepeda. These boys were not the fastest fighters, but they had enough power to stress Richardson, making it lose their cooling.

“When we did the show in March, he was a very different George. He is a great stage fighter. What I am seeing of him now is what I saw against Teo. That’s why he is here. He does not need it for money. He has a lot of money. George is here for legacy. If he wins this struggle, he is the greatest Australian fighter of all time, I think that Hearn.

Kamboses has been definitely motivated this week, showing the same type of personality similar to the war he showed in his clash against Teophimo López in 2021. However, he is facing a fighter from Teo. Hitchins is a pure boxer of Shakur’s mold, which has an excellent speed of hand.