{"id":175414,"date":"2025-06-11T10:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175414\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:32:09","slug":"hitchins-vs-kambosos-date-fight-time-undercard-latest-odds-prediction-and-ring-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175414\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitchins vs Kambosos: Date, fight time, undercard, latest odds, prediction and ring walks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hitchins defends his IBF light-welterweight title for the first time in the headline fight in New York.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old comes into the bout undefeated in 19 professional fights. He won by split decision last time out after going the distance with Australia\u2019s Liam Paro in Puerto Rico, becoming a world champion for the first time.<\/p>\n

He will defend that belt this weekend as he meets Australia\u2019s Kambosos Jr. The 31-year-old is the more experienced contender, having won 22 of his 25 fights and previously reigned as unified lightweight champion.<\/p>\n

The pair have exchanged choice words in the build-up to the fight. Hitchins labelled Kambosos a \u2018D-Class\u2019 fighter the week before the clash, adding: \u201cEvery time he fights, he gets out of the ring uglier than he came in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s Hitchins is determined to defend his home city of New York, stating: \u201cHe\u2019s going to have to kill me. He\u2019s got to show me he\u2019s a gangster. I\u2019m going to show him where I\u2019m from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kambosos responded in equal measure, promising a decisive win \u201cin [Hitchins\u2019] own back yard\u201d.<\/p>\n

He declared: \u201cHitchins is not on my level., I ain\u2019t got s**t to lose. You\u2019ve never been in the ring with anyone close to George Kambosos Jr.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hitchins vs Kambosos fight date and venue<\/p>\n

Richardson Hitchins vs George Kambosos Jr will take place on Saturday June 14, 2025.<\/p>\n

The fight will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, USA.<\/p>\n

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power: hitchins knocks down John Bauza in New York in 2023<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

Hitchins vs Kambosos fight time and ring walks<\/p>\n

The undercard will get underway from 1am BST in the early hours of Sunday morning in the UK, which is 8pm ET and 5pm PT.<\/p>\n

Main event ring walks are expected at around 4am BST, 11pm ET and 8pm PT.<\/p>\n

How to watch Hitchins vs Kambosos<\/p>\n

TV channel and live stream: The event will be broadcast live exclusively on DAZN.<\/p>\n

A subscription to the platform currently starts from \u00a314.99 a month in the UK.<\/p>\n

Coverage will begin at 12am BST on Sunday, June 15.<\/p>\n

Hitchins vs Kambosos undercard<\/p>\n

Richardson Hitchins vs George Kambosos Jr (for Hitchins\u2019 IBF light-welterweight title) <\/p>\n

Andy Cruz vs Hironori Mishiro (IBF lightweight eliminator) <\/p>\n

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curt: Kambosos Jr exchanged terse words with hitchins ahead of the fight<\/p>\n

Getty Images<\/p>\n

Teremoana Jnr vs Aleem Whitfield (heavyweights)<\/p>\n

Zaquin Moses vs Carl Rogers (super featherweights) <\/p>\n

Pablo Valdez vs Cesar Diaz (welterweights) <\/p>\n

Nishant Dev vs Josue Silva (super welterweights) <\/p>\n

Adam Maca vs Rafael Castillo (bantamweights) <\/p>\n

Hitchins vs Kambosos prediction<\/p>\n

While Kambosos Jr has a considerable experience advantage ahead of this bout, he may meet his match against Hitchins.<\/p>\n

He is an inch shorter than the American, four years older, and trailing in the rankings.<\/p>\n

While he is generally more likely to manage a knockout, Hitchins\u2019 form suggests he will not roll over. Now defending the biggest title of his career to date and fighting just a few miles from where he grew up, the Brooklyn-born fighter certainly holds the high ground.<\/p>\n

But Kambosos Jr learned from the best – he sparred with Manny Pacquiao in the early days of his career – and has been around the block. He will be out for revenge after losing the IBO lightweight title to the now-retired Vasiliy Lomachenko in May of last year.<\/p>\n

Expect this bout to go the full distance, with Hitchins taking a narrow points win.<\/p>\n

Hitchins to win by split decision.<\/p>\n

Hitchins vs Kambosos weigh-in<\/p>\n

Hitchins and Kambosos Jr will weigh in on Friday, June 13, at 6pm BST. <\/p>\n

The light-welterweight limit is 140lbs.<\/p>\n

Hitchins vs Kambosos Jr latest odds<\/p>\n

Kambosos Jr. to win: 13\/2<\/p>\n

Hitchins to win on points or by decision: 1\/2<\/p>\n

Hitchins to win by knockout or technical knockout: 23\/10<\/p>\n

Kambosos Jr to win on points or by decision: 11\/1<\/p>\n

Kambosos Jr to win by knockout or technical knockout: 11\/1<\/p>\n

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hitchins defends his IBF light-welterweight title for the first time in the headline fight in New York. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,72555,57185,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-175414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-george-kambosos-jr","10":"tag-richardson-hitchins","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}