Brooklyn's Richardson Hitchins commands the ring at MSG in defeating Kambosas

“I’m going to be bringing back boxing for years to come, and I’m going to be one of the guys to hold down New York City like no one’s ever seen before.”

- By DERREL JOHNSON Special to the AmNews

Brooklyn's Richardson Hitchins talked the talk when he spoke to the AmNews in late May before making the first title defense of his IBF junior welterweight championship. On Saturday, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, the 27-year-old pugilist of Haitian descent walked the walk.

In a surgical performance that he commanded from beginning to end, Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) used his jab from the start and his power at the end to win the first seven rounds before stopping Australian George Kambosos Jr. (22-4, 10 KOs) in the eighth round with a left hook to the body.