Matchroom ready to build Richardson Hitchins-George Kambosos Jnr
Jan 9, 2025 • 6:15 AM ET
GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – Matchroom are preparing to match George Kambosos Jnr at junior welterweight ahead of a potential date with Richardson Hitchins later in 2025.
They plan to follow Jai Opetaia-David Nyika, a co-promotion with Tasman Fighters at the Gold Coast Convention Centre in Queensland, with a promotion on March 22 in Sydney, New South Wales, led by Kambosos Jnr.
Kambosos Jnr was a free agent when he agreed terms with Matchroom before the conclusion of 2024, and was considered a potential challenger to his fellow Australian Liam Paro until Paro sacrificed the IBF junior-welterweight title in defeat by Hitchins in Puerto Rico in December.
“Just a homecoming,” Eddie Hearn told BoxingScene about his immediate plans for Kambosos. “One fight at 140, like a top-15 guy – March 22nd we’re looking at – and then, hopefully, he fights Hitchins.”
Declan Warrington has been writing about boxing for the British and Irish national newspapers since 2010. He is also a long-term contributor to Boxing News, Boxing News Presents and Talksport, and formerly the boxing correspondent for the Press Association, a pundit for BoxNation and a regular contributor to Boxing Monthly, Sport and The Ring, among other publications. In 2023, he conducted the interviews and wrote the script for the audio documentary “Froch-Groves: The Definitive Story”; he is also a member of the BWAA.
