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Richardson Hitchins is still laying down the groundwork for what he believes will be a Hall of Fame worthy career. While he's shown hubris, Hitchins has dominated every single fighter that's stood across the ring from him.
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[Bronx2245]

When is the rescheduled date for Richardson Hitchins vs. Montana Love? Hitchins has to SHINE, if he wants those Top guys at 140! Let's Go!!! Brooklyn Stand Up!

[Bronx2245]

Devin Haney To Fight Prograis On October 28th At 140, Will Return To 135 To Defend Undisputed Title

Devin Haney will be moving up to challenge Regis Prograis for his WBC light welterweight title on October 28th, and Devin has asked the World Boxing Council to allow him to keep his 135-lb belt while he attempts to become a two-division world champion. If Haney loses to Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs), he’ll still have his undisputed lightweight championship to return to.

Haney has petitioned the WBC to ask them to allow him to keep his 135-lb belt while he faces Prograis at 140. However, Haney’s mandatory defense is now due against Shakur Stevenson.

So if the WBC allows Haney to get his way, they would be stalling the career of Shakur in favor of Devin, who is clearly moving up to 140 in hopes of capturing a valuable bargaining chip that he can use to get a better deal in a unification fight against WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez.

There is a precedent of the WBC having allowed one of their champions to freeze their belt to move up in weight to fight for a world title.

They gave Canelo Alvarez permission to freeze his WBC super middleweight title so that he could go up to 175 to challenge WBA champion Dmitry Bivol last year.

It seems pretty clear that Haney has no intention of defending his WBC 135-lb title against Shakur Stevenson if or when he does come back down to lightweight. If Haney does come back, it’ll be to fight someone like Gervonta Davis, Vasily Lomachenko, or Isaac Cruz.

“I’m a free agent, and everything is aligned for me to become a two-division champion against arguably the #1 guy [Regis Prograis] at 140 for me to showcase my skills at a much stronger weight,” said Devin Haney to Fighthype when asked why is he going up to light welterweight.

“Weight won’t be my focus in camp. I’ll be able to be comfortable and go into the fight 100%,” Haney continued. “God willing, that I’ll be able to hold onto my 135 belts while I’m at 140 and come back and defend my undisputed belts.

“I’m just that kind of guy, that kind of fighter. I want to fight the best,” said Haney on why he chose Prograis to fight at 140. I want to fight the best fighters and prove myself time & time again.

“I fought a future Hall of Famer [Vasily Lomachenko] in my last fight, and now I’m going up to fight another champion. Champion vs. champion. It’ll be a good fight for boxing, and I’ll showcase my arsenal,” said Haney.

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[jikeccfc]

lopez puts hitchins to sleep

[Butt stuff]

mans got two second names

[archiemoore1]

The problem with this fight is that it would be the pillow vs. the soft blanket. Neither guy is punching like that so u already know its a long 12 round fight with a lot of sticking and moving, dancing and prancing, gliding and sliding, with maybe 3 or 4 solid punches landed all night. No knockdowns and they'll both look exactly the same after the fight but they'll be talking a bunch of sh.t about who they want next. It will be a yawn fest

[Butt stuff]

Hilarious that he's making out Lopez/Prograis are easy fights (the actual titleholders in the division) but is hunting a fight with the light hitting guy who is moving up a division and has no title. Can tell I'm not gonna like this guy but with that mindset he's not gonna be around for long.

[freebert21]

A good fight but definitely not a mega fight by any stretch of the imagination

[factsarenice]

Devin Haney doesn't draw and **** Hiichens isn't much to watch, has no fan base and brings no money. Anybody else see the problem here?

[Mammoth]

Hitchins seems like a good fighter. I'm hoping Hearn can land him some decent names.