Comments Thread For: Hutchinson Open To Facing Anybody At 175 After Strong Performance Against Richards

[SteveM]

Who in their right mind would recently sign Richard's who is a middle-aged fighter on the downside???

that's a bit harsh lol - from where I'm sitting 70 is still quite young

[SteveM]

If Yarde won't take the Buatsi fight then hopefully Willy will. There's a lot to gain with a British title fight & this would surely show us if WH has what he say's he has!

Richards ran Buatsi quite close and probably that fight took a chunk out of him as this fight no doubt did too. Buatsi or his team around him seem to lack confidence to push on and challenge Bivol or Beterbiev as he's had his chances - if he's not fighting Yarde then I'd guess that is more on him as Yarde has proven he's prepared to step up to a challenge. I can see Yarde vs Hutch more likely

[Boro]

Was it a strong performance or was Richards not performing because Richards wasn't using his jab at all really and it's his bread and butter.

Truthfully as I watched the fight unfold I was rather baffled by Richards performance, i would've assumed he would have a little more urgency because it seems his career at any real level was hanging in the balance.