Brian Norman Sr. reacted to Richardson Hitchins\u2019s sparring comments today in an interview, revealing that his memory of what had happened in that session with Norman Jr. wasn\u2019t what he made it seem.<\/p>\n
Hitchins said it was \u201ceasy work\u201d sparring with Norman Jr. (28-0, 22 KOs). According to Norman Sr., it was \u201cmediocrity\u201d from him. He says it\u2019s interesting that he\u2019s pushing to fight the winner of WBO welterweight champion Norman Jr\u2019s fight against Devin Haney on November 22nd, when he\u2019s got guys in his own weight class at 140, like WBA champion Gary Antuanne Russell, calling him out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sparring, he was not on my level\u2026As far as boxing skills, it wasn\u2019t a puzzle for me. It wasn\u2019t nothing to find out,\u201d said Hitchins to the 10-8 podcast this week about Norman Jr. not being on his level.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Bunch of Mediocrity\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThese bums come five years later. What mediocrity were you excited about? You never heard it from nobody because it was a bunch of mediocrity,\u201d said Brian Norman Sr. to the 10-8 Podcast<\/a>, reacting to Richardson Hitchins claiming he\u2019d dominated Brian Norman Jr. in sparring.\u201d<\/p>\n Interestingly, Norman Sr. reveals that the sparring between Brian Norman Jr. and Hitchins occurred five years ago, not recently. The way Hitchins was talking this week, he made it sound like it was recent. If it were five years ago, that was a lifetime ago. Norman Jr. was only 19, sparring with a 23-year-old. Why didn\u2019t Hitchins mention how long ago the sparring session took place when he bragged about dominating Norman Jr?<\/p>\n \u201cI talk about meaningful things. That wasn\u2019t a meaningful spar at all, and if it was meaningful, you\u2019d have heard about it before. Why is he talking about Devin Haney and Brian Norman when he has people in his division calling him out actively?\u201d said Norman Sr.<\/p>\n Hitchins\u2019 Convenient Silence<\/p>\n That interview by Hitchins made him look good, as he discussed how he had dominated Brian Norman Jr. in the past five years. It doesn\u2019t matter if it wasn\u2019t true. Enough fans believed it actually happened for them to view Hitchins as a viable opponent to face the winner of the November 22nd fight between Norman Jr. vs. Haney.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is a bona fide p****. He\u2019s ashamed. He should be ashamed of calling himself \u2018Africa\u2019 because you don\u2019t represent. How can he leave Gary Antuanne Russell call you out every chance he gets, and you don\u2019t say a word? You got people calling you out because they know you\u2019re not any good. They\u2019re calling you out because they want your belt,\u201d said Norman Sr.<\/p>\n The Amateur Albatross<\/p>\n Three potential reasons why Hitchins isn\u2019t calling out WBA light welterweight champion Gary Antuanne Russell:<\/p>\n Hitchins lost to him 4 times in the amateurs Losing four consecutive times to Gary Antuanne Russell in the amateurs is reason enough for Hitchins to steer clear of him permanently. When you lose that many times to a fighter, it signals that he\u2019s just too good for you.<\/p>\n It would be admirable for Richardson to show some backbone and fight Russell, but it would mess up his pursuit of millions that he\u2019s chasing against Brian Norman Jr., Devin Haney, and Teofimo Lopez.<\/p>\n The Shakur Blueprint<\/p>\n As long as Hitchins keeps fighting the lower-level fighters he\u2019s been facing, he\u2019ll stay unbeaten long enough to get a big payday. He\u2019d be following the Shakur Stevenson blueprint. Face the Josh Padleys of the world, give a lot of trash-talking interviews, and post frequently on X.<\/p>\n Eventually, a big fight out of your pay grade will fall into your lap without you having to earn it with risky fights. It worked for Shakur.<\/p>\n Tom Galm has covered the global boxing scene since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, business trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb Brian Norman Sr. Exposes Hitchins\u2019 \u201cEasy Work\u201d Claim: Sparring Was Five Years Ago and \u201cA Bunch of Mediocrity\u201d<\/p>\n Last Updated on 11\/06\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian Norman Sr. reacted to Richardson Hitchins\u2019s sparring comments today in an interview, revealing that his memory of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-266035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNot a big enough name
\nFocused on payday fights<\/p>\n