{"id":287686,"date":"2025-11-16T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/287686\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T05:58:14","slug":"hitchins-targets-benn-after-avoiding-the-killers-at-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/287686\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitchins Targets Benn After Avoiding The Killers At 140"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richardson Hitchins expanded his call-outs of welterweights to Conor Benn following his 12-round unanimous decision win over Chris Eubank Jr. in their rematch on Saturday night in London, England.<\/p>\n<p>Benn Added to the List<\/p>\n<p>Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs), who has already called out Ryan Garcia and the Devin Haney vs. Brian Norman Jr. winner, broadened his search for a money fight by including Benn (24-1, 14 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>Fans immediately lashed out at IBF 140-lb champion Hitchins, saying it was \u201chorrible\u201d that he became a champion because he\u2019s not showing interest in fighting any of the top fighters from his weight class, Gary Antuanne Russell, Subriel Matias, Keyshawn Davis, and Ernesto Mercado.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I ain\u2019t gone lie me and coner Ben could get it at 147 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richardson Hitchins (@HeIsRichardson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeIsRichardson\/status\/1989864954283839704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hitchins Hunts Upward<\/p>\n<p>Benn, 29, took advantage of the age and the physical depletion of the 36-year-old Eubank Jr. (35-4, 25 KOs) to defeat him by a 12-round unanimous decision tonight at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England. He dropped Eubank Jr. twice in the 12th round and was 30 seconds away from knocking him out if there had been more time remaining in the fight. The scores were 119-107, 116-110, and 118-108.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, Richardson, 28, is going to have to realize that he can\u2019t cut corners to weasel a fight without earning them by fighting the apex predators at 140.<\/p>\n<p>Hitchins\u2019 recent eighth-round knockout win over George Kambosos Jr. on June 14, 2025, wasn\u2019t a significant enough victory to open the doors for the mega-million-dollar payday fights that he craves against Benn, Ryan Garcia, and Devin Haney.<\/p>\n<p>Hitchins is just sitting on his IBF belt, trying to hustle fights against 147-pounders who are well above his pay grade and have accomplished more in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>140\u2019s Wolves Ignored<\/p>\n<p>Hitchins is basically putting the cart before the horse with his career by trying to get the big money fights without earning them by fighting the wolves from the 140-lb division. In other words, Richardson is cutting corners, trying to get the lucrative fights without risking his hide.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Antuanne Russell<br \/>\nSubriel Matias<br \/>\nKeyshawn Davis<br \/>\nErnesto Mercado<\/p>\n<p>Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\/boxer\/an-analysts-perspective\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8211; An Analyst&#8217;s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb Richardson Hitchins Wants Conor Benn at 147 After Beating No One at 140 \u2014 Fans Accuse Him of Ducking the Apex Predators in His Own Division<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 11\/15\/2025 \t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richardson Hitchins expanded his call-outs of welterweights to Conor Benn following his 12-round unanimous decision win over Chris&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-287686","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\/287686","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=287686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}