{"id":343626,"date":"2025-12-14T00:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343626\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T00:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T00:37:14","slug":"frank-martins-not-on-my-level-after-callout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/343626\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Martin&#8217;s &#8216;Not On My Level&#8217; After Callout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/richardson-hitchins-2926364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richardson Hitchins<\/a> believes that <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/frank-martin-2934806\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Martin<\/a>\u2019s confidence is bordering on delusion. <br \/>Last Saturday night at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, Martin ended an 18-month layoff. His time away seemingly did him well, as he bounced back from a 2024 eighth-round KO defeat to against Gervonta Davis by scoring a fourth-round <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/frank-martin-returns-to-brutally-ko-rances-barthelemy-in-4th\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Knockout of the Year contender over long-faded former champion, Rances Barthelemy<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Immediately after, Martin (19-1, 13 KOs) revealed that he would love a shot at Hitchins and his IBF 140-pound title. He also stated that he has the power to stop The Ring\u2019s No. 1 ranked junior welterweight. Upon hearing those words, Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) couldn\u2019t believe it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s lost his mind,\u201d Hitchins told <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ring<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s not on my level. I&#8217;m the best fighter in the division and one of the best fighters in the world.\u201d<br \/>It\u2019s been somewhat of a quiet 2025 for the Brooklyn native. So far, he\u2019s appeared just once, <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/richardson-hitchins-dominates-george-kambosos-jr-with-8th-round-stoppage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stopping George Kambosos<\/a> in the eighth round on June 14, at Madison Square Garden&#8217;s Theater in New York. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, Hitchins has called out several recognizable names, including Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney, and Brian Norman Jr. <\/p>\n<p>Martin, though, remains an interesting matchup, but the former title challenger isn\u2019t ranked in the IBF\u2019s top 15. If, however, he fights his way up the rankings and earns his shot at Hitchins, the 28-year-old will take him on. With that said, if it does happen, he promises to make Martin regret ever calling him out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he ever gets in the ring with me,\u201d Hitchins continued. \u201cI\u2019ll beat him the hell up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richardson Hitchins believes that Frank Martin\u2019s confidence is bordering on delusion. 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