{"id":117447,"date":"2025-09-05T23:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117447\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T23:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:45:06","slug":"is-eddie-hearn-ready-to-bury-hatchet-with-richardson-hitchins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/117447\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Eddie Hearn Ready To Bury Hatchet With Richardson Hitchins?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Hearn has not ruled out working with IBF junior welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins<\/a> once again but is yet to make an offer for his next fight.
The pair had a well-publicised spat in the aftermath of Hitchins\u2019 eighth-round stoppage of George Kambosos <\/a>at Madison Square Garden Theater on June 14.<\/p>\n

In the ring during his post-fight interview, the 27-year-old New Yorker declared that he was a free agent after coming to the end of his contract with Matchroom, the promoters of the show in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Hearn did not take kindly to the timing <\/a>and levelled the blame at what he described as “bloodsuckers and snakes” in Hitchins\u2019 team.
Now the dust has settled on the situation. Hitchins, The Ring<\/a>\u2019s No. 1 at 140 pounds, does not have his next fight booked and is free to discuss his plans with any promoter.<\/p>\n

The moment still rankles with Hearn who insists he and Matchroom lost money on promoting Hitchins, whose last five fights have been under his banner. However, when asked whether that bridge has been burned for good, Hearn said: \u201cNo, I wouldn\u2019t rule out working with him again in the future. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens. At the moment we haven\u2019t made him an offer, but that could change.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my point of view, we had a little spat after the last fight and he got told what to say in the ring. I was very disappointed. You get over things, but I do find it difficult when you say, \u2018I just want to thank you so much, you’ve completely changed my life but, by the way, I’m a free agent\u2019. It just doesn’t wash well with me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main issue is that Richardson Hitchins has been a tough sell for a long time, but we’ve stuck our money in and we’ve never faltered. Now he’s got to the championship, it still requires significant investment and significant money and it just leaves a bit of a bad taste in your mouth. But it doesn’t mean we won’t do business moving forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will see what happens in the next couple of weeks, but he is a free agent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Hearn indicates he is willing to forgive, he may not totally forget the public fall-out.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cFighters have to get the best deal for themselves, but right now we are one of two who have a TV contract in America. We are in a pretty good position.<\/p>\n

“We have all these fighters from other promotional companies that want to join Matchroom and DAZN<\/a> so we\u2019ve got to choose wisely and right now we have no obligation to Richardson Hitchins.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I don\u2019t really want to represent someone who wants to go out and see what else is on offer then come back and say, ‘Maybe.’ I want people who want to be with Matchroom. When I know that I will work my nuts off to get you the best opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with our credentials and our current position in the market that we’re an outstanding choice. So I find it actually quite offensive when you even want to talk to someone else.<\/p>\n

“We have to choose wisely, but let\u2019s see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn has not ruled out working with IBF junior welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins once again but is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":["post-117447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-results","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}