Teofimo Lopez says the money that Richardson Hitchins has been asking to fight him, the promoters and networks are \u201cnot willing to give him\u201d because he doesn\u2019t have a big enough \u201cfanbase.\u201d Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) hasn\u2019t built up enough of a name for him to command the money he wants. Lopez didn\u2019t say how much Hitchins is asking for to face him.<\/p>\n
Teofimo Calls Out Hitchins\u2019 Demands<\/p>\n
Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs) states that he would do his part to \u201cbuild noise\u201d for a fight against Hitchins, but it\u2019s not up to him whether the match would happen.<\/p>\n
Hitchins recently called out the winner of the Devin Haney vs. Brian Norman Jr. fight, saying he\u2019ll move up to 147 to face whoever emerges victorious. Neither of those fighters has shown any interest in taking up his offer.<\/p>\n
Names He\u2019s Been Avoiding<\/p>\n
The problem is that the Brooklyn, New York, native Richardson, 28, has only fought two notable opponents in his eight-year career, George Kambosos Jr. and Liam Paro. He needs to take some risks by fighting the top 140-pounders who have been calling him out. These fighters:<\/p>\n
Gary Antuanne Russell
\nErnesto Mercado
\nSubriel Matias
\nKeyshawn Davis
\nJamaine Ortiz<\/p>\n
Some of these guys would have an excellent chance of defeating Hitchins. So, it\u2019s understandable why he hasn\u2019t pulled the trigger on facing any of them. But these are fighters that would increase Hitchins\u2019 popularity if he were willing to take a risk. He\u2019s not going to be able to take a backdoor route to mega-millions by fighting the likes of Kambosos Jr.<\/p>\n
The IBF light welterweight champion, Hitchins, has got to be in 50-50 fights or ones in which he\u2019s the underdog.<\/p>\n
Promoters Not Biting on the Price Tag<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a possibility. It\u2019s just the fact that Hitchins wants an X amount of money that promoters at networks are not willing to give to him just yet, because he needs to build that fanbase around him. He needs to build that noise,\u201d said Teofimo Lopez to the 10-8 Podcast<\/a> about what has prevented him and Richardson Hitchins from fighting.<\/p>\n Hitchins\u2019 Safe Route Exposed<\/p>\n George Kambosos Jr. Those are not big enough names for Richardson Hitchins to build a large fanbase.\u00a0 Hitchins is trying to put the cart before the horse by seeking big fights while bypassing the risky building matches he needs to take first to build a fanbase. It wouldn\u2019t take long for Richardson to work himself to the point where he was a big enough name to get matches against Teofimo, Haney, and Norman Jr. if he were facing the top 140-pounders.<\/p>\n That\u2019s if he were getting weeded out by them, which could happen. Mercado, Antuanne Russell, Keyshawn, Matias, and Jamaine would be brutal fights for Hitchins.<\/p>\n \u201cI can bring that star power to it from my sense. I\u2019ll try my best in the press conferences to get people engaged on it. It\u2019s come to a business. It\u2019s not come to, \u2018I want to fight you.\u2019 \u2018Alright, let\u2019s fight. Let\u2019s thump it out. Let\u2019s show the world.\u2019 It\u2019s more to business now for everybody,\u201d said Teofimo.<\/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 Teofimo Lopez Says Richardson Hitchins Is Pricing Himself Out Because Promoters Won\u2019t Pay for a Fighter With \u2018No Fanbase\u2019<\/p>\n Last Updated on 10\/29\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez says the money that Richardson Hitchins has been asking to fight him, the promoters and networks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-233213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233213","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=233213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLiam Paro
\nGustavo Daniel Lemos
\nJose Zepeda
\nJohn Bauza
\nYomar \u00c1lamo<\/p>\n