{"id":788186,"date":"2026-10-01T04:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788186\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:56:12","slug":"tim-bradley-predicts-keyshawn-davis-vs-richardson-hitchins-as-fight-now-more-than-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788186\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley predicts Keyshawn Davis vs Richardson Hitchins as fight now &#8216;more than likely&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Dana White stated that Keyshawn Davis vs Richardson Hitchins is \u2018more than likely\u2019 to happen next, Tim Bradley has weighed in on how the action might unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Hitchins won the IBF super-lightweight world title against Liam Paro in December 2024, making one defence of the belt against George Kambosos Jr before vacating upon his signing with White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing promotion.<\/p>\n<p>The undefeated 29-year-old made his welterweight debut in July this year with a points win over Ricardo Salas and has been strongly linked to an intriguing clash with Davis ever since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxrec.com\/en\/box-pro\/861063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Davis \u2013 also undefeated<\/a> \u2013 has not yet fought at 147 lbs, but it seems a smart move after consistent weight issues at 135 and 140. He remains one the US\u2019s most promising fighters in terms of style and ability, but most fans feel still needs a big stage to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KrkR47gsR1o?is=_FtDWGcpoXDpd7R4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Zittel\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0about the proposed clash, Hall of Famer Bradley says he gives \u2018The Businessman\u2019 the edge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah [I favour Davis over Hitchins]. Slightly. He\u2019s gonna have to be the aggressor in the fight with Hitchins, put him on the back foot, and then Keyshawn has the ability to also make adjustments and give him different looks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParo didn\u2019t give him different looks \u2026 He never switched up his entry points and Hitchins started to time him \u2026 I know that Keyshawn can for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fight has been marked to take place on the undercard of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua\u2019s monumental heavyweight clash. If so, it will be the first time either man has fought in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will join the upper echelon of a stacked division, where champions Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez and Paro continue to star in some of the most high-profile bouts in boxing.<\/p>\n<p>With the December 11 Cardiff show now finally official, confirmation on the supporting bouts is expected in the coming weeks, with Davis and Hitchins providing a US angle that will please broadcaster Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on the card, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/two-former-champs-for-pacquiao\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it has been reported that Manny Pacquiao is still top target for the co-main event<\/a>, though not against Shakur Stevenson as originally thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Dana White stated that Keyshawn Davis vs Richardson Hitchins is \u2018more than likely\u2019 to happen next, Tim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-788186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788186","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=788186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}