Overview

• Hitchins controlled every round at Madison Square Garden, landing 205 of 398 punches (52%) compared to Kambosos’s 57 of 384 (15%) before an eighth-round TKO.
• A sharp left hook to the body forced the stoppage two minutes 33 seconds into round eight, underscoring Hitchins’s six-inch height and reach advantage.
• The defeat was Kambosos’s fourth loss in six fights, prompting questions about the future of the 32-year-old former unified lightweight champion.
• Immediately after the victory, Hitchins declared his free-agent status and challenged Devin Haney, who replied with a condition to meet at welterweight (147 pounds).
• Teofimo Lopez entered the ring post-fight and rallied the crowd in support of a potential unification bout with Hitchins.