Overview

• Richardson Hitchins retained his IBF super-lightweight title by stopping George Kambosos Jr. with an eighth-round TKO at Madison Square Garden on June 15, 2025.
• He controlled every round with a six-inch reach advantage and landed 205 of 398 punches (52%) against Kambosos’s 57 of 384 (15%), according to CompuBox.
• The win marked Hitchins’s second consecutive title defense and improved his record to 20-0 with eight knockouts.
• Post-fight, Hitchins announced he is a free agent and called out Devin Haney for a 147-pound clash, to which Haney responded affirmatively on social media.
• Talks are underway for potential unification bouts with Teofimo Lopez and Gervonta Davis while Kambosos, now 22-5 with four losses in his last six fights, said he plans to coach his son’s football team.