Hitchins Impresses For The Home Crowd

It didn’t take long for Hitchins to find success on Kambosos Jr. with his jab which set him some precise body punching, clearly leaving his mark. There was never any point in the fight when Kambosos Jr. was able to gain any momentum during this fight.

Bad blood clearly was on display during fight week with numerous verbal exchanges between the two. But Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) got the last laugh by knocking out Kambosos (22-4, 10 KOs) with a body shot just seconds after shouting to his opponent’s corner to stop the fight. It was a one-sided performance from Hitchins, 27, who promised to end the fight inside the distance.

“I’ve been telling the boxing world that I was coming, and they should have listened,” Hitchins said. “Now I’m here.”

Kambosos Jr., 32, was attempting to regain the lightweight championship for  the second time. He was 2-3 in his past five fights. This fight is most likely Kambosos Jr. last shot at a title.

CompuBox reveals most of the story

According to CompuBox, Hitchins landed 205 of 398 punches (52%) while Kambosos Jr. was only able to connect on 57 of his 384 punches thrown, at 15%.

“I smelled blood in the water,” said Hitchins, “I knew I had to go to some unsafe places to get some good shots off. I knew I had good defense and could take a punch. He didn’t hurt me, so I went for the kill.”