Richardson Hitchins is scheduled to face undefeated 140-pounder Gustavo Lemos on Saturday in Las Vegas.
RICHARDSON HITCHIN (17-0, 7 KOs)
WITH. GUSTAVO LEMOS (29-0, 19 KOs)
Richardson Hitchins (left) and Gustavo Lemos entered Saturday’s game with perfect records. Ed Mulholland / Matchmaking Department
- Day: Saturday, April 6
- Time: 8pm ET / 5pm PT (main event will be shown later)
- Where: Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas
- Television/Streaming: DAZN
- Assignment: Youth welterweight (140 pounds)
- Under threat: No major titles
- Pound-for-pound: Do not have
- The odds: Hitchins 5-1 favorite (average of multiple matches)
- Meaning (maximum five stars): ***
- Also on the card: Diego Pacheco vs. Shawn McCalman, super center; Skye Nicolson vs. Sarah Mahfoud, featherweight (for vacant WBC title); Galal Yafai vs. Agustin Mauro Gauto, flyweight; Marc Castro vs. Abraham Montoya, lightweight boxer
- Background: Hitchins is a 2016 U.S. Olympian and rising young 140-pound contender from New York City. The 26-year-old, an accomplished technician, is coming off the biggest win of his career: a narrow decision over three-time world champion Jose Zepeda on September 23. Hitchins is ranked in the Top 3 in three of the four major sanctioning bodies, ranking 2nd according to the WBC. Lemos is best known for his fifth-round knockout of former 126-pound champion Lee Selby at 135 pounds in March 2022, sending the veteran Welshman into retirement. The IBF’s No. 7 ranked 140-pounder is also on a streak of 10 straight knockouts. However, he faced no one else of note. And the 28-year-old Buenos Aires resident has never fought outside his hometown, which makes it difficult to assess the threat to Hitchins he will pose on Saturday.
