Paro vs Hitchins IBF World Junior Welterweight Championship December 5

[FinneysTrueVision]

We almost missed this one. Liam Paro was upset by Hitchins to win the IBF World Junior Welterweight 117-110 to Paro and the two judges scored the fight 116-112 for Hitchins, I thought it was an unaninous decision because although it was a close fight, Hitchins shows patience and wins a lot of points coming from counterpunching.
It was a big turn of events, Paro losing the title in his first defense, on the place he won against Subrial Matias

Here is the highlight of the fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCq5A2xd41Q

I thought these fighters were evenly matched, and Hitchins was a bit more skilled, so I wouldn’t consider it an upset. Paro might have been overestimated because he beat Subriel Matias, who is a one-trick pony.

Hitchins called out Teofimo, but I expect the next opponent to be George Kambosos, who was just signed by Eddie Hearn and they are trying to squeeze what little value remains of him.

[Yaunfitda]

We almost missed this one. Liam Paro was upset by Hitchins to win the IBF World Junior Welterweight 117-110 to Paro and the two judges scored the fight 116-112 for Hitchins, I thought it was an unaninous decision because although it was a close fight, Hitchins shows patience and wins a lot of points coming from counterpunching.
It was a big turn of events, Paro losing the title in his first defense, on the place he won against Subrial Matias

Here is the highlight of the fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCq5A2xd41Q

I thought these fighters were evenly matched, and Hitchins was a bit more skilled, so I wouldn’t consider it an upset. Paro might have been overestimated because he beat Subriel Matias, who is a one-trick pony.

Hitchins called out Teofimo, but I expect the next opponent to be George Kambosos, who was just signed by Eddie Hearn and they are trying to squeeze what little value remains of him.

What do you think of the style though, I seeing a similar style between Kambosos and Paro, and I just thought that I was watching George there will Hitchins, although both are Australian so that is the similarity already. Nevertheless, yeah, it could be that Paro caught Matias in the bad situation, maybe Matias did overtrain during that fight. But let's see, I wanted Teo Lopez before Kambosos. If I'm in promoter of Hitchins, thta will be my main target as Teo has a lot to offer. But if Lopez doesn't want to fight, then it's going to be a good opportunity for Kambosos to have that kind of opportunity. If I'm not mistaken, if we look at the records, George is still a 135 lbs. But it's obvious that he might have difficulty making that weight and so it makes sense for him to go up at Jr. Welterweight. But for sure there will be boxers who might question him being a contender on his first fight, but that's boxing politics for you. They can skip those mandatories.

[coin-investor]

The decision by one of the judges is very questionable. I checked the official scorecard of the fight and have watched the replays of the highlights, especially the championship rounds 10, 11, and 12 several times, and its very obvious that Hitchins got better of the exchanges. 2 of the judges scored it 2-1 rounds in favor of Hitchins but one of the judges, Nelson Vazquez, scored it 0-3 in favor of Paro.
I don't know where and how Judge Vazquez was looking at the fight, but you have to score the fight when its obvious. Hitchins was so frustrated with the Judge Vazquez scorecard, it was read first with a wide gap in favor of Paro.

[Botnake]

@coin-investor, thank you for sharing the fight highlights! I missed this match, but I’m glad there’s a video to catch up on. Based on the highlights, it seems Paro was the more aggressive fighter, but he was also careless, so I’m not surprised that an upset happened.

As for Paro winning on one judge’s scorecard, I think that’s fair - after all, he was the champion, right? But in the end, it doesn’t matter since Hitchins still won the fight. However, I have to say, I’m not too impressed with Hitchins’ boxing skills. I’m afraid he might not last long as a champion.

[coin-investor]

As for Paro winning on one judge’s scorecard, I think that’s fair - after all, he was the champion, right? But in the end, it doesn’t matter since Hitchins still won the fight. However, I have to say, I’m not too impressed with Hitchins’ boxing skills. I’m afraid he might not last long as a champion.

Every judge has their own perspective on how they will judge the fight; some weigh on the power of the punches, and some judges base it on the punches landed, but when everyone is unanimous on their decision and you are not, then something is wrong in how you handle your decision.
Hitchins is not an extraordinary fighter; its just that he studied Paro, he has done his assignment, and it pays off if he faces Subriel. Subriel has a chance of beating him because he loves to go toe to toe.

[Jating]

As for Paro winning on one judge’s scorecard, I think that’s fair - after all, he was the champion, right? But in the end, it doesn’t matter since Hitchins still won the fight. However, I have to say, I’m not too impressed with Hitchins’ boxing skills. I’m afraid he might not last long as a champion.

Every judge has their own perspective on how they will judge the fight; some weigh on the power of the punches, and some judges base it on the punches landed, but when everyone is unanimous on their decision and you are not, then something is wrong in how you handle your decision.
Hitchins is not an extraordinary fighter; its just that he studied Paro, he has done his assignment, and it pays off if he faces Subriel. Subriel has a chance of beating him because he loves to go toe to toe.

Yeah, as it he is watching a different fight, so not sure what that one judge has seen to make that score. And with that big upset, Hitchins says that he wants Lopez next. But Top Rank might have another fighter in mind for Lopez for next year.

There were doubts about Hitchins because of his performance against Peros, which is also a bit controversial decision win for Hitchins. But this time, it's totally different, he dominated the champion so there's no doubt that he won this fight.