Ernesto Mercado calls Richardson Hitchins ‘by false champion’

The candidate for lightly in the Welter, Ernesto Mercado, says that IBF champion at £ 140 Richardson Hitchins sees as “Fake champion.“He doesn’t like Hitchins (19-0, 7 ko) aiming for the Australian fighters, not the US fighters, like him.

Hitchins won his IBF belt outside Aussie Liam Paro last December. He is now defending him against another Australian, George Cambosos the younger, June 14 at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York. Mercado (17-0, 16 ko) is fighting on the pad against Jonathan Montrela (19-3, 13 ko) in 10-round. The event will be displayed He lives on a given. Mercado, 23, is probably the best fighter on that card, but still works on the ladder. Hitchins will not do Mercado any services because it is too dangerous.

Mercado explodes the “fake champion”

“I don’t know him. Just the way he runs his mouth, he is the perpetrator, said Ernesto Mercado Thaboxingvoice About Richardson Hitchins. “He acts like he’s such a guy, but he’s not such a champion. He speaks like, ‘Oh, I called that guy. “No, no, brother.

Hitchins, 27, has definitely bent a fight from Matias, which made him look bad to this day. He should have taken that match. There is no other way to look at it, except that Richardson has become cold feet and does not want to mix it with the former IBF champion of £ 140. Hitchins’ decision to defend his Cambosos belt, not one of the other candidates in Light Welter Yeight, was a wrong move because he had just reached 140 and only once fought in the class.

“Now (Hitchins) fights two Aussies. Why F *** Fighting two Aussies. Come on,” Mercado said of Hitchins who fights against Liam Paro last December, and now he defends himself against George Cambosos Jr. -a June 14. “All you are aiming for is the Australian guys. I ask that. How do you not fight anyone from the countries? And then Cambosos. Really?”

Hitchins’ promoter, Eddie Hearn, may have had anything to do with the decision to defend himself against Cambosos the younger because he promoted him. This is Hearn’s only belt holder in 140 who has control over control. So when Richardson defended Cambosos was his way of both his fighter focus. It’s not like Hitchins would be pleased if Hearn chose Ernest Mercada or Elvis Rodriguez for his first defense of his IBF belt.

“Are we serious? Everyone knows that Cambosos is shit,” Mercado said. “So I feel that He is just a fake ** champion. I feel like I get the opportunity to fight him once and see that I am fighting for IBF’s belt (North America lightweight in Velukat), I want to know that I come to his **. When I see him there, I will definitely inform him. “

Cambosos 2-3 in his last five struggles tells you everything you need to know about his suitability as Challenger for Hitchins. He did not need to choose him as an opponent to defend the title, because he sends the message that the failure was rewarded. Success is neglected. Fighters like Mercado are neglected, while Cambosos gets a shooting title because of the failure to the top.

“He’s just a fake champion **, claiming he owns New York,” Mercado said of Hitchins. “Nobody even knows him in New York. He claims he’s from trenches. He’s not from trenches. He’s just wandered as f ***. That’s really all that is. I never thought Cambosos was good. You can’t take away from him because of that victory over Teofima, but Cambosos is a guy you fight against it.

Why did Hitchins choose Cambosos

Richardson -O’s style of fighting has an element of Shakur Stevenson. He is definitely not a quarrel or someone who will stand and engage any time. Because of this, he was proclaimed his fight against Jose Zeped and John Bauz. Interestingly, Hitchins thinks he will attract a lot of attention by beating Cambos. He says this fight will make him fans and open the door for him. This is not the type of opponent Hitchins should be noticed.

“And seeing that Cambosos just moved to 140, how uf *** is mandatory? S *** makes no sense. It’s all politics. And then to see it in that respect, that’s even the worst,” Mercado said when he said Cambosos was a voluntary defense for Richardson. Why does he want to fight him of all 140 guys? There is no sense. “

For these reasons he chose Cambosos:

1. Is not a threat
2. Well known
3. His promoter, Hearn, chose him
4. Exhibition purposes

What Hitchins should have done was fighting Mercada, Matias, Rodriguez, or to give Liamu Paro Revan. If he beat one of these guys, fans would notice and that could make Turki Alalshikh show interest in using one of his tickets.

“If they had fought in Australia, I would see the value of it, but they are fighting in New York. Nobody even knows him in New York,” Mercado said when he said Hitchins was probably fighting Cambos because it was “the fight for money.” “If they fought in Australia in that arena they got, but Hitchins just tries to keep his belt, man. He knows he’ll take him away from him. The way I see it,” Mercado said.

Cambosos has lost so many times in the last three years that he has probably worn out the fight against a welcome in Australia in front of his people. The great crowd that Cambosos has drawn for his first fight against Devin Haney 2022, in the last three years, the guys will be reduced to his three defeats. A return to Australia would now mean a fight in front of a small crowd. It wouldn’t be worth it.