Richardson Hitchins (20-0, 7 KOs) took IBF light welterweight champion Liam Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) to school, winning a 12-round split decision on Saturday night at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The scores were 117-111 for Paro, 116-112, and 116-112 for Hitchins.
Hitchins took over from the fifth round, connecting with pinpoint right hands and making Paro look basic.
Undercard results
– Super featherweight Henry Lebron (20-0, 10 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a 10-round unanimous decision victory over veteran Christopher Diaz (29-5, 19 KOs). The judges’ scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94. Lebron was on the run most of the fight, hitting and moving. He did look comfortable taking the hard right hands from Diaz to the head in rounds 3, 6, 8, and 10.
Lebron was cut in the forehead from a clash of heads in round eight. He’d been bleeding from the mouth from the six and looked like he wanted no part of Diaz. Not an…
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