Hitchins Shuts Out Rooms » July 26, 2026

In the night time’s co-main occasion, former super-lightweight world champion Richardson Hitchins introduced his arrival within the welterweight division with a near-flawless show to defeat Mexico’s Ricardo “Magic Man” Salas through unanimous resolution.

Hitchins determined to maneuver up a division upon his arrival in Zuffa Boxing in an effort to compete in a extra pure weight class, and he delivered a vastly spectacular efficiency to instantly put the welterweight elite on discover.

“Africa” rapidly established his jab, and it was obvious that he had a big pace and accuracy benefit to go together with his three-and-a-half-inch attain benefit. Hitchins used these instruments to nice impact as he comprehensively outboxed Salas, whose solely two prior losses had come through cut up resolution.

That wasn’t the case this time, nevertheless, with Hitchins’ dominance mirrored within the scorecards as he pitched a shutout, with scores of 100-90 on all three scorecards.

Hitchins’ victory instantly throws him into the combination with among the prime fighters within the sport, and he wasted no time in calling out the division’s large names as he confirmed his intention to tackle, and beat, the perfect on this planet at 147 kilos.