Hitchins and Berlanga join Zuffa Boxing

By Scott Shaffer

09/04/2026

Hitchins and Berlanga join Zuffa Boxing

Richardson Hitchins (pictured) and Edgar Berlanga have signed promotional deals with Zuffa Boxing. Hitchins is 20-0 and the IBF junior welterweight champion. His last fight was back in June when he stopped former lightweight world champion George Kambosos. He is the second reigning champion to sign with Zuffa, following Jai Optetaia. Shortly after Opetaia signed with Zuffa, the IBF stripped him of its cruiserweight title over a dispute with Zuffa. Hitchins relationship with the IBF is therefore something that boxing fans will be watchng very closely. Berlanga is a 23-2 super middleweight whose two losses are to Hamzah Sheeraz (in Berlanga's most recent fight) and former world champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Both Hitchins and Berlanga are managed by Keith Connolly.