George Kambosos Jr will return to the scene of his greatest triumph Saturday.

The gregarious Australian will meet IBF junior welterweight titlist Richardson Hitchins at Madison Square Garden, New York, on Saturday.

"[I've fought] twice at Madison Square Garden and won both," Kambosos (22-3, 10 KOs) told The Ring. "Mickey Bey, former [IBF lightweight] world champion, knocked him down and beat him and Teofimo Lopez, [Ring and] undisputed champion, knocked him down, beat him, same place, same venue and now I go there [again.]

"Things happen in threes, this is here to be 3-0. I believe I'll knock him down. I believe I'll break him up and really beat this guy. I've never lost in America. This is exciting, it brings a big smile, it brings a lot of inspiration and motivation and a lot of confidence going to a place I'm so familiar with and a place I really have a bigger fan base than the supposed hometown champion has. This guy really isn't not liked in his own home, which is quite sad because I felt the love of my own country when I was champion but unfortunately he hasn't felt it."

Over the past few years, Kambosos has, like many world-level fighters, seen his activity drop off.

However, having fought in Australia in March, he has been able to build on that momentum ahead of facing Hitchins.

"I roll on from a good 12-round win in Australia, a great training camp over there and straight into Montreal into another training camp for another 12-round championship fight," he said. "I've brought in Eric Basran, who is in the WBC tournament. He's extremely similar to Hitchins. He's actually faster, moves better, bigger, we've had tremendous sparring, we've had a couple of other guys we've been using.

"I'm in great condition, peak condition. This is probably the quickest turnaround in my career which is very good. Activity is key in boxing. Because I'm always in big fights, championship fights, they take a little bit longer with negotiations but usually you don't see me for nine or 10 months but this time we've been very active, a lot good sparring, good training, rolling on from camp to camp, fight to fight."

Stylistically, the defending champion could be problematic for Kambosos. However, he refutes that.

"Hitchins is a good boxer, but he's not a fighter and we know his plan, we know what he's going to do, we've been up against similar in style but I don't think he's one-tenth of a Devin Haney," he said. "Especially when I fought Haney, that was a prime version of him, twice. Much more tools than what this guy has, this guy does not have many tools in the basket. He might say does, he might say he's going to sit there and trade with me, I welcome that with open arms but I also welcome his style, move, run, keep that boring the way he likes to fight.

"We have our plans, we've learned from our mistakes. Especially at 140, we have no weight issues at all, no draining, a lot of energy, we're coming to win this fight, we're very, very confident we're going to win the fight."

Whilst in Montreal, alongside stablemate Imam Khataev, who is getting ready for David Morrell Jr. on The Ring card for July 12, Kambosos also has added a renowned cornerman to his team.

"[We've] even brought in Russ Anber as my cutman; he's got a lot of knowledge as well," he said. "Between [Head trainer] Anton Kadushin, [chief second] Ramon Matthews Jr., Russ Anber and myself former undisputed champion of the world and my father, Major Jim Kambosos, is my manager, we've got an all-star team and we're ready to put on an all-star performance."

Despite that, the personable 31-year-old knows he'll be a sizable underdog. But that's not something that concerns him. After all, he was give no chance when he upset Lopez in November 2021.

"I do believe in the underdog, it's a good place for me, I like being against it, I like going into someone else's hometown," said the 8-1 underdog. "I love that feeling and maybe I missed that feeling when I was fighting big fights in Australia.

"There really is no pressure. I said that to Hitchins face. I saw there's a lot of edginess and pressure on this guys shoulders and I know that feeling because I've done the homecoming. There's a bit of a difference. I did it in front of 45,000, he's doing it in front of I don't know, I don't even know how well this is selling. That's not my problem, that's his problem. I've got nothing to lose and everything to gain, exactly like the Lopez fight was. I come into this fight, beat this guy and I'm back on top of the world. Massive. My name is already huge but this puts my name back up there again as one of the biggest names in the world of boxing.

"I'll be 32 on that day, so the stars have aligned. We're fully focused on Hitchins, not focused on anything else but I know this victory will be something special."

Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs), rated at No. 1 by The Ring at junior welterweight, represented his ancestral home of Haiti at the 2016 Olympics, losing to Gary Antuanne Russell in the Round of 16. He signed professional forms with Mayweather Promotions but often flattered to decieve before switching to Matchroom in late 2022.

Since then, he has impressively beaten Yomar Alomar (RTD 6), shut out then unbeaten John Bauza (UD 10) and very nearly did the same to former title challenger Jose Zepeda (UD 12). However, the 27-year-old struggled with the aggressive Argentine fighter Gustavo Lemos (UD 12). He bested Liam Paro (SD 12) to become the IBF titleholder in December.