George Kambosos talks like the most confident man in any room he walks into, but Liam Paro believes he can see right through him.

In a few short weeks, he’ll get a chance to become a two-time world champion when he takes on Richardson Hitchins. Kambosos (22-3, 10 KOs) has been an underdog more than a handful of times. There’s no need to regurgitate his upset win over Teofimo Lopez. Kambosos spends enough time beating his chest over that victory, but it’s something that he’s incredibly proud of.

Paro is sick and tired of hearing about that four-year-old win and wants to focus on one of the more prevalent moments where Kambosos didn’t come through in the clutch.

In back-to-back matchups against Devin Haney, Kambosos lost almost every second of every round. But why would those Haney losses be relevant to what’s taking place today? Well, Paro shared the ring with Haney during a few sparring sessions. He also recently got it on with Hitchins, losing a close split decision.

Paro is one of the rare fighters that has experience with both men. And, from his point of view, their games are incredibly similar.

You see, there’s an underlying message in that previous statement. Since Kambosos was uncompetitive against Haney, he believes that his showdown against Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) will look practically the same.

“It will be a Haney 3.0,” Paro told Mainevent. “Hitchins gets it done.”

When it comes to schooling, Hitchins and Haney graduated from an Ivy League. Long jabs and sharp 1-2’s are their bread and butter. Kambosos shivers at night when he thinks about the constant jab Haney threw in his face.

Those nightmares, unfortunately for Kambosos, are on the verge of taking place again.

“I think he’s going to get pretty beaten up in there.”