Moses Itauma vs. Dillian Whyte & Filip Hrgović vs. David Adeleye + Nick Ball vs. Sam Goodman RBR.

I really love these early starts, CST

 

Whyte to surprise to the upside

With a real chance of an upset if the fight goes into later Rnds

Looks to me that the young lion may have stamina issues

 

Good card, despite all fights having clear favorites. I hope Nova and Goodman can win: Nova has been on the wrong end in a couple of his fights, whereas Kick Ball has been pretty insufferable lately. Now will they get the decision, that's a different matter.

Whyte looks in terrific shape. I reckon he will laster longer than most suspect, even go the full ten. Problem is he is up against the best prospect from Eastern Europe. It will be an uphill battle.

 

I hope Whyte can make this interesting and competitive.

But something I haven't really seen talked about is how Itauma may have a slow start here rather than go for a quick KO like he has historically.

It happens when a lot of fighters take a step up, they tighten up their game and become a bit more methodical and take less risks to try and win.

We could see Itauma try to box and break down Whyte over the 10 rounds instead of his typically smash them out in 2 rounds.

 

Hrgovic should win this comfortably, he is looking in good shape.

I hope Goodman can finally defeat Ball, I'm not a fan of Ball's dirty tactics, but especially with a complicit ref I am not fond of Goodman's chances.

 

Itauma could be a boxing PPV star, one of the very few.

 

I'm here for the babysnatcher

 

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10 rounds is a bit of a dampener but looking forward to the fight.

 

Whyte's glass jaw is getting shattered into a million pieces. Early too.

Don't forget, he has a history of taking canvas naps:

https://www.boxingforum24.com/threads/dillian-whyte-has-a-glass-jaw.653958/

 

Has any fighter as inexperienced and with as few fights as Ituama ever been hyped this much? The past week has been ridiculous.

don’t get me wrong, I think he’s probably going to live up to the hype, but still. It’s wild.

 

Adele by KO
Itauma by KO
Ball by KO.

 

Hrgovic by dreary, boring decision.

Ball by KO.

Ituama should have this, but part of me hopes for the Whyte KO. Nothing against Moses, and really it would be good for boxing to have someone to look forward to, so it is ridiculous of me, but something is just rubbing me the wrong way about having a guy of no amateur achievement, who has not even beat a decent fringe contender, being anointed by Frank and Turkyi. He's clearly got more talent than Jared Anderson or Deontay Wilder, but I am just tired of these hype-train heavies.