Moses Itauma vs. Filip Hrgović & Sam Noakes vs. Denys Berinchyk + Nelson Hysa vs. Thomas Narmo RBR.

Itauma put EVERYTHING into the first two rounds

I thought Hrgovic won the third round to be honest when he started pushing back and jabbing more. That was the first little hint that Itauma could start fading.

The fourth round Itauma came back strong but was using too much energy.

The more composed Hrgovic, the more I thought he would get success.

This was genetic superiority in terms of stamina and chin (and self confidence) vs an amazing talented fighter with fast twitch fibres and IQ, but lacking experience

 

How can I guy who just lost (by TKO no less) be the best in the division. There is by definition at least one person better than him…

Maybe wait till Moses has at least beat someone in the top 30 before jumping back on the hype train?

 

So question is, who does Itauma fight next to get himself back in contention?

Deontay Wilder?
Andy Ruiz?
Justis Huni?
Hughie Fury?
Rico Verhoeven?

 

Or when Ali and Foreman fought in Zaire and Ali-Frazier in Manilla?

 

What a load of ****. Hrgovic won in the exact manner that everybody thought Hrgovic would win in, if he were to win it. Even Moses team would have known that was Hrgovics only route to victory.

 

You’re an idiot man. Ituama lost but proved he’s the best in the world


You’re a big Joshua fan right? I’ll pass on chatting to you.


Sorry your countries next in a long line of hype job wasn’t the next Tyson like it’s media claimed


You’re embarrassing man. Just take the loss

 

What are all these braindead takes here saying Itauma did nothing wrong, he only lost because he got tired, that he's better in all departments otherwise, etc???

Dude, he won the early rounds convincingly because he put in so much energy trying to get the KO. Hrgovic even pretty much revealed before the fight that he plans to take Itauma to the later rounds to test him there. Itauma's team should have expected that and prepared for it, but they still decided to start fast early on which backfired completely...

 

Yeah that's a real like for like comparison you absolute gronk lol

 

I'm pretty sure Moses can hit a heavybag for 9 3 minute rounds. Hrgo had a good round 3, round 5 and then cranked it up over the last two. Those successes, even though they were not necessarily winning entire rounds, laid the foundation for Itauma's demise.

 

This is another classic case of falling in love with your power. He couldn't KO Hrgovic so he continues to throw bombs. Instead of using fast hands and feet for 12 rnds. You don't have to stop everyone. You can win on points.

Did Itauma learn the lesson is the question.

 

Zhang is the only answer. He must jump back into the fire to prove himself.

 

At some point there would ALWAYS have been a convergence of Itauma's depleting gas tank and Hrgovic's stamina and chin.

 

Ben teaches skills without the knowledge why the boxer uses them. You know to feint your opponent because feinting is used to create openings - but how exactly this works is not teached by Ben.
He is a decent trainer, who teaches the right things, but he lacks the fundamental understanding what makes those things work, and this means that the boxers cant adapt properly when gameplans don´t work out as intended.

 

Shows that Tommy Morrison was no dummy for the way he fought Foreman. If you have stamina and Chin issues you don’t go right at an experienced Iron Chinned opponent