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

I think he will tbh.

 

I thought the delirious Itauma hype had now officially ended but going off this thread it has only just begun….

 

So by your logic, Rahman > Lewis then? Douglas > Tyson?

 

I was on the corner of an amateur fight myself tonight so watched the first 4 rounds on my phone....

Moses gassed, pure and simple. By the end of the 5th his hands came down and he stopped moving his body out of the way of punches. A few spurts later but to be that gassed.....

It comes down to the fighter and the coaches.... even Iron Mike boxed to 10 round decision to test his gas tank. Canelo was told to stop trying to knock GGG out. Once he was up by the 7th he could have cruised to victory.

The rope-a-dope was always going to be Hrgovics game plan. I expected him to land more shots but that was crazy.

Imo itauma is just a competent southpaw with fast hands. Theres nothing special about what punches he delivers. Just the speed to get used too. And his speed wont increase with age....

I enjoyed it though, entertaining fight, whoever won.

 

Warren in shambles, had no plans for what to do if Hrgovic won.

The Dubois rematch writes itself if he beats Wardley. Sorry Kabayel, you’re the bridesmaid for the second time this summer.

 

Definitely. His showing in the first 4 beats the majority of heavies out there imo. Hrgovic is just a monster and combined with poor ring IQ from Itauma we have this.

 

Lewis - Rahman?
Tyson - Douglas?

 

Charles Martin

 

Honestly, it wasn't even about Hrgovic's stamina. He barely threw sometimes. It was the chin and the inexperience / bad stamina of Itauma. Hrgovic just stood there getting pieced up in round 8. Didn't throw a single punch until the last 30 seconds.

 

Itauma will learn from this. Competition for him is bleak though. fury usyk joshua are finished and theres no great fighters out there to build a legacy, that will hurt him more than this loss tonight mark my words.. There wont be a passing of the torch for him like when joshua beat wladimir klitschko.

 

Hrgovic is not better he was tougher

 

Itauma was immensely impressive early on, and most fighters would be done for midway through. As I said before the fight: the shots Hrgovic took from Zhang, Dubois, Adeleye would kill most men. Adeleye especially unloaded all out combination like Filip was a punching bag and he just walked back to his corner. Inhuman.

 

He just lost to Hrgovic in the exact manner I expected him to lose in. That can’t make him the best heavyweight can it? I won £600 on that. He fought someone who could take his punches and could outlast him down the stretch. All this excuse making is embarrassing

 

Lewis had a lot of good wins to make the case he was the number one, even with a loss. Itauma has literally no notable wins to make that case.

And Williams was ‘better’ than Tyson IN 2004 yes.

 

Moses, accustomed to everyone getting knocked down by his serves, was throwing Hrgovic for all he was worth. However, he didn't learn the lesson that he was fighting a guy who survived Zhang's clean blows...
And he can also respond.
Filip showed character, strength, and a gift. This God-given strength also helped him. In fact, it saved him.
But if you want to fight against such a rock, you have to remember that this rock might prove too hard.
A beautiful story. Finally, an underrated guy who had it tough the whole time won what was his. I want a rematch with DD with fair judging, but a fight with Agit as a unification would be great. I don't like Sanchez in this equation.
And Moses is extremely good offensively. He needs to learn his lesson. However, I'm glad that the euphoria surrounding him in the community is subsiding a bit. It might even help him, as people were already putting him next to Ali.