Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte - Aug. 16th

Hrgovic will beat Adeleye easily and stop him in the 2nd half of the fight.

Cacace vs Ford is the best fight of the whole card in my opinion. Pure 50-50 fight. I lean towards Ford but it’s very hard to call.

 

Itauma starches Whyte inside 3 rounds. Way too fast, sharp and powerful for a shot Whyte.

Hrgovic vs Adeleye is the most random fight ever.

 

Call me crazy but I say Whyte will knock him out.

Itauma has fought a lot of bums anyway.

I mean, Anderson was also considered a future world champion before Charles Martin fight. I'm really cautious these days.

 

RIP Whyte

Was good while it lasted.

 

Whyte doesn't have the body mechanics to keep up with someone like Itauma.

Whyte has floppy footwork and can only fight going forwards.

Itauma bodies him within 5.

 

Don't know how the fight will go, whyte isn't easy to estimate I think. Itauma is favorite to me. But I saw questionmarks rising when he gets pressured to the ropes. He relies primarily on speed and especially footspeed for defense. At the ropes I am not sure if he would cope with a competent attacker on him.

That said, this is a small issue. With anderson it was way obvious before Bakole that he was lacking in technique and defense. Even before, he took lots of punches. He was just able to cope. He was a bit like wardley in that regard. Only wardley has a better punch. Anderson Wardley would have been a great fight to make if anderson hadn't fought against bakole.

What I mean is: I think anderson is not and was never on the level itauma operates at.

 

This IS a great test for Moses.

I think he definitely puts Whyte on a horizontal one, BUT, Whyte is always as game as can be and nothing's written in stone in Heavyweight boxing.

Really looking forward to this one. I think it'll be VERY entertaining, including the pressers.

 

lol! Obviously a set up fight to make him look good Whyte is well past it.

I think Filip will win that in two rounds.

 

Whyte is cashing out.

 

If this were the Whyte of four or five years ago, I'd give him a much better chance, but Moses is just slicker, fresher, faster, and has superior ring IQ, and Whyte isn't the same guy he was. It's a good fight for Itauma at this stage, but I can't see it going past 6 rounds.

 

Does Whyte even qualify as a gatekeeper at this point?

 

Did you watch Adeleye vs TKV? It was a scrappy affair that Adeleye was losing until the referee messed up calling break. Adeleye has very limited boxing ability he is severely outmatched in this one. I know it was a while ago but he was even gifted a decision against Sokolowski a few years ago.

 

gonna be a painful cash out. He looked so shot last time, I’m thinking Ituama is going to bounce his head off the canvas.

still tho. A vet against a prospect. A definite step up for Ituama. Wallin next? Then Hrgovic? If he can beat all three, he’s the real McCoy.