DAZN: David Allen vs. Filip Hrgović & Michael Gomez Jnr vs. Lee McGregor + O'Doherty vs. Hatim RBR.

Allen actually looks to be in pretty good shape, by his standards. His lowest weight since 2019.
This could not be the mismatch it looks to be on paper, and what most are expecting.

This content is protected

 

I'll be watching this as I'm interested to see what Hrgovic looks like as a future opponent for Itauma.

Hrgovic attributes wise looks the part but he always looks like to me that he doesn't show enough fire in fights.

He also has this weird phase in fights when it's like he switches off completely like against Adeleye. A fight he was totally in control of then out of nowhere he let's his opponent fire off like 20 unanswered punches on him.

If it wasn't for Hrgovic having a rock solid chin he would've had multiple losses already IMO.

His chin is his best asset by far.

 

Hrgovic by UD.

 

Hrgovic by tko

 

I expect a convincing performance and a stoppage victory for Hrgovic, who I hope doesn't get injured so we can see him against Itauma in August.

 

what happened was that Adeleye hit him with a perfect shot that seemed to shut him down or have him out on his feet. Adeleye did that to him more than once. But weirdly when that happens to him, he doesn’t fall down, and he can still absorb shots. It’s a weird state. That’s how Adeleye got off that 20 punch barrage. Hrgovic woke up in the middle of it and started defending himself, which was wild if you rewatch what happened.

if that happens to him against Ituama, he’s in trouble, I can’t see anyone staying standing from an unanswered Ituama barrage.

my take on the Ituama fight is that Hrgovic is the final boss who will show if Ituama has the full package or not. If Ituama has a decent chin and can handle a guy who will bring the fight to him, and can do it without gassing, he’ll win, my guess would be by stopping Hrgovic on his feet. If it turns out Ituama is lacking one or more of those he’s in trouble because Hrgovic can win. Especially the chin thing. You can’t be packing glass against Hrgovic because he IS going to be landing that right hand consistently.

its Ituama’s final exam. If he wins convincingly, thats it, he’s ready for anyone. Usyk, Kabayel, Dubois, you name it.

… and I think he’s going to pass. He looked phenomenal against Franklin, managed his stamina, remained patient, kept all his best moves, etc. I absolutely love that mode he goes into when he gets a guy into a corner and starts feinting high and low real quickly for a bit, because you know he’s going to exit that mode with some blistering combo. That’s like his signature move. Bet you he ends up with some highlight reel KOs in big fights with that.

I seriously hope he doesn’t fall off the wagon, because he’s more and more looking like the biggest talent since, I don’t even know, Ali? His attributes are insane. He seems to have got the full Mike Tyson set, except he’s 6’4” or 6’5”.

 

Running Order

Prelims on YouTube:

6 Round Middleweight Contest
Ted Jackson (6-0, 1 KO) vs. Mike Byles (8-14, 2 KOs)

4 Round Super-Flyweight Contest
John Tom Varey (1-0) vs. Stephen Jackson (1-70-1, 1 KO)

6 Round Cruiserweight Contest
Bradley Casey (4-0, 1 KO) vs. Renars Rusins

4 Round Super-Lightweight Contest
Kian Hamilton (1-0) vs. Les Urry (2-3-1)

6 Round Welterweight Contest
Joe Hayden (22-0, 3 KOs) vs. Ryan Frost (3-15)

10 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
Carl Fail (11-0, 4 KOs) vs. Luis Enrique Morales

Live on DAZN: 7 pm UK | 2 pm ET

6 Round Welterweight Contest
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Alexis Nahuel Torres

British & Commonwealth Lightweight Championship
Louie O’Doherty (11-0, 3 KOs) vs. Ahmed Hatim (12-0, 3 KOs)

10 Round Lightweight Contest
Michael Gomez Jnr (22-2, 7 KOs) vs. Lee McGregor (16-2-1, 11 KOs)

Vacant IBF Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Dave Allen (25-8-2, 20 KOs) vs. Filip Hrgovic (19-1, 14 KOs)

 

Adeleye hit him pretty hard no doubt. Zhang didn't put him down properly but he tagged him pretty hard too. Dubois also hit him pretty hard with headbutts.

 

4 rounds at Middleweight: Ted Jackson 6-0 vs Mike Byles 8-14

This content is protected

 

Ted Jackson wins by TKO 1.

 

4 rounds at Super Flyweight: John Tom Varey 1-0 vs Stephen Jackson 1-70-1

Jackson has 70 losses, but has only been stopped 3 times.