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

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  1. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I liked Jeff but he was not a highly skilled talent he was a puncher with average to just above power...Moses is high skilled and just very young, this depends on his management and Moses handling the loss
     
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  2. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing

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  3. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Ben Davidson is a friendly coach

    Itauma imo just does what he wants

    He needs a strict coach to improve him

    Even bloody Don Charles would be a improvement on Davidson
     
  4. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Was anything but easy. He still had to take bombs en route to this victory.

    Styles make fights. He could easily end up losing to someone like Kabayel via bodyshots. Or Dubois could beat him again - who in turn could lose to someone with more ring craft and savvy than him.

    There's no one single guy out there who I think it dominant. They all have weaknesses.
     
  5. DubbleJab

    DubbleJab Member Full Member

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    Would you prefer it if I used the phrase "Most skilled" instead then?
     
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  6. Gash7

    Gash7 New Member Full Member

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    Yep was just thinking Don would be such an improvement
     
  7. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wow

    I said Itauma late but I also acknowledged the odds were way outta whack

    Congrats to Hrgovic
     
  8. Aydamn

    Aydamn Dillian Da Dissappointment Full Member

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    Moses lacking in experience and was fighting mostly off emotion, but he looked very dominant... Moses is very talented... and for me his stock went up even if he gassed himself out/rolled his ankle .. whatever happened..

    It's one thing to look dominant against tomato cans and taxi drivers, and then to look the same against top heavies.
     
  9. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    At least he'd read him the riot act
     
  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Moses is absolutely not a hype job he's extremely talented and physically blessed but stylistically Hrgovic was tailor-made for him and his team and Queensberry knew that going in but they didn't bank on Hrgovic being able to withstand everything he could throw at him.

    Moses had to fight at that pace, and it was a more measured pace than he fought vs Franklin, because it keep Hrgovic on the defensive. When Hrgovic landed and had his pockets of success earlier on in the fight Moses looked very noticeably uncomfortable and let's not forget that Hrgovic whilst a good puncher isn't one of the divisions serious power punchers and even had Moses won he still has to prove his chin vs elite HW power punchers.

    Can't believe people are trying to discredit Hrgovic's win he tired Moses out by taking everything he could throw at him and being tough enough to do so and then when he revved the heat up after doing so Moses folded and that was always going to be Hrgovic's path for victory for many. Take what Moses' dished out in the first half of the fight and drag him into deep waters and drown him. If Moses had fought at a slower pace Hrgovic would've been putting it on him a lot more
     
  11. David B

    David B Nazi Russia lies. This is the only truth. Full Member

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    It's one thing to get knocked out by a barrage of punches which overwhelm you like Joe Joyce did against Wardley. Don't get me wrong that's still brutal and you can easily get concussed but when you're gassed and your brain is dehydrated getting punched in the head is a significant threat to your life.

    If you look at all the tragic boxing fights where someone gets truly ****ed up you can see their body behaves in a different way to just getting brutally knocked out or losing your bearings when concussed. Itauma at the end just looked so out of it.
     
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  12. vargasfan1985

    vargasfan1985 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Moses Hype Train derailed in bad fashion
     
  13. Mickc

    Mickc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It could also be the worst thing to happen to him,when he was landing bombs on Hrgovic and he was just eating them we all saw the loook on Itauma’s face and the confidence leaving him,and we all know some fighters are never the same after there first loss !
     
  14. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    At least he admitted he was wrong. The rest of the commentators could barely even try to sidestep their previous extended fellation on the mic. Embarrassing from DAZN.
     
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  15. tarrant45

    tarrant45 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    But that lack of adjustment was very costly. I always thought Hrgovic was a dangerous opponent because of exactly what happened. Moses needed more seasoning.

    People were writing of filip and not respecting what he brings into the ring just because he is 'lumbering'. That dude is very seasoned and tough, and built for war.