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

A lot of them boxers were back in a month or two later, it’s likely Moses will be out for 5-8 months. Who knows how quickly he will even be back in the gym. Were their financial situations as good as what Moses is in right now, there’s a lot of things to consider when comparing this loss to other similar ones, I think Wlad is the best comparison, similar ages, similar stoppages both have openly said they aren’t in love with the sport, although Wlad said once he met Manny that changed.

I’m not so sure Itauma will be as dedicated to boxing as Wladimir was. I’m intrigued in who the choice of opponent will be next and if there’s a change of camp before I sway my opinion a certain way.

 

8-1 pre fight odds Hrgovic.

 

G-MAN is FURIOUS,

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just checking in to say that was a great fight and props to both guys.

1) that was a great fight

1) can we get a rematch

2) will they both turn up none the worse for wear going forward?

 

Hopefully he has a ten years or more successful career ahead, he can be a contender and be in some fun fights and make millions at the very least. Extremely talented fighter, way too early for that kind of fight. The whole iron mike linkage and witness history **** really didn't help him or his approach.

 

I haven't seen the fight but I've seen the forum so much that I'm almost certain after only a few pages of this thread that I know what I would think of the fight, just based on which poster is saying which thing about it. And THAT is what they call "expertise."

Great Karate champion.

 

Hrgovic winning is a win for boxing. The working class man. He grinded out a win from the Jaws of defeat. The middle aged man beat a young, overhyped lion. If Itauma won he's the next Mike Tyson or better. But he didn't. Andhe's not.

Hrgovic did the boxing world a favour.

 

Going in I said the only question is Moses has never started round 7 before.

This ended like Lemieux vs Rubio but a higher scale.

It's not that Moses didn't try his hardest he just proved he can't pace himself.

Re inventing himself to pace himself could show he throws less per round. He could pick his shots wiser.

But to change what he does easier said than done. He could fight the exact same style again and he either wins by ko or gasses again.

I don't think he was smoke in mirrors he just was a 6 round fighter.

 

Hrgovic has been a revelation in the build up to the fight and his interviews after. He speaks well and is a class act. Looking forward to how this new era plays out. There's some good fights to be made at heavyweight.

I hope Itauma can come back stronger after this and get in the mix. Devastating loss. He said in an interview that he was going to quit boxing a couple of years ago as he wasn't in love with the game. This loss might just push him to walk away. I hope the injury to the leg isn't too serious and mentally he can process and learn from this experience.

Great, gutsy performance by big Filip. Written off by the boxing pundits but made history by becoming the first Croatian Heavyweight World champ. Queensbury need to look after him and make a stadium fight in Croatia for him. He earned it.

 

Strong klitschko vs purrity vibes from this fight

 

Was at the boxing in London last night. What a great experience. Been to 3 fights before (Burns v Mitchell, Brook v spence and Josh Taylor v Vazquez). And drank and them all and it’s just a blur. Decided to stay sober at this one so it hopefully would live long in the memories. The disrespect Hrgovic was shown by the crowd made the win better, Croatian anthem booed, Lad behind me shouting things like “Come on Itauma, do this bum in 1”. Thought Hrgovic won through mental games as well as the psyical side, he made sure he was in the centre of the ring roughly at 5-10 seconds left of the rest every round. Thought Warren mentioning hes hurt his leg was a bit of disgrace. Absolute buzzing with the win. Got a sore throat from shouting Time and time again prospects get over hyped in boxing. Saying that I don’t think Fury or Joshua and many others would have taken the hits Hrgovic did. Can’t see Itauma coming back the same after this due to confidence issues. But a guess I would have said the same after Joyce loss for Dubios. Also first time at the O2 and the sound system sounded class. Had an account on here for 10 plus years but hardly ever post. Thought I’d share my experience and thoughts.

 

I know people won’t care or believe me, but I argued with a lot of people saying Moses had no reason to rush, dude had 14 fights and was 21 years old. People were saying he needed to fight the best right now even though he’s 21, which made no sense to me. Going from Jermaine Franklin to Hrgović was a monster leap. If I was his matchmaker, I would’ve never put him in there with Hrgović and his 15th pro fight.

 

I think I said a while back that Itauma was being brought up the right way, but that he should go the BBBofC and EBU route. This would have taken him 3 or 4 years at most, and he would have gained invaluable experience. Instead they got him a few solid tests that he passed too easily, and now his inexperience revealed itself.

 

It was an exquisite fight and one that will live on for many a year. I watched it with a glass of fine French wine and eating caviar by the bucket load. I was wearing a tuxedo and pulled up to the arena chauffeured by none other than Sir Jackson England himself. I smoked Cuban cigars in the lobby as I was escorted by a 1950's doorman from Sussex, London. I sat ring side with Sir David Beckham and Prince Harry. After the event I went to Buckingham Palace and had a lovely plate of soup with thick, crusty bread baked freshly at Harrods.

T'was truly a night to remember.