Itauma set to face Hrgovic in August

its gonna take moses less than 7 to crack that chin and lay him out. hrgovic dont have the smarts to stop the cannon balls.

 

if he shows up in shape, he has a shot

but I said the same thing about his fight with Mak

Allen’s weight lets me know he doesn’t take this seriously enough

 

I didn’t say Franklin didn’t try to win. He did. I said he knew his chances of being able to win were low.

and yeah, finishing him was a statement. That’s the entire reason why he was selected. To be able to say Ituama easily KOd a guy that AJ and Whyte couldn’t.

 

Does Allen himself even want to win? Everything seems stacked against him now that everyone seems to know that Warren and Queensbury are looking to match Hrgovic with Itauma next and wouldn’t want anything to jeopardise that. Allen has also said repeatedly in the past that he has no wish to fight Itauma because he doesn’t think he has a chance of beating him so it all points to a clear Hrgovic win on Saturday not that I think it’ll be fixed or anything.

 

no fixing is required for Hrgovic to beat Allen.

 

It's boxing politics and not the threat level of each fighter. Gassiev has looked like complete dog **** at HW. Hrgo has looked like a top 10 guy for almost a decade. The idea that a promising prospect is more threatened by smaller, limited, worse Gassiev is absurd.

Slow, useless Wallin beat Gassiev. I had the misfortune of watching the fight. Gassiev followed him around the ring like a puppy, it was sad as hell.

 

Not sure he can replicate Dubois headbutts, or his elbows. Also Itauma can't low blow as well as Dubois either so Hrgovic might be better than he was in his only loss.

 

no fix, just Warren looking ahead for itsuma and hrgovic

 

I could definitely see it lasting the distance

 

Probably because Hrgovic has a tendancy to switch off and get lazy when things don't go his way. Not something you want to do against an explosive fighter.

Personally I think he was lucky to not be waved off against Zhang, and Dubios stopped him in 8. After that much punishment there must be a few cracks in that chin.

 

very wrong.

 

Well he proved very hittable so that wasn't wrong.

He is lucky he is blessed with a chin made of mountain granite.

 

that's how i saw it a year ago. the only thing i was wrong about was the skill level. turns out there was a huge different between them. Everything else was pretty much spot on. even the assumption that would determine the outcome, "this is assuming the kid has the stamina of a 20 yo. not a middle aged man."