Moses Itauma vs. Muhammad Ali

Adversity being stamina not the opponent lol

 

No.. he was frightened when Hrgovic wouldn't go away. No heart is what they say. His heart failed him. See how he passed out, stretchered out?

 

I am totally in the Itauma train
But come on, Ali had a chin on paar with Hrgovic, but in addition he could box and had an impressive gas tank on 15 rounds

 

Not a known puncher ?

His left hook was nick named "Henry's hammer"

Take a look at the footage here with his opponent out cold laying on the ropes half way out the ring.

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oh, hell yes.

 

The fight vs Cooper got stopped on cuts though, not by a legit TKO. Cooper was 15 lbs under the cruiser limit, and Ali was most susceptible to left hooks. Ali would be in big danger if he got clipped by Itauma.

Itauma definitely hits harder than both Cooper and Ali as well.

 

Ali was 207 pounds and Cooper 185 in their first fight. Before that fight Ali had a close scrap with Doug Jones who was the same weight and around the same size as Cooper.

Those two opponents weren't even cruiserweights and he struggled vs them.

When Ali was 19-20 he was around 195 pounds knocking out Jim Robinson and going through adversity vs Sonny Banks. Itauma at that age was/is 245 and blitzing 6'6 Demsey Mckean in a round.

If they fought eachother at the same age now I would definitely favor Itauma. Itauma is also a Southpaw.

 

I saw how he went down swinging on his shield and still managed to clock Hrgovic.

Did you see how Hrgovic got gun shy from early to mid rounds and hesitated to engage? Now that's scared.

Let me know.

 

The original poster listed a bunch of hard punchers but Henry did't make that list. So somewhere between you guys there is some confusion, amnesia or a bit of both.

He knocked someone out? Okay cool. That is very unique. Dave Allen has done it plenty of times.

Henry was a light man, and he dropped Ali. And people acting like modern day heavyweights weighing in excess of 240 pounds ( 60+ pounds on Henry) can't put a dent in Ali.

Ergo, I brought up 187lb Henry.

 

Oh, hell yes!

 

Yeah, Itauma heart failed him.

 

The speed and danger Itauma posed definitely made Hrgovic apprehensive at first... Hrgovic usually isn't that cautious.

 

Not according to David Haye, Abel Sanchez.

 

I've never seen him that cautious either. He looked genuinely overwhelmed, and didn't know how to respond. Compare that with how he approached Dubois who is another explosive guy with fast hands who happens to carry power... Hrgovic was outboxing and pressing dubois.

But of course many here will convince us that Henry Cooper is much more of a dangerous puncher than Moses.

Okay then....

 

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