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

I have a feeling that Itauma wanted to make a statement - go for an early fight blast out - and he shot his load and Hrgovic took advantage of that depleted gas tank.

 

They tried to move Moses quicker than even Tyson. Mike had 28 fights before he fought for the title, Moses fought bums and then stepped into fight a top HW in his prime. He needed another 6 fights with durable opponents to work on his pacing over the distance.

 

He’s ironically impressed me more in defeat than he ever has in victory. He has a very bright future

 

You want to see fighters giving it their all.

 

Exactly. They thought he was the second coming of Iron Mike, but instead he left on a stretcher like a Rubber Duck. Shameful for Team itauma.

 

Yes. Even tho it was sporadic, you could see some grimaces of tiredness and discomfort when Hrgo got his jab going in those rounds - those small successes were important I think. Maybe Itauma started to worry he could last all 12 and decided to try and close it in the 8th? Either way it was the wrong call

 

Prime Fury easily but today? Not so sure

 

as others have observed, it was him being too stubborn or naive to understand he likely was not going to move the immovable object from the ring if he hadn't done it throwing the kitchen sink at him for like twenty minutes. He continued attempting to and incorrectly assumed the punishment he was dealing out was depleting the other guy's will or ability to remove HIM from the ring when he started fading.

 

BTW it seems lately Naseem Hamed's been hitting the refrigerator a lot harder than he ever hit the heavy bag....

 

When Itauma comes back he wants to be nowhere near Ben Davison let alone in his corner giving advice ! The WHOLE boxing World knew that Hrgovic only had one way to win and that would be in the later rounds with Hrgovic drowning him ! Ben Davison clearly did not even train or advise Itauma of the only option Hrgovic had to win this fight ! Itauma may well come back stronger but on the flip side of that,some fighters are never the same after there first loss !

 

Naz has outgrown all his already XXXXL clothes. Only Arab robes fit him now.

 

Moses was dominating Hrgovic every round. Minor adjustment needed to pacing himself.

Hrgovic just has a 1 in a million chin.

 

There were studies done into brain damage of NFL players and signs of CTE in brain scans of those who died early and it showed that players involved in big collisions towards the end of the game when they were more exhausted had a far more devastating impact than head collisions early on in the game.

Itauma getting clobbered by Hrgovic after he gassed out and his brain was dehydrated could literally **** him up.