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

Yeah, he let Itauma punch himself out - and it paid off; he ran the risk of a British Stoppage at that point I must admit, he started firing back at just the right time.

 

Maybe but a 21yr old might succumb to the temptation. It's a immaturity in years and experience thing

 

He looks in a bad way there; if it was simple exhaustion then you would expect him to perk up a bit after a few minutes rest. Meanwhile Hrgovic was barely out of breath post fight, the man is truly built differently.

 

Moses could have been the second Mike with the right match making but the broadcasters cannot put on what they did with Mike back in the day. And also Davison in your corner....he has no fight plan. It's all about feints rah rah but no actual 12 round plan which Moses needed tonight

 

To Davison's credit, he has taken Itauma this far and I doubt he has been giving bad advice in all previous fights.

That said, I didn't hear GOOD and MEASURED advice in there (especially when Itauma was breathing heavy in the corner) and Itauma went back to the same game plan instead of pacing himself. Is Itauma a good student and listener or did he want to take matters into his own hands?

Or is Ben Davidson incapable of giving the right advice at the right time when the pressure is at maximum? I have no doubt he is a good trainer but that final element is missing.

 

I noticed Itauma's punches in the later rounds were not as hard and not hurting Hrgovic as much, judging from Hrgovic's reactions.

 

I thought Hrgovic won Round 3 personally, and had good success in Round 6 as well. Those two rounds also give insight into Itauma's fading stamina,

 

Good on Hrgovic. He still ain't nothing special, but he played this perfectly. Talked major amounts of trash to **** this kid off and guarantee he tried going for the kill early. Outlasted the onslaught, waited until this glass cannon blew his load, and then pounced. Easy work. First Croatian HW champ in history.

 

Full credit to Hrgovic

I thought Itauma would win but I wasn't one of these people ruling out a Hrgovic win
Guy is no joke

 

I saw him doing some very pained grimacing from like round five onward, just seemed what Malignaggi would call a 'tell' like their poker face slipping, you could see the tide turning slowly.

 

We need to pray for Moses's health. This loss looks quite dramatic. The guy landed some pretty juicy punches from a full twist at the end of the fight. I hope his health is okay. We don't want this boxing celebration to have an unpleasant twist in that style. Nobody wants that.

Moses is an offensive machine, but they probably chose an opponent beyond his capabilities, underestimating what this guy is capable of.

Once again. I hope neither of them loses even an ounce of health after the spectacle they gave us.

 

Yup, the snap was gone and the power was fading every round.

 

Let's just hope he is ok

 

Yeah think he is possibly bad. He went very strange in the ring not like a normal leg injury