Why the Hrgovic loss was good for Itauma

Losing is never good. Losses are lessons are a bunch of philosophical bull****. Especially getting your ass handed to you getting carried out of the ring on a stretcher.

 

It will make or break him, he won't be "the same" that's for sure, but we will have to wait and see which way it goes.. I'm leaning towards "break", but time will tell.

 

Itauma's style needed adjustments, he needed to learn a lesson about chins and gas tanks, and it's best to learn it as early as possible. So in that sense, the loss IS good for him, better now than 5 or 10 years down the road.

Of course it would be best for Itauma if he never had to go 9 rounds, never got hit, and just KOd everybody in 6, but as shown that's not a realistic expectation.

 

Exactly. What would've been "good" for Itauma was learning that a chin was important, and learning that you need to spar AT LEAST 12 rounds if you're going to compete in a 12-rounder a LONG time ago.

After being evaluated at the hospital, they found nothing was wrong with him. He was just exhausted. That, and Hrgovic punched him in the head a bunch of times.

Can you imagine how Moses will react when he actually GETS HURT in the ring?

What happens when he breaks a hand? What happens when his eye swells shut? What happens when his jaw is broken? Think he'll keep fighting? (No, they'll just more excuses to QUIT.)

He was up eight rounds to NONE, and couldn't SUCK IT UP when he got tired.

All we learned Saturday was Moses is an intimidating, solid EIGHT-ROUND fighter. Unfortunately, most fights aren't eight rounds.

And we also learned he's a bit of a "quitter." Which isn't good, which is what you don't want anyone to learn.

Not preparing properly is just another excuse for quitting. Saying, "I'll do better next time, but carry me out of the ring, I'm too tired," isn't "GOOD."

 

Until Itauma continues with his career nobody actually knows if this loss to Hrgovic is a good or a bad thing,plenty fighters are never the same after there first loss especially power punchers.

 

The guy is not even 22. He can definitely learn from this loss. Whether he does or not, is up to him.

 

Don't know if I'd say 'good', but it really showed he needed late fights rounds in prior fights. He was dominating, but once his gas went out, he was cooked.

 

It was good in the sense that he has evidence of everything he needs to work on to improve. Question is whether he can do it - not always easy to take clear lessons and come back after a rough loss. We'll see.

 

How did he quit?

He kept throwing until the ref stepped in and his trainer threw the towel in.

 

were'nt most people saying that itauma was going to blow him away???
now, all the forensic analysis of the fight are going into overdrive...
itauma was a sure bet to defeat hrgovic by the itauma fanboys..
the arrogance, contempt and disrespect shown to hrgovic before the fight was disgusting, and quite frankly shown how uneducated itauma fans are..

 

It's always good any time you learn.

Ideally, you'd want to learn something, or be aware of the distinct possibility of it occuring, before you experience it. Unfortunately, stupidity and arrogance got in the way of Itauma learning this lesson before hand, so he had to learn it the hard way.

 

He didn't train for a 12-rounder, by his own admission. Wasn't prepared. Did what he normally did. When that didn't work, he fell apart inside three minutes.

He wasn't injured but got carried out of the ring. He wouldn't even stand up. He had to be lifted up. They carried him out of the arena. They put him in an ambulance. He made this HUGE "feel sorry for me" exit ... got to the hospital ... and was released because HE WASN'T INJURED.

When was the last time you saw a heavyweight leave the ring on a stretcher with no injuries and no concussion ... nothing wrong with him ... just tired?

I can't recall one.

He wasn't even concussed. IF he was, they'd leave him in overnight for observation.

He didn't train for 12, got tired, and QUIT.

I'm so tired. Pick me up. Carry me out. What utter bull.

If you bought that, you got played. Because he wasn't injured.

Not training properly, and then getting tired, and blaming being tired on losing, is QUITTING.

If that final last swing he threw at Hrgovic had caught Filip and knocked him out ... think they'd have carried Moses out of the ring on a stretcher?

HELL NO. He'd have done all the interviews. Everyone would've celebrated in the ring. The party would've commenced.

He's a quitter. And he wasn't even injured. Finally, his opponent took what he dished out, and was coming on strong, and Moses just imploded.

Suddenly, his legs didn't work. And he was too tired to stand. It's like a child falling down on the ground and not being able to go anymore.

Screw that. I've watched guys get beaten to death and walk out of the ring over the last 50 years. I have no patience for a chubby 21-year-old who has no injuries getting carried out because he didn't train hard enough and got too tired.

He's a quitter. And, when he's actually injured in a fight, he'll quit again. Because he's already quit when HE WASN'T injured. He quit when he was up 8-0 with a knockdown, and he was 21.

If he was older, heavier, knocked down, behind on the cards, and actually injured, think he's going to fight back harder?

He's a quitter. If being tired is an excuse that works, being behind on the cards and injured sure as hell will be, too.

And the people making excuses for him are being "soft."

 

He was utterly spent. That's why he was helped out of the ring. He was in this state because he didn't train properly. Not training properly and constantly throwing full power shots like an idiot every round against a tough as nails seasoned vet when you have the fighting experience of a club fighter will leave you in the state moses was in.

Arrogance and stupidity got him in that state. He didn't quit.