Could Moses Itauma vs Hrgovic be a step too far too soon?
We’ve seen Itauma dominate the corpse of Dillian Whyte and Jermaine Franklin. He’s only 21 though and he’s yet to go past 6 rounds, we’ve yet to see him really tested, Jermaine Franklin did push him a little though. It got to 5 rounds and Franklin is known for being somewhat durable but Hrgovic is on a different level entirely.
Hrgovic is a top 10 HW boxer, A medaled Olympian, extremely durable, would give Itauma a really hard fight and can box him and beat him. He has power too.
This is risky to jump from Jermaine Franklin to Hrgovic, it’s a very big one for a 21 year old with no experience past the 6 round and most of his recent experience being first or second round knockouts.
If I was his promoter I would work him up this way
One of these Top 30-50 guys
Tony Yoka
Otto Wallin
Makhmudov
Hughie Fury
Then a Top 20-30 guy
Guido Vianello
Top 20 guy
Efe Ajagba
Murat Gassiev
Richard Riakporhe
Lawrence Okolie
Top 10 guy
Hrgovic
But again, fights like this are fun because you don’t know what can happen but they can sometimes derail a hype train. Anyways! What do you think?