After being down big on the scorecards, Filip Hrgovic somehow had enough energy to hang on and scored a ninth-round TKO over an extremely exhausted Moses Itauma to become the new IBF heavyweight champion live on DAZN PPV. After the fight, Hrgovic (21-1, 16 KOs) said that although Frank Sanchez is the mandatory challenger who […]
Israel Mercado is getting a lot of attention this week, but not for the reasons he hoped. Mercado lost to unbeaten junior welterweight Carlos Utria via a contentious split decision in a fight that opened last week’s pay-per-view card in Las Vegas. The judges’ scores were Steve Weisfeld had it 96-94 in Mercado’s favor, overruled
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Moses Itauma (14-0, 12 KOs) and Filip Hrgovic (20-1, 15 KOs) are all set to fight it out for the IBF heavyweight title at the O2 Arena on Saturday. With barely a few hours left before fight night, Itauma admitted on Thursday that he could not have asked for anything better. Talking at their recent
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