{"id":621051,"date":"2026-06-04T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621051\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:23:08","slug":"dave-allen-makes-new-moses-itauma-vs-world-class-filip-hrgovic-prediction-i-think-he-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621051\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Allen makes new Moses Itauma vs &#8216;world-class&#8217; Filip Hrgovic prediction: &#8220;I think he wins&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After blitzing out Dave Allen last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/filip-hrgovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Hrgovic<\/a> looks set for a second consecutive outing on British soil, expected to collide with <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/moses-itauma-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moses Itauma<\/a> next.<\/p>\n<p>Now, after recently facing the imposing Croatian, Allen has provided a prediction for that proposed fight.<\/p>\n<p>Hrgovic suffered a first career defeat when he lost to Daniel Dubois by stoppage in a bid for the IBF Interim heavyweight title; a loss which ultimately cost him world honours, with \u2018Triple D\u2019 elevated to full world champion soon after.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2018El Animal\u2019 has since bounced back, with last month\u2019s three-round beatdown of Allen marking three wins over British opponents within a 13-month spell and teeing up a fifth straight clash against an opponent from the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The victor of Itauma-Hrgovic is expected to move on to a shot at the heavyweight throne, but despite his recent one-sided defeat, Allen picked 21-year-old Itauma to come out on top, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@davidallen9733\/video\/7647130073266588930?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his TikTok account<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great fight, it is a big step up, I think. I think that Franklin was a good fight but Hrgovic is another step up again, a lot more danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHrgovic, I think, is a world-class fighter. I think that he is very, very, very good, but I think that with Itauma\u2019s speed and variation, I think that Itauma wins. I think that he is that special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that Itauma vs Hrgovic will take place on Saturday, August 8, at the O2 Arena. However, an <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/moses-itauma-possible-date-change-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">alternative date has also been suggested for what would be Itauma\u2019s toughest test to date<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After blitzing out Dave Allen last month, Filip Hrgovic looks set for a second consecutive outing on British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-621051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}