{"id":622877,"date":"2026-06-05T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/622877\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:39:07","slug":"jarrell-miller-backs-heavyweight-to-whoop-moses-itauma-in-first-ever-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/622877\/","title":{"rendered":"Jarrell Miller backs heavyweight to &#8216;whoop&#8217; Moses Itauma in first ever defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jarrell Miller believes the Moses Itauma hype train could soon come to a halt, backing one of his \u201chomies\u201d to pull off a sizable upset.<\/p>\n<p>While yet to establish himself as a top-flight contender, Itauma has nonetheless shown genuine signs of world-class potential throughout his young career.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old\u2019s last outing saw him dispatch the typically durable Jermaine Franklin in March, scoring a fifth-round finish after flooring his man in round three.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, the precocious talent has remained unbeaten in 14 professional contests, while also boasting a No.1 ranking with both the WBO and WBA.<\/p>\n<p>Itauma is therefore on the verge of a world-level test, potentially against Filip Hrgovic, who comes off a comfortable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/48790026\/filip-hrgovic-vs-dave-allen-heavyweight-fight-doncaster-tko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">third-round stoppage victory over Dave Allen<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old is widely considered a top 10 heavyweight, with his only defeat arriving via an eighth-round finish against Daniel Dubois in June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He hardly disgraced himself against the current WBO champion, either, with \u2018El Animal\u2019 proving that he is capable of posing a significant threat to Itauma\u2019s meteoric rise.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, fellow heavyweight Miller has told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playuk.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Play UK<\/a> that he sees Hrgovic defeating the southpaw if they end up colliding later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Hrgovic is very durable, war-proven. He\u2019s not going to be jumping in and getting caught with dumb s**t. He has a really good jab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s see where Itauma really is when he fights a real top-10 contender now, because honestly, out of everybody he\u2019s fought, they\u2019ve kind of laid down a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJermaine Franklin came to bang and gave him some good rounds. I just felt like maybe it wasn\u2019t the best version of him, but let\u2019s see where he goes. I\u2019ve got more of a close relationship with Hrgovic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of my homies. We trained in Florida and sparred plenty of times, so I\u2019ve got to go with the homie. I\u2019ve got to go with Hrgovic whooping Itauma\u2019s young ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/moses-itauma-possible-date-change-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hrgovic remains the frontrunner for Itauma in August<\/a>, when Queensberry promoter Frank Warren will stage the Brit\u2019s next fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarrell Miller believes the Moses Itauma hype train could soon come to a halt, backing one of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-622877","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\/622877","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=622877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}