{"id":664140,"date":"2026-06-29T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664140\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:28:08","slug":"moses-itauma-targetting-new-heavyweight-champion-if-he-beats-filip-hrgovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664140\/","title":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma targetting new heavyweight champion if he beats Filip Hrgovic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma<\/a> has plotted a potential world title fight that could materialise if he emerges victorious against Filip Hrgovic on August 29.<\/p>\n

The two heavyweights will headline a Queensberry Promotions card at London\u2019s O2 Arena, with many expecting this to be Itauma\u2019s toughest assignment thus far.<\/p>\n

Up to this point, the 21-year-old has secured 14 dominant victories in the professional ranks<\/a>, including a fifth-round finish over the typically durable Jermaine Franklin in March.<\/p>\n

Hrgovic is set to represent his first opponent at world level, with the Croatian\u2019s only defeat arriving via an eighth-round stoppage against Daniel Dubois<\/a> in June 2024.<\/p>\n

If he is to get past Hrgovic, then Itauma has not ruled out the possibility of challenging for a world title in his next outing against Agit Kabayel.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Sky Sports<\/a> last week, Itauma \u2013 who is ranked No.3 by the WBC \u2013 said he would be open to a clash with the undefeated 33-year-old from Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Usyk doesn\u2019t fight Kabayel and he relinquishes the title, I would not mind fighting Kabayel if I get past Hrgovic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Itauma\u2019s plans have received a significant boost since he floated the idea. Oleksandr Usyk has now vacated all three of his heavyweight world titles, and the WBC \u2013 as predicted \u2013 wasted no time in upgrading Kabayel to full champion.<\/p>\n

The only contenders ranked above Itauma are Tyson Fury and Lawrence Okolie, who, for different reasons, are unlikely to secure a WBC title shot anytime soon. Pair that with the fact that a Hrgovic win will likely bump Itauma up, he looks in prime position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma has plotted a potential world title fight that could materialise if he emerges victorious against Filip…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-664140","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\/664140","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=664140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}