{"id":672354,"date":"2026-07-03T21:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672354\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:47:11","slug":"filip-hrgovic-has-extra-contract-incentive-to-cause-upset-and-beat-moses-itauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672354\/","title":{"rendered":"Filip Hrgovic has extra contract incentive to cause upset and beat Moses Itauma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filip Hrgovic has suggested he is contracted to a WBO title clash with Daniel Dubois if he beats Moses Itauma.<\/p>\n

Hrgovic has a big chance to upset the apple cart when he takes on British rising star Itauma on August 29 at London’s O2 Arena<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Filip<\/a><\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Hrgovic is going to be in a mood to spoil the party in London to earn his own stripesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Itauma is looking invicible so far in his heavyweight career at the age of 21 and is on the cusp of a multitude of world title options with victory.<\/p>\n

But his Croatian rival, who has been round the block more on the fringes of world level, is supremely confident he can halt the hype train.<\/p>\n

And he has revealed, ahead of their clash, that he will immediately earn an enforced rematch with Dubois if he wins.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt\u2019s in the contract that if I beat Moses, I\u2019ll challenge the WBO champion.<\/p>\n

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But now it\u2019s a big test in front of me so I must take care of Itauma. Stylistically, it\u2019s a harder fight because he\u2019s quicker and southpaw. <\/p>\n

\u201cDubois has much more achievements, he\u2019s a two-time world champion. But stylistically, Itauma is a trickier fighter. <\/p>\n

“But now, I\u2019m sorry, but I will need to beat your guy. Your next big hope who everybody thinks is the next big thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

This will happen because Itauma currently holds the WBO mandatory status to Dubois’ belt.<\/p>\n

But the winner could well have to wait for the shot, given ‘Dynamite’ himself is contracted to a sequel with Fabio Wardley<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Should the Croat win, he could also land a shot against WBC champion Agit Kabayel<\/a>, who offered to face the winner.<\/p>\n

\"Moses<\/a><\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

It will take something special to disrupt Itauma’s special path to greatnessCredit: Queensberry<\/p>\n

It is an exciting time for the victor after Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> made the decision to vacate three of the four major title belts.<\/p>\n

Itauma could have title shot if he wanted NOW<\/p>\n

Fighting Hrgovic is a key part of Itauma’s development at this stage as he looks to build experience and rounds on his route to the top.<\/p>\n

But for Itauma, he could now feasibly challenge for world honours.<\/p>\n

His plans have been threatened recently, with the IBF making the decision to order him to fight for the vacant title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He could drop out of his clash with Hrgovic and work his way into a shot for the belt against Frank Sanchez.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if he would consider action, but in the past Itauma has rejected an eliminator with the Cuban dangerman.<\/p>\n

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There are several routes Itauma could take, which could even include an immediate shot against new WBA champion Murat Gassiev afterwards.<\/p>\n

But it is likely he will first look to deal with ‘El Animal’ in further dominant fashion to set out a statement before chasing silverware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filip Hrgovic has suggested he is contracted to a WBO title clash with Daniel Dubois if he beats…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,28726,223927,223926,16171,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-672354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-filip-hrgovic","tag-hrgovic-vs-itauma","tag-itauma-vs-hrgovic","tag-moses-itauma","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672354","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=672354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}