{"id":692818,"date":"2026-07-15T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/692818\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:48:07","slug":"were-coming-for-you-moses-itauma-called-out-for-world-heavyweight-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/692818\/","title":{"rendered":"“We’re coming for you”: Moses Itauma called out for world heavyweight title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma<\/a> has been offered a beeline towards world honours, but first he must take care of business against top 10 heavyweight Filip Hrgovic.<\/p>\n

The pair will collide at London\u2019s O2 Arena on August 29<\/a>, with many expecting this to be the youngster\u2019s toughest assignment thus far.<\/p>\n

Hrgovic is, after all, an Olympic bronze medallist and consensus world-level contender, whose only defeat came against Daniel Dubois in June 2024.<\/p>\n

Back then, the Croatian gave a terrific account of himself but was ultimately stopped in round eight after sustaining severe cuts over both his eyes.<\/p>\n

Itauma is therefore set to encounter a genuine acid test next month, determining whether he is truly capable of swimming with sharks.<\/p>\n

If he emerges victorious, though, then the 21-year-old will more than likely secure a world title shot, possibly against IBF mandatory challenger Frank Sanchez.<\/p>\n

The pair have already been ordered to collide for Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s old belt but, alternatively, Itauma could easily end up challenging WBA champion Murat Gassiev.<\/p>\n

While he was supposed to face Tony Yoka last weekend, Gassiev instead defended his title against late replacement Peter Kadiru<\/a>, who he handily defeated in six rounds.<\/p>\n

Then, during the Russian\u2019s post-fight interview, promoter Al Siesta began calling out several high-profile heavyweights, including Itauma, who was previously in early talks for a clash with the former unified cruiserweight champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaniel Dubois, Moses Itauma, Agit Kabayel \u2026 [Gassiev] is the guy. We\u2019re coming for you very soon!\u201d<\/p>\n

As the WBA\u2019s No.1 contender, Itauma could either face Gassiev or pursue a vacant IBF title shot against Sanchez, depending on which direction his team is leaning towards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma has been offered a beeline towards world honours, but first he must take care of business…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-692818","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\/692818","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=692818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}