{"id":72738,"date":"2025-08-17T06:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/72738\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T06:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:42:08","slug":"eddie-hearns-take-on-who-moses-itauma-should-fight-next-hrgovic-or-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/72738\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn&#8217;s Take On Who Moses Itauma Should Fight Next: Hrgovic Or Parker?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a three-fighter poll on DAZN, fans have voted for Joseph Parker to be the next opponent for Moses Itauma after his first-round knockout win over Dillian Whyte in a heavyweight contest in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>The DAZN Fan Poll Results<\/p>\n<p>Parker (36-3, 24 KOs) was picked ahead of second-place Oleksandr Usyk and Filip Hrgovic. It\u2019s a good choice for Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) because it\u2019s the one that makes the most sense if he wants to return to the ring soon.<\/p>\n<p>Parker: 38%<br \/>\nUsyk: 26%<br \/>\nHrgovic: 24%<\/p>\n<p>Usyk is reportedly injured, and Hrgovic suffered a cut in his grueling 10-round unanimous decision win over David Adeleye on Saturday\u2019s card at the ANB Arena in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Parker\u2019s World Title Situation<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is that Parker is already in line for a world title shot against Usyk. For him to put that big payday at risk going up against Itauma, he would likely want similar money. Would Turki Alalshikh be willing to finance a fight between Parker and Itauma? It would come down to money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a good fight. Just someone that\u2019s active and someone that\u2019s really in the groove of fighting. Hrgovic,\u201d said Eddie Hearn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OWwvy4ZNPHQ&amp;t=21s&amp;ab_channel=BoxingNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News<\/a> about who Moses Itauma should fight next after his first-round knockout win over Dillian Whyte.<\/p>\n<p>Queensberry might be hesitant to put Itauma in with a tough opponent like Filip Hrgovic after watching him in action against Adeleye. He\u2019s not someone who would fold like Whyte without putting hands on Itauma.<\/p>\n<p>Can Itauma Take a Shot?<\/p>\n<p>We saw how Moses went whole rabbit the last time he fought a decent opponent three years ago in the amateurs. The 6\u20196\u2033 Hrgovic would force Itauma to take shots, and he might get exposed as a fighter that can dish out the punishment but can\u2019t take it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Parker is obviously looking for those shots at a world title, but that\u2019s a brilliant fight. Moses is a brilliant fighter. He\u2019s a world-class fighter who will go on to win a world heavyweight championship,\u201d said Hearn. \u201cI think now, they [Queensberry] need to give him [Itauma] that can stand up to the shots and take him a little bit into the deep waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, still give him two or three fights before that, but he\u2019s very special.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fans have spoken, Itauma should fight Parker next!<\/p>\n<p>Everyone agrees? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Via the FanZone on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DbzQcSU59w\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/DbzQcSU59w<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/obtoQrvRxh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/obtoQrvRxh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DAZNBoxing\/status\/1956904408089804958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755412928_907_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Eddie Hearn\u2019s Take on Who Moses Itauma Should Fight Next: Hrgovic or Parker?<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 08\/17\/2025 \t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a three-fighter poll on DAZN, fans have voted for Joseph Parker to be the next opponent for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,37086,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-72738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-queensberry-promotionsnleigh-dawneynboxingnesports-world-cupndillian-whytenmoses-itaumananb-arenanriyadhnsaudi-arabianfight-night","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72738","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=72738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}