{"id":740192,"date":"2026-08-16T21:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740192\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T21:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:56:10","slug":"dubois-trainer-don-charles-sums-up-hrgovics-chances-of-beating-moses-itauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740192\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubois trainer Don Charles sums up Hrgovic&#8217;s chances of beating Moses Itauma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Dubois\u2019 head coach, Don Charles, has assessed the likelihood of a Filip Hrgovic victory when he faces heavyweight prodigy Moses Itauma.<\/p>\n<p>The two highly-ranked contenders will square off at London\u2019s O2 Arena on August 29, bidding to claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c6210pk8klro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s old IBF title<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the belt becoming vacant in June, mandatory challenger Frank Sanchez ended up reaching a step-aside agreement with Queensberry promoter Frank Warren.<\/p>\n<p>As such, \u2018The Cuban Flash\u2019 has not only been financially compensated but will also <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/who-itauma-must-face-if-he-beats-hrgovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">face the winner of Itauma-Hrgovic<\/a> in due course.<\/p>\n<p>And while it seems a competitive match on paper, Itauma is heavily favoured to become the youngest heavyweight champion since Mike Tyson defeated Trevor Berbick in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>At just 21 years old, he has shown signs of genuine world-class potential, especially during his fifth-round stoppage of fringe contender Jermaine Franklin in March.<\/p>\n<p>Something else to consider, though, is the fact that Hrgovic has sustained cuts in every fight since getting stopped in eight rounds \u2013 on cuts, no less \u2013 by Dubois in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Given these factors, coach Charles has told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yKmtCUE_ZE8?si=TTao3mM6TTotiLHD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BoxNation<\/a> that he believes Itauma will punch too fast and accurately for the 34-year-old Croatian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a very interesting fight. You have Hrgovic who\u2019s bringing the experience \u2013 the toughness \u2013 but Moses is just a sharp-shooter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019ll be too quick, too fresh. And smart. He\u2019s got a good boxing IQ, Moses. He might have to experience some turbulence, because Hrgovic is not a pushover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Moses is just too sharp. And Hrgovic sustained terrible cuts when he fought Daniel, so any time anyone remotely hits that area, [the skin] will open up again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there is a high possibility of him getting stopped on cuts, Hrgovic is nonetheless expected to offer Itauma his toughest test thus far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Dubois\u2019 head coach, Don Charles, has assessed the likelihood of a Filip Hrgovic victory when he faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-740192","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\/740192","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=740192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}