{"id":743028,"date":"2026-08-19T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743028\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:26:10","slug":"peter-fury-delivers-final-verdict-on-moses-itauma-vs-hgrovic-that-could-be-a-big-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/743028\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Fury delivers final verdict on Moses Itauma vs Hgrovic: “That could be a big problem\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma<\/a> is set to take on Filip Hrgovic<\/a> in a clash for the vacant IBF heavyweight world title next weekend and now esteemed British boxing trainer Peter Fury has offered his final verdict for the fight.<\/p>\n

Up until this month, Frank Sanchez had been set to compete for the vacant IBF crown, following Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s decision to relinquish the belt, with Bakhodir Jalolov deemed his most likely opponent.<\/p>\n

However, Sanchez has since agreed to a step-aside deal, which allows Itauma and Hrgovic to compete for the title, with the victor then being made to face him in a first defence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result, next Saturday, 21-year-old Itauma has the opportunity to become the second-youngest heavyweight world champion of all time, with Mike Tyson being the only combatant to have captured world heavyweight honours faster.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Boxing Now<\/a>, Peter Fury admitted that the youngster has got a \u2018very bright future\u2019, but admitted that he wants to see Itauma put on the back-foot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he [Itauma] comes through these type of fights, then we will see. He has got everything else, the only thing that we have not seen is when he has been put on the back-foot and put under pressure, because they [opponents] just haven\u2019t been good enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIs anybody good enough? There will be someone, won\u2019t they? So, let\u2019s see, but the future is very bright for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing, Fury, who trained Rico Verhoeven against Usyk back in May,<\/a> declared that Hrgovic\u2019s lack of defence could be his downfall when he squares off with Itauma.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to the fight. Hrgovic is a good, solid fighter, but he does take a lot of punches, for me, he doesn\u2019t seem to have the best defence and I think that could be a big problem with somebody like Itauma, to be honest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, he is a tough man and he has been in boxing a long time. He looks awkward, as well, he is a big strong unit, so it is going to be interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Itauma-Hrgovic takes place on Saturday, August 29, at the O2 Arena in London, with Aloys Youmbi and Sam Noakes also appearing on the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma is set to take on Filip Hrgovic in a clash for the vacant IBF heavyweight world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-743028","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\/743028","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=743028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}