Hurd & Trout reach agreement for summer fight

[Ruthless-RKO]

Jarrett Hurd will be defending his newly won IBF junior middleweight title against Austin Trout.

Jarrett Hurd’s first title defense figures to be a lot tougher than his fight to win the vacant belt.

26-year-old IBF junior middleweight titlist Jarrett Hurd (20-0, 14 KOs) will get a stiffer first title defense than expected as he’s reportedly reached a deal to take on veteran Austin Trout (30-3, 17 KOs) this summer, according to RingTV.

Hurd is coming off a stoppage win over Tony Harrison in February where he claimed his first world title, stopping Harrison in nine rounds. Trout, 31, is most recently coming off a close decision loss to Jermall Charlo this time last year and hasn’t fought since. Trout does, however, have more experience against better competition, having fought the likes of Canelo Alvarez, Erislandy Lara, and Miguel Cotto in recent years.

The fight between Hurd and Trout was originally slated for a July 15 PBC on FOX card but organizers are looking to move it to a new date in the summer, which also necessitates a new venue and television network.

This looks to be yet another legitimately competitive match-up in a year that has already featured a number of great fights in the first half. Let the good times roll...

Who do you like in this one?

[Lackeos]

Oh, nice. I wanted Hurd to fight someone legit like Trout. I wanted Trout to keep his career alive and not let the Lara defeat demoralize him. Really nice fight. Trout feels like the favorite to me. Hurd hasn't done a lot yet, and could be a hype job like Julian Williams or w/e his name is.

[world ranked]

Oh, nice. I wanted Hurd to fight someone legit like Trout. I wanted Trout to keep his career alive and not let the Lara defeat demoralize him. Really nice fight. Trout feels like the favorite to me. Hurd hasn't done a lot yet, and could be a hype job like Julian Williams or w/e his name is.

Hype job would be people are calling him to be bigger than normal expectation nobody really pegging him to be the next best thing. No one is hyping him up. Trout on the downside and Hurd should be the favorite.

[ClivePatrickLyons]

Trout will win

[gilgamesh]

I like this fight. A real toss up