Round-by-Round: Moses Itauma vs. Filip Hrgovic - 29 August 2026

[gilgamesh]

Just watched it back. I noticed Hrgovic landing some great body shots, especially in the last two rounds. A lot of people (including me) questioning Itauma's stamina, but those body shots did some serious damage, even the last punch of the fight was a hard shot into Itauma's bread basket.

Imagine what a problem Kabayel would be for a fighter with a stamina problem. Kabayel is about as consistent a body puncher as you'll see at Heavyweight. It seems like 50% of his attack is aimed at the body.

Hence Uysk turned him down and no one is lining up even though he is supposed to get a title shot.

Title shot? Didn't they just hand him (Kabayel) the WBC Title?

[KiwiRider]

Imagine what a problem Kabayel would be for a fighter with a stamina problem. Kabayel is about as consistent a body puncher as you'll see at Heavyweight. It seems like 50% of his attack is aimed at the body.

Hence Uysk turned him down and no one is lining up even though he is supposed to get a title shot.

Title shot? Didn't they just hand him (Kabayel) the WBC Title?

Yeah, finally. But no money in that until he fights someone.

[gilgamesh]

Hence Uysk turned him down and no one is lining up even though he is supposed to get a title shot.

Title shot? Didn't they just hand him (Kabayel) the WBC Title?

Yeah, finally. But no money in that until he fights someone.

Hey with the WBC Title at stake his next fight will almost certainly be worth more than his previous one against Damian Knyba.

[coneye]

Can't see any of the new crop wanting to play with him

[keithmoonhangover]

Just watched it back. I noticed Hrgovic landing some great body shots, especially in the last two rounds. A lot of people (including me) questioning Itauma's stamina, but those body shots did some serious damage, even the last punch of the fight was a hard shot into Itauma's bread basket.

Imagine what a problem Kabayel would be for a fighter with a stamina problem. Kabayel is about as consistent a body puncher as you'll see at Heavyweight. It seems like 50% of his attack is aimed at the body.

A great example is when he beat Zhang.

However not a lot of fighters would have been able to take what Moses gave out

I just don't think Itauma was in great shape.

[forcefraser]

He did take some stick to the body. In the 8th and particularly in the 9th he took some massive shots in the gut.

That last one that sent him flying into the ropes could have done him no favours. Maybe that was the shot that did his legs in

[keithmoonhangover]

He did take some stick to the body. In the 8th and particularly in the 9th he took some massive shots in the gut.

That last one that sent him flying into the ropes could have done him no favours. Maybe that was the shot that did his legs in

Yeah, that lost body shot was a tremendous blow.