Oleksandr Usyk’s determination to fight Deontay Wilder asks fans to attach more value to the American’s name than to the competitive threat he offers. Choosing Wilder after the Rico Verhoeven crossover makes Usyk’s direction harder to defend.

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Frank Sanchez should not have to surrender another title opportunity because Filip Hrgovic prefers the money available elsewhere.

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Moses Itauma might be one of the most promising stars in world boxing, but he has been warned to steer clear of Oleksandr Usyk. Itauma is just 21…

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Moses Itauma learned the hard way that talent without stamina gets exposed in deep waters. His ninth-round stoppage loss to Filip Hrgovic showed glaring flaws in preparation. The blame rests squarely on trainer Ben Davison. When a fighter gasses out completely after dominating early, the captain of the ship must take the fall.

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Sugar Hill Steward has been sharing his feelings about the delayed mega fight between his man Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Fire and Joshua have had careers running in…

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Daniel Dubois wants “another dominant victory” over Fabio Wardley, a description that skips over the two knockdowns he had to survive in their first fight in May. Winning after being dropped twice proves resilience. It also gives the beaten challenger a reason to want another chance.

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James Toney beat Mike McCallum on August 29, 1992, but the wide scorecards made a hard championship fight look like a comfortable night’s work. Their rematch in Reno remains a useful lesson in the difference between picking a winner and giving the losing fighter too little credit.

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On Saturday, Moses Itauma challenged Filip Hrgovic for the vacant IBF heavyweight championship. It seemed to be a foregone conclusion that Itauma would earn the victory, and in doing so become the second youngest man to win a world heavyweight championship. Oddsmakers pegged Itauma as a 10-to-1 favorite, and Saturday night was assumed to be the beginning of the Moses Itauma Era.

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Wladimir Klitschko punched himself toward defeat against Ross Puritty on December 5, 1998, turning a homecoming in Kyiv into a lesson in the cost of chasing a knockout.

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Andy Ruiz Jr. needs to deliver against Damian Knyba on Friday to justify Eddie Hearn’s decision to sign him. Beating a heavyweight recently stopped by Agit Kabayel is the first requirement. Giving Hearn a fighter he can depend on might be the harder one.

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Trainer Abel Sanchez expected Moses Itauma to hit harder. The bigger concern is that Itauma was putting everything into his punches and still couldn’t keep Filip Hrgovic off him.

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Zak Chelli says beating David Morrell last May earned him promises his promoter never intended to keep. After being told an interim world title fight would follow, he now claims there was no big fight planned and has declared himself a free agent.

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Moses Itauma promised “I’ll be back” in his first public comments after losing to Filip Hrgovic, but he did not say he wanted another fight with the man who stopped him.

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Trainer Robert Garcia sounds more interested in the payday that got away than the middleweight division Vergil Ortiz Jr. is considering. Why keep talking down Josh Kelly instead of talking up a fight with Yoenli Hernandez?

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Shakur Stevenson views Moses Itauma through an optimistic lens, assuming the prospect will inevitably bounce back to capture a world title. That best-case scenario ignores a much darker reality. The ninth-round stoppage against Filip Hrgovic for the vacant IBF belt may have permanently ruined the young heavyweight.

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This past Saturday on the 29th of August, from the O2 Arena in Greenwich, England, in a championship bout that was available live worldwide on DAZN—Croatian contender Filip Hrgovic pulled off a stunning upset, stopping undefeated heavyweight powerhouse Moses Itauma in the 9th round to capture the vacant IBF heavyweight championship.

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Brian “BoMac” McIntyre talks about Tiger Johnson as though beating Devin Haney is a question of getting the opportunity. After 18 professional fights, Johnson still needs to show he has the tools to justify that confidence.

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Frank Warren has said he is happy to help out one of his former heavyweight boxers even if he no longer promotes him. Warren has been in the sport…

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Filip Hrgović delivered a masterclass in psychology, determination and raw strength to overpower the Brit Moses Itauma at the O2 Arena in London, England, on Saturday night to become IBF World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Hrgović’s TKO of Itauma in the 9th Round came as a result of a sustained onslaught by the Croatian on the 21-year-old, which left him propped up by the ropes and Itauma’s corner throwing in the towel.

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Lester Martinez wore down Luka Plantic before stopping him in the tenth round to retain his interim WBC super middleweight title Saturday night, August 29, at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles. Plantic made the opening rounds competitive, but his early aggression became increasingly difficult to sustain against Martinez’s combinations and body attack.

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