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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Filip Hrgovic exposed more than Moses Itauma’s stamina. He exposed the cost of fighting as though every opening has to produce a knockout. Itauma spent heavily trying to finish a heavyweight who kept coming back, leaving himself vulnerable when those attacks exhausted him.

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Mauricio Lara had to climb off the canvas before collecting his fifth straight victory, stopping Carlos Ornelas in the second round on Saturday night in Guadalajara, Mexico. The former WBA featherweight champion got the quick finish, but Ornelas made him pay before going down himself.

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Former WBA featherweight champion Mauricio “El Bronco” Lara recovered from a first-round knockdown to stop Carlos “Chinito” Ornelas at 0:42 of the second round on Saturday in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

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Moses Itauma may decide that reclaiming his pride requires another fight with Filip Hrgovic. If he stubbornly demands an immediate rematch, Queensberry must refuse him.

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Lester Martinez (20-0-1, 16 KOs) will make the first defense of his WBC interim super middleweight title against Luka Plantic (13-0, 10 KOs) tonight at the USC Galen Center in Los Angeles, California. Martinez fights on the same weekend as the Festival Chapin at Lafayette Park a few miles away from the Galen Center.

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Chantelle Cameron’s pressure and body punching carried her to a unanimous decision over Mikaela Mayer on Saturday night, earning her the unified WBA, WBC and WBO super welterweight titles at bp pulse LIVE in Birmingham, England.

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Filip Hrgovic survived an early knockdown and eight difficult rounds before stopping Moses Itauma in the ninth to win the vacant IBF heavyweight title Saturday at The O2 Arena in Greenwich, London.

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Heavyweight Filip Hrgovic (21-1, 16 KOs) wore down Moses Itauma, taking his best shots to score a stoppage in the ninth round to capture the vacant IBF heavyweight title at The O2 Arena in London. Itauma looked like a sure-thing winner through six rounds, but unaccustomed to fighting longer fights due to the weak matchmaking by his promoters, he had nothing left by the seventh round.

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Johnny Nelson has given his final prediction just a few hours ahead of the first bell for Moses Itauma’s much-anticipated world title fight with Filip Hrgovic. The exciting Itauma…

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Ben Whittaker is one win away from becoming Dmitrii Bivol’s IBF mandatory, which sounds impressive until Conor Wallace is examined. Wallace has a 17-1 record, an IBF No. 2 ranking and almost nothing that shows he belongs within touching distance of Bivol.

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The biggest fight of Conor Benn‘s career is fast approaching against Ryan Garcia, and Shannon Briggs is the latest to make his prediction. So far, Benn has had…

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