Hrgovic Stops Itauma in Round Nine
IBF Intercontinental champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Filip “El Animal” Hrgovic, 21-1 (16), stopped WBO Intercontinental champion Moses Itauma, 14-1 (12), at 2:27 of the ninth round. The bout was scheduled for 12 rounds.
Itauma dropped Hrgovic to one knee with a left hand during the second round. Referee Howard Foster administered an eight-count before allowing the action to continue.
The southpaw’s hand speed, sharp combinations and body punching carried the next several rounds. Itauma repeatedly beat Hrgovic to the punch and built a large lead while the Croatian
