“I saw from the first round that he was breathing hard,” Hrgovic said at his post-fight press conference. “He throwing too much. He was fighting like an amateur, you know, and I knew I need to endure. I need to stay there. And he going to get tired, you know, and I’ll get him in later rounds.”
The British crowd gave Itauma encouragement to keep spending. Every big shot brought another roar, urging him to follow with more. Ignoring that reaction takes discipline, especially when an opponent has already been down. Itauma kept responding with attacks he could not sustain, feeding the crowd’s excitement while leav
