Itauma remained in distress afterward and was removed from the ring on a stretcher. Frank Warren later attributed that to a leg injury and exhaustion, but the closing sequence still showed a young heavyweight with nothing left when Hrgovic attacked.
Darshan Desai offered the sympathetic reading shared by many Itauma supporters:
“Moses Itauma will come again. He is 21 and he looked sensational at points in that fight. Just needs to work on his gas tank, and get more rounds and experience. I still think he’ll win a world title very soon.”
That may all prove true. Itauma’s career does not need to be buried after
