Itauma to Hrgovic fight for the IBF title set for 29-year-old Moses Itauma at The O2 in London

• Itauma and Hrgovic, both 29, will fight for the IBF title at The O2 in London.
• The material notes that the IBF title is currently vacant after Oleksandr Usyk won the world title in the red belt.
• Frank Warren said that Queensberry had signed Frank Sanchez, who will fight next against the winner of this bout.

British boxer Moses Itauma and Serbian boxer Filip Hrgovic, both 29, will contest the vacant IBF title. The fight is scheduled for The O2 in London.

The material also says that the IBF title became vacant after Oleksandr Usyk won the world title in the red belt. The IBF status was left vacant, and the fact that Itauma and Hrgovic are fighting for the title comes after the IBF belt was vacated.

In particular, in the material, Frank Warren is quoted as saying that Queensberry has signed Frank Sanchez, who will fight next against the winner of this bout. The article also says that Sanchez may be able to fight sooner against a winner of the Itauma–Hrgovic bout.

The material cites Itauma and Hrgovic’s statistics: Itauma has 14 knockouts, with 12 coming in the early rounds, and he has finished his last fight in the fifth round against Jermaine Franklin Jr. Hrgovic has 20 knockouts in total and 1 stoppage, while it is also noted that he has a single draw in his professional career against Daniel Dubois in 2024, which was decided by a knockout.

Before the scheduled bout, Filip Hrgovic, who is the challenger in the fight, said that he will not be surprised by Itauma and that he wants to prove that he is the stronger fighter. Hrgovic added that he expects to win and that he believes Itauma “will be in the same position as a champion” in the fight.

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