Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic fight preview, betting odds, predictions

Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic full fight details

Moses Itauma vs Filip Hrgovic for the IBF World heavyweight title is finally here!

The winner will join Agit Kabayel (WBC), Murat Gassiev (WBA) and Daniel Dubois (WBO) as a heavyweight world champion, and GBN have listed every last detail fight fans could possibly need ahead of the PPV event.

Fight Details

Date: 29 August 2026

Time: 7pm BST / 2pm ET / 11am PT

Venue: The O2, London

Address: Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX

Nearest Station: North Greenwich (Jubilee Line)

TV: DAZN PPV

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Fight Preview

21-year-old southpaw Moses Itauma won English, European and World championships over an amateur career that saw him go 24 bouts unbeaten.

He shot to fame after sparring stories of the schoolboy beating up world champions at the age of 15 began to spread. He has taken that incredible skillset into the pro ranks with him where he remains undefeated in his nine-year boxing journey and currently sits at WBA and WBO #1, WBC and IBF #3.

Ranked in the top 10 with all four major bodies, Hrgovic also boasts a stellar amateur pedigree with gold in the World Youth and European Championships, culminating in a Olympic bronze medal in Rio 2016.

As a pro. he reached IBF #1, but was beaten by Daniel Dubois for the IBF Interim title in June 2024. The Croatian has since bounced back with three very impressive wins over a trio of British boxers - Joe Joyce, David Adeleye and Dave Allen.

Other than Frank Sanchez, who has graciously agreed to step aside, Moses and Filip are the top-two ranked IBF contenders.

Itauma is currently the favourite to join former IBF titleholders from England - Daniel Dubois, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Lennox Lewis.

Quotes

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Betting Odds

1/7 Moses Itauma

7/1 Filip Hrgovic

35/1 Draw

9/2 Itauma by decision or technical decision

16/1 Filip Hrgovic by decision or technical decision

4/11 Moses Itauma by KO TKO or DQ

10/1 Filip Hrgovic by KO TKO or DQ

Official Weights

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Predictions

Tim Rickson, GBN Editor: "Hrgovic has the pedigree, experience, skills, but then so has everyone else Itauma has fought or sparred with. He's the heir apparent for a reason, he's seemingly got it all. Hrgovic is big and powerful, great at landing those big one-twos down the middle, but he will be far slower than Itauma. I believe Moses takes his time from the outside until he lands so often on the target that he begins to load up on his shots to find that fight-ending punch to force a stoppage after the first quarter of the fight has gone by.

"Itauma to win by KO in rounds 4-6."

DID YOU KNOW? Moses left Slovakia with his family at the age of three to escape persistent racial abuse.