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08/29 18:00 CDT Filip Hrgovic defeats Moses Itauma in London to become first
Croatian heavyweight boxing champion
Filip Hrgovic defeats Moses Itauma in London to become first Croatian
heavyweight boxing champion
LONDON (AP) --- Filip Hrgovic stopped Moses Itauma in the ninth round to hand
the 21-year-old British boxer his first loss and take the vacant IBF
heavyweight world title on Saturday.
Itauma's corner threw in the towel as he was being pummelled against the ropes,
making the 34-year-old Hrgovic the first Croatian heavyweight champion.
Itauma had never needed to go past the sixth round in his first 14 professional
bouts and tired visibly after taking command of the early rounds.
The rivals traded blows in the eighth and ninth before the granite chin of
Hrgovic won out.
Itauma was trying to become the youngest heavyweight champion since a
20-year-old Mike Tyson stopped Trevor Berbick in 1986.
Hrgovic improved to 22-1.
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