Heavyweight contender Filip Hrgovic, 18-1(14) can have his personal enterprise to take care of this coming Saturday (Aug. 16) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, when he squares off with David Adeleye, 14-1(13). However the Croatian remains to be greater than slightly bit eager about how Saturday night time’s important occasion will go, this between heavyweight sensation Moses Itauma and veteran slugger Dillian Whyte.
And Hrgovic, who spoke with The Ring, informed us to not be too shocked if Whyte, at age 37 and shutting in, we expect, on the tip of his profession, causes the upset and defeats the 20-year-old southpaw. Hrgovic says he’s not too certain what sort of form Whyte will probably be in for the struggle (reviews say Whyte has pushed himself mighty laborious in coaching camp, for this, presumably his final shot on the big-time) – however he says Whyte is “all the time powerful.”
Can Whyte drag Itauma into deep waters?
“Dillian Whyte hasn’t fought for a very long time and I don’t know what form he’ll are available at, however he’s all the time powerful,” Hrgovic stated. “He’s courageous and he’s a giant, powerful man. Moses is way quicker and is a greater fighter, however I feel Dillian Whyte will give him a superb check. Can he win? Why not? I feel if he endures the primary few rounds and doesn’t get caught he can put him in deep water. He’s far more skilled and went by means of loads in his profession, however the query is – what sort of form is he in? If he is available in nice form, like he was in some fights, he can win.”
It’s one thing loads of folks agree on: if Whyte can get by means of the early rounds, say the primary three or 4, then perhaps he could make issues sizzling and heavy for Itauma; a fighter who, by his personal admission, is badly in want of rounds and expertise.
Or will Itauma’s energy shut the door early?
However right here’s the factor – Itauma hits so laborious and so precisely, he may blast a slow-starting (he was by no means too quick, even in his prime) Whyte out earlier than the struggle actually will get an opportunity to get going. Then once more, as Hrgovic additionally stated, we don’t know the way effectively Itauma will deal with a giant punch ought to his chin need to take one.
All in all, it’s a superb, fascinating card we have now to stay up for on Saturday, with Itauma-Whyte and Hrgovic-Adeleye presumably being back-and-forth battles that check all 4 heavyweights.
