‘I Ain’t David Adeleye, Dave Allen Or Joe Joyce’

“I respect you. You’ve done so much in boxing. You’ve done so much greater than I actually have,” said Moses Itauma to Queensberry Promotions. “Those accolades won’t fight for you. I ain’t David Adeleye. I ain’t Dave Allen. I ain’t Joe Joyce.

“I need to say, even surviving that barrage of punches from David Adeleye, and he’s a giant hitter. Like I said, our thing is exploiting one in all Hrgovic’s tendencies or just a few of them.”

Hrgovic (19-1, 15 KOs) revived his profession this yr with victories over Joyce, Allen and Adeleye after suffering the lone defeat of his profession against Daniel Dubois in June 2024. Those wins restored the 33-year-old Croatian to contender status and earned him a high-profile showdown with Itauma.

Trainer Ben Davison said neither he nor Itauma hesitated when Hrgovic’s name got here up during discussions in regards to the next opponent.

“These are all fights which are going to occur along the best way, and we’re comfortable. Queensberry’s comfortable. Moses is comfortable that that is the precise fight at the precise time,” said trainer Davison to IFL TV. “All of us work together, and it’s a fight that Mo has wanted for a very long time. Obviously, all of us go in, discuss, just a few names get chucked about, offers exit.

“Not everybody, it’s not a fight everybody’s jumping at to take, obviously for obvious reasons. And that is the one which stuck, and it’s a fight he’s wanted for quite some time.”

Fairly than dwelling on Hrgovic’s recent form, Itauma says his team has identified technical habits they plan to use on fight night.