Boxing
Hrgovic beats Itauma: Relive live blog coverage as 'El Animal' wins IBF title
Garcia vs Benn: Exclusively in the UK on DAZN PPV
Who made history on Saturday at The O2 Arena in London when Moses Itauma and Filip Hrgovic battled for the vacant IBF heavyweight title, live and exclusively on DAZN PPV ?
The world thought it was Itauma's fight to lose. But Hrgovic had other plans as Itauma exhausted himself to the point he couldn't stand, and the native of Croatia took advantage to win by TKO at the 2:27 mark of the ninth round to win the vacant IBF heavyweight title. DAZN News had the fight scored 80-71 for Itauma at the time the fight was stopped. Hrgovic becomes the first Croatian to win a heavyweight title.
DAZN News had live coverage of the Moses Itauma vs. Filip Hrgovic fight card below.
Moses Itauma vs. Filip Hrgovic Highlights
- Filip Hrgovic def. Moses Itauma by TKO at 2:27 of the ninth round to win the vacant IBF heavyweight championship.
- Sam Noakes def. Dennis Berinchyk by unanimous decision (100-90, 99-91, 98-92)
- Nelson Hysa def. Thomas Narmo by knockout at 0:36 of the second round
- Constantin Ursu def. Ben Vaughan by TKO at :03 of the eighth round
- Moses Jolly and Guido Vianello go to a draw (76-76)
Watch Garcia vs. Benn in the UK only on DAZN
Britain's Conor Benn looks to become a world champion for the first time against US superstar Ryan Garcia on Saturday, September 12. Watch the fight exclusively in the UK & Ireland on DAZN PPV or included in our Ultimate Tier subscription.
