Hrgovic wins IBF world heavyweight boxing title as Itauma hospitalised
- Filip Hrgovic is the first Croatian to become a world heavyweight boxing champion after beating Briton Moses Itauma.
- Filip Hrgovic of Croatia beat Britain’s Moses Itauma via a ninth-round stoppage to win the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight title in a thrilling contest in London.
- Itauma, bidding to become the second-youngest heavyweight world champion after Mike Tyson, was on top during the fight’s early stages but had to be carried from the ring on a stretcher and taken to hospital from the O2 Arena on Saturday.
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- Filip Hrgovic is the first Croatian to become a world heavyweight boxing champion after beating Briton Moses Itauma.
- Filip Hrgovic of Croatia beat Britain’s Moses Itauma via a ninth-round stoppage to win the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) world heavyweight title in a thrilling contest in London.
- Itauma, bidding to become the second-youngest heavyweight world champion after Mike Tyson, was on top during the fight’s early stages but had to be carried from the ring on a stretcher and taken to hospital from the O2 Arena on Saturday.
Sources: Al Jazeera