Moses Itauma spends the final few days of training camp staying sharp as he prepares to contend for a vacant IBF heavyweight world title against Filip Hrgovic this weekend, and speaking to DAZN about the fight and how things have been coming along, Itauma continues to showcase his quiet confidence. Here’s some of what he had to say below.
Itauma on training camp and preparing for this Hrgovic fight
“Preparation is going well. It’s going as good as it can be. Just trying to stay away from injuries and getting sparring partners is the most difficult thing.
“We
started off this camp in Marbella and nobody really had fight dates coming up…It’s more of a mental break because you’re in the same ol’ gym in Harlow. Same four walls, it just gets boring and repetitive. So, having a little bit of a switch up.”
On what he makes of Hrgovic after seeing him in person
“I don’t think he’s as mentally assertive in himself as he comes across. I think he might actually be more fragile than I thought before. I thought beforehand he might’ve been a bit more assertive of himself and sure of himself. I don’t think that he is, so much.”
On his plan for Hrgovic
“There’s two kinds of fights that we’ve kind of been working on and we’ve been looking at for Filip Hrgovic and hopefully on fight night you can see the tendencies, the work that goes on outside the ring because I feel like what people tend to forget is like although I am a smart boxer, I can also display other things. So, when it comes to fight night, it should be the full ticket.”
