Moses Itauma has been advised to learn from his devastating knockout loss to Filip Hrgovic and harness his speed to become a world champion.
Itauma, 21, was impressing throughout his world IBF world heavyweight ******* le fight against the experienced and talented Croatian, who featured at the 2016 Olympics.
Despite taking a knee in the second round, the 34-year-old rallied to produce a thrilling comeback and forced a stoppage in the ninth round.
And after one of the biggest shocks of the year in boxing, a host of fighters have shared their view on how the mercurial Briton can bounce back to fulfil his talent after this major setback, including four-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson.
"Unbelievable talent and skills," Stevenson remarked on Itauma's performance. "He's young and will be a champion one day if he learn from that.
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Itauma, 21, was impressing throughout his world IBF world heavyweight ******* le fight against the experienced and talented Croatian, who featured at the 2016 Olympics.
Despite taking a knee in the second round, the 34-year-old rallied to produce a thrilling comeback and forced a stoppage in the ninth round.
And after one of the biggest shocks of the year in boxing, a host of fighters have shared their view on how the mercurial Briton can bounce back to fulfil his talent after this major setback, including four-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson.
"Unbelievable talent and skills," Stevenson remarked on Itauma's performance. "He's young and will be a champion one day if he learn from that.
#stevenson
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