{
  "id": 4362510,
  "title": "IBF Heavyweight Title: Hrgovic stuns Itauma to make Croatian Boxing history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/ibf-heavyweight-title-hrgovic-stuns-itauma-to-make-croatian-boxing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-30T06:38:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/sports/nigeria-sports-news/906261-ibf-heavyweight-title-hrgovic-stuns-itauma-to-make-croatian-boxing-history.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Filip Hrgovic of Croatia has won the vacant IBF world heavyweight title by defeating Britain's Moses Itauma via a ninth-round stoppage at London's O2 Arena. Itauma, 21, was on top during the early stages but tired against the experienced Olympic medal winner, Hrgovic, who has a granite chin.\n\nThe referee waved off the fight as Itauma's corner threw in the towel in the ninth round. Itauma was carried from the ring on a stretcher and taken to hospital, having suffered his first defeat in 15 professional fights. This was also Itauma's first time going beyond the sixth round.\n\nHrgovic, 34, attributed his victory to the \"Holy Spirit\" and his coach Abel Sanchez, saying he had the best camp of his life. The win marks a significant achievement for Hrgovic, making Croatian boxing history.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "British boxer Moses Itauma suffers shock defeat in world title fight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/british-boxer-moses-itauma-suffers-shock-defeat-in-world-title-fight",
        "published": "2026-08-29T20:58:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Hrgovic storms back to defeat Itauma for IBF heavyweight title",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/hrgovic-storms-back-to-defeat-itauma-for-ibf-heavyweight-title",
        "published": "2026-08-29T22:57:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "British heavyweight Moses Itauma stretchered out after shock defeat in gruelling world title fight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/british-heavyweight-moses-itauma-stretchered-out-after-shock-defeat",
        "published": "2026-08-29T23:16:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Moses Itauma lifted out of ring after losing IBF title bout to Filip Hrgovic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/moses-itauma-lifted-out-of-ring-after-losing-ibf-title-bout-to-filip",
        "published": "2026-08-29T23:26:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "What next for Moses Itauma after shocking collapse against Filip Hrgovic?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/what-next-for-moses-itauma-after-shocking-collapse-against-filip",
        "published": "2026-08-30T06:23:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}