Moses Itauma is set for his toughest test yet, reports boxingscene.com. The 21-year-old heavyweight has looked almost unstoppable in his 14 professional contests, halting 12 opponents inside the distance, and he has yet to go past six rounds.

Itauma scored his most impressive victory yet last time out, a brutal fifth-round finish of Jermaine Franklin in March.

That victory has led to calls for a sterner opponent for young Itauma, with his promoter Frank Warren – of Queensberry Promotions – declaring a top 10 opponent would be next. The man Warren has selected is the tough Croatian Filip Hrgovic, 20-1 (15 KOs).

Hrgovic last fought in May, breezing through the overmatched Dave Allen inside three rounds. Hrgovic is seen as a fighter who will finally take Itauma into the later rounds in the hope of answering questions over his durability and fitness.

Hrgovic has only been dropped once, in the opening round of his 2022 victory over Zhilei Zhang, and he has been stopped once, on cuts, by Daniel Dubois in 2024.

BoxingScene reported earlier this month that the originally planned date for Itauma-Hrgovic was August 8. Sky Sports are now reporting that Itauma and Hrgovic will fight on August 29 at London’s O2 Arena, and a press conference to make it official could happen next week.

The clash represents Itauma’s first topping the bill at the O2, where heavyweights such as Anthony Joshua, Dillian Whyte and Joe Joyce have enjoyed successful nights.