Who will Filip Hrgović 🇭🇷 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Frank Sánchez (60%, sanctioning-body order). Next: Rico Verhoeven (8%).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Filip Hrgović's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- Frank Sánchez60%chance next opponentFilip Hrgović beat Moses Itauma on 29 Aug 2026 (TKO, round 9). Hrgović is obliged to defend the IBF title against Sánchez next.Early 2027 (expected)
- Rico Verhoeven8%chance next opponentHrgović has said he wants Verhoeven (a kickboxing crossover) while Sánchez waits.No date
Field / other: 32%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Moses Itauma · TKO, round 9 · 29 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Filip Hrgović: frequently asked questions
When is Filip Hrgović's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Frank Sánchez (Early 2027 (expected)).
Who did Filip Hrgović fight last?
Filip Hrgović beat Moses Itauma on 29 Aug 2026 (TKO, round 9). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Filip Hrgović likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Frank Sánchez (60%), Rico Verhoeven (8%), field / other 32%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Filip Hrgović's record?
21–1 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 29 Aug 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Filip Hrgović hold?
IBF heavyweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other heavyweight boxers
- Agit Kabayel🇩🇪 · WBC heavyweight · next: Nelson Hysa Booked
- Daniel Dubois🇬🇧 · WBO heavyweight · next: Fabio Wardley Booked
- Oleksandr Usyk🇺🇦 · The Ring heavyweight · next: Deontay Wilder 60%
- Murat Gassiev🇷🇺 · WBA heavyweight · next: Derek Chisora 10%
- Anthony Joshua🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Tyson Fury Booked
- Fabio Wardley🇬🇧 · No world title listed · next: Daniel Dubois Booked
More: Heavyweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Filip Hrgović · record and last fight (revision 1375245768)
- BoxingScene: Filip Hrgovic obliged to defend IBF title against Frank Sanchez in next fight
- Boxing News: Update on Filip Hrgovic's first world title defence
- Boxing247: Filip Hrgovic eyes Rico Verhoeven while Frank Sanchez waits
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.