Tony Bellew has weighed in on a potential match-up between Moses Itauma and Tyson Fury.
Itauma has the whole boxing world talking with a string of impressive performances. He is still just 20 years old and holds a perfect record of 13 wins, with 11 coming by way of knockout.
He gets his work done early, too, with nine of those coming inside the first two rounds, including last time out when he took on former world title challenger and Fury for Dillian Whyte, stopping him inside two minutes.
Immediately after that win, the young star said he was ready to take on two-time undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk, though he is likely to be matched against someone lower down the ladder as he continues his journey. Despite that plan, many in the sport feel he beats the division’s very best right now. That includes David Haye, who said Itauma would win against the likes of Anthony Joshua and Fury, though may struggle against the undisputed Ukrainian.
Speaking to Pundit Arena, Bellew was certain that Itauma would not be able to stop Fury if they were to fight, even now at this late stage in his career.
“Nobody is knocking out Tyson Fury. I just don’t think Tyson would even entertain it. I don’t see the point of making a prediction. Nobody would ever knock him out. He’s too long in the tooth. He’s too smart. He’s clever. He’s got so many different attributes to use to negate what you do well. Just look at the size of Tyson Fury compared to Moses Itauma.
“And I know people will say that Itauma is a similar size to Oleksandr Usyk. But you’re talking about possibly one of the greatest boxes of this generation. You cannot compare Moses Itauma to Oleksandr Usyk. I don’t think you’ll ever be able to compare anyone to Oleksandr Usyk. This guy reigned supreme at cruiserweight, went all around the world defeating them, smacking everyone’s ass, including mine. He then goes to heavyweights and does the exact same again.”
Word is that Itauma is struggling to find opponents for his December return, with Jermaine Franklin and Filip Hrgovic both reportedly uninterested or
