Moses Itauma is being linked with everyone, including Tyson Fury, and now Dave Allen has weighed in on the debate.
Itauma is a breakout star of the heavyweight boxing scene. The 20-year-old sensation has won all 13 of his fights, 11 of them by KO, and the last nine before the end of the second round. He has names like Mariusz Wach and Demsey McKean on his record, and last time out in August, he stepped up in impressive fashion when he beat former world title challenger Dillian Whyte with relative ease.
That victory has accelerated his progression to the point that people are now talking about throwing him in with the very best of the best, despite him still being relatively inexperienced.
Speaking on his own YouTube channel, fellow heavyweight Allen backed Itauma to beat everyone aside from one man.
“I think I would make him favourite to beat everyone bar Usyk now, to be honest. I think Wilder, Joshua, Fury, the top ones from a few years ago, they’re not what they was.
“Parker, Kabayal, Jalolov, they’re gonna give him a fight as well. But yeah I’m all in on his ability, I don’t doubt it at all. Offensively, he’s good.
“He’s not Mike Tyson-esque cause he’s nothing like Mike Tyson, I don’t see the similarities apart from they’re young heavyweights. Ituama’s a lump, he’s about 6ft 4, 18 stone, he’s a bit of a freak really, that big but athletic. I think he’s amazing.”
At this stage, it makes more sense not to rush Itauma, and a more sensible option than Usyk or Fury seems to be towing Croatian Filip Hrgovic, who beat David Adeleye last time out and has previously fought the likes of Daniel Dubois.
