Tony Bellew has had his say on a potential Tyson Fury vs Moses Itauma fight.
Itauma has become one of the most highly-rated stars in the entire sport, and was last in action in August when he knocked out former world heavyweight title challenger Dillian Whyte inside one round.
Fury himself is currently retired and hasn’t fought since suffering back-to-back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, but that hasn’t stopped people speculating how a potential clash between ‘The Gypsy King’ and Itauma would go.
Former WBC cruiserweight champion Bellew has now weighed in with his take, telling the Pundit Arena how a fight may play out.
“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.”
Bellew then said you couldn’t pick Itauma to beat Fury until we’ve seen him go past six rounds.
“Moses has got to go past six rounds. No one can be picking Moses against the top level heavyweights if he hasn’t been past six rounds. I don’t doubt how good he is. I think he’s absolutely exceptional. But you will never know how good he is until he goes past six rounds.
He might be winning by country mile, but it’s uncharted territory. It’s unknown ground that he’s walking on when he goes past six rounds and it’s all well and good saying you’ve done it in the gym. I tell fighters all the time that the gym ain’t the ring on fight night. The pressure, the lights, the cameras, the will and an urge to win.
Someone can be old manning you. You don’t even know because you’ve not experienced it, you’ve not been there before. You have to experience it. And I would suggest to someone like Moses Itauma to experience it for the first time on a lesser level, I think Andy Ruiz would be the perfect fight for him. He comes to win. He ain’t lying down for nobody. I think that would be a really good fight to make.”
