Moses Itauma stopped Dillian Whyte in one round this weekend in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, passing what was said to be the biggest test of his career so far with top marks.
Fans and fighters are now debating whether or not the 20-year-old Brit is ready for the toughest challenge the heavyweight division has to offer in Oleksandr Usyk.
The Ukrainian currently holds all four belts in the heavyweight division. He has two victories each over Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Daniel Dubois.
Speaking on social media the day after Itauma blasting through Whyte, Fury said that the up and comer beats Usyk comfortably.
“I keep getting asked about young Moses Itauma fighting Oleksandr Usyk and fighting all the other big names.
“My opinion is not someone who doesn’t know boxing. My opinion is someone who has been there and won every single belt. Won everything there is to win in boxing and done very well. Boxing is a young man’s game, like I told Wladimir Klitschko when he was 37. Boxing is a young man’s game. It waits for nobody.
“So here is the opinion, and you heard it here first: Moses Itauma will wreck all them all old men out of the division. Usyk, AJ, Miller. Whoever there is that’s old. Zhang, whoever else the f—k there is. Luis Ortiz. All these big names of the past.”
“Even the man who took my belts. Usyk, Moses will wreck him because it’s a young man versus an old man. And an old man can’t mess with a young man.”
The match-up has the backing of Riyadh Season’s Turki Alalshikh, though Itauma himself admitted that there are contenders currently more deserving – namely interim champions Joseph Parker and Agit Kabayel.
Usyk has recently requested a delay on negotiations with Parker due to injury, meaning he may be looking to take that the fight or, more likely, he is buying time to make a decision.
