Dave Allen Questions Moses Itauma’s Legitimacy and Dillian Whyte Matchmaking

Dave Allen believes that Moses Itauma hasn’t finished something to show that he’s not a hype job. He says that he’s bought to do greater than beat Dillian Whyte to indicate he’s legit, as a result of that combat wouldn’t be occurring if Dillian had something left.

Is Itauma a Hype Job?

It’s extra “matchmaking” being finished to make Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) seem like a diamond. Make him look nice by feeding him growing older journeymen one after one other. With the terrible opposition that Itauma had fought as a professional, any heavyweight could possibly be made to look nice.

“I believe he might, however we haven’t actually seen him get hit again, he hasn’t been pushed laborious, and hasn’t gone the rounds. He hasn’t boxed anybody above home stage,” stated Dave Allen to DAZN Boxing when requested if he believes the 20-year-old Moses Itauma can win a heavyweight world title this early in his profession.

Why Itauma’s Foes Are Weak

Allen is true. Itauma’s opposition has been woefully poor since he turned professional in 2023. Have a look at the mediocre record of fighters he’s overwhelmed in his final six fights:

Mike Balogun: 41 years outdated
Demsey McKean: *Coming off a KO loss to Filip Hrgovic
Mariusz Wach: 45
Ilja Mezencev
Dan Garber: 6-2 file
Michal Boloz: 5-6-2

Come on, it doesn’t take a genius to see that it’s all smoke and mirrors with Moses Itauma. He’s being marketed to look as one of the best, because of the calculated matchmaking that’s been finished. To see Itauma’s precise limitations, one wants to return to his beginner days to see him preventing higher opposition. He seemed very common in a few of his fights.

“It’s a guessing recreation. He’s bought quite a lot of expertise, however there are extra questions than solutions, I believe. He’s undoubtedly high stage,” stated Allen about Itauma. “He’s by no means been hit. He could possibly be the actual deal. Dillian Whyte has had three fights in three years. He hasn’t boxed anybody. That’s matchmaking. I’m undecided what Dillian has bought left. Frank Warren is guessing Dillian Whyte has nothing left. In any other case, he wouldn’t be boxing him.”

Matchmaking and “Phony Hype”

Allen makes an excellent level. Itauma wouldn’t be matched towards Whyte if he had been nonetheless preventing on the high of his recreation. A chief model of ‘The Physique Snatcher’, Whyte could be a catastrophe for the phony hype about Itauma. He’d put a highlight on him to indicate that he’s not what the naive public thinks. It’s simply matchmaking being finished similar to we’ve seen with different fighters. It’s turn into the norm for boxers to be made to look higher than they’re by maneuvering.

“A legit high 10, energetic,’ stated Allen when requested who Moses Itauma must combat to indicate he’s for actual. “Lawrence Okolie, Fabio Wardley,” stated Dave about who Moses must beat.

Itauma Wants a Legit Opponent

You’ve bought to do higher than Okolie and Wardley to indicate that Itauma is the actual deal. These two are weak and flawed. To indicate that Itauma is respectable, he must combat these heavyweights:

Lenier Pero
Agit Kabayel
Joseph Parker
Richard Torrez Jr.
Bakhodir Jalalov