Moses Itauma says he desires to give attention to preventing the older, established heavyweights now whereas they’re nonetheless round. He states the youthful ones, like Richard Torrez Jr. and Teremoana, will nonetheless be preventing in 5 years. He can then get to them.
The extremely ranked Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) has confronted criticism from some followers for preventing older fighters of their late 30s and 40s somewhat than dealing with younger expertise. Itauma desires to tackle the older guys now earlier than they retire.
“In 5 years the fellows which can be on the high proper now, who’re 30, 31, 32, and 33, they’re not going to be right here, whereas the Richard Torrez, Teremoana, and Justis Huni in 5 years, they’re nonetheless going to be right here,” stated Moses Itauma to iFL TV explaining his causes for desirous to struggle the older fighters first earlier than dealing with the youthful ones.
The 2020 Olympic silver medalist Torrez Jr. (14-0, 12 KOs) not too long ago known as Itauma out in an interview. His message was amplified on social media by many customers, who noticed Moses as ducking the 26-year-old. It’s straightforward to see it that method, particularly when Moses is preventing 38-year-old Dillian Whyte.
“Let me struggle these guys first, after which in 5 years, when these guys are gone, and it’s solely us round, then we struggle these guys, after which after we’ve all fought one another, we are able to struggle the following crop,” stated Itauma.
Moses can be preventing Jermaine Franklin (24-2, 15 KOs) subsequent on January 24, 2026, on the Co-op Dwell Enviornment, Manchester, England. He believes that by knocking out Franklin, he’ll set himself aside from Anthony Joshua. He went the 12-round distance with Franklin in 2023, beating him by a unanimous resolution.
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