Deemed by many to be the most well liked prospect in boxing, Moses Itauma is poised for a monumental 2026, the place he may probably get his fingers on the heavyweight world title. Now, Tony Bellew has declared his perception that there are solely two heavyweights on the planet that might get the higher of the teenager.
Itauma has excelled in every of his 13 skilled outings, preventing past the second spherical in solely two of his bouts to this point and rising into title competition regardless of competing in solely three rounds throughout 2025.
At current, Itauma sits because the primary contender with the WBA and will quickly problem newly topped WBA (Common) heavyweight champion Murat Gassiev, however he should first get handed Jermaine Franklin Jr. on the finish of the month.
Talking with eSportsBets, former cruiserweight world champion Bellew heaped reward onto Itauma however admitted that each Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury may show to be an excessive amount of of a step up for the 21-year-old in the mean time.
“There’s no one on the earth proper now, aside from Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, who Itauma couldn’t decide holes in and beat. Other than these two, he’s gonna nail anybody. He’s gonna catch anybody. The massive truth is, will they nail him first?
“Solely Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury are able to making him miss and making him pay. All the opposite fighters within the division, he’ll catch them.”
Itauma takes on Michigan’s Franklin on Saturday, January 24, on the Co-op Reside Area in Manchester, as he appears to be like to do what Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua couldn’t and cease the sturdy American contender.
