Photo: The Sun – Moses Itauma (9-0, 7 KOs), 19 years old and already in search of world titles.
I am still in shock from having witnessed the fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. Our expectations were high for this duel and the fight was even better than expected. The momentum turned in Fury’s favor from the 4th round, with Usyk coming back and beating the giant in round 8 to then earn the decision from the judges. I was over the moon to have seen history being written before my eyes. The Ukrainian unifies a second weight category and all this in fights abroad… it will be necessary to question whether he is the greatest heavyweight of all time.
On the same card, there was a 19-year-old boxer who claims to be on his way to becoming the youngest heavyweight champion of all time and is doing his best to get there. Yesterday, he demolished Ilja Mezencev in 2 very short rounds during the preliminary fights.
I am part of this generation of Montreal Canadiens fans who, failing to win rounds in the playoffs, encourage themselves by studying the prospects available in the next draft. And so with the return of my famous column about the champions of tomorrow, you will know here in advance who will be champion in 5 years.
Who is Moses Itauma?
The 19-year-old boxer represents the town of Chatham in England. As you already know, it is a city known for its Military Engineering School, its barracks and its forts.
Moses Itauma aims for Mike Tyson’s record.
18-year-old left-hander and junior amateur world champion. After school in secondary 4, he served as a sparring partner to Lawrence Okolie and Joseph Joyce.
Born to a Slovak mother and a Nigerian father, his brother Karol Itauma has a 9-0 record at 175 pounds. Moses wants to become world heavyweight champion before he is 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old to beat Mike Tyson’s record.
A race against the clock
To achieve this, he signed with Frank Warren who’s already in business with his brother Karol Itauma. The plan was simple: Moses would box often and against very good boxers quickly to break the record.
“I’m tired of fighting against bums that I knock out in 1 round. I told Frank to put me in 50/50 fights, I even want to be the underdog and show everyone my true value,” says the main person involved.
He has been training with Dan Woledge Jr since he was 10 years old.
It’s difficult to analyze a boxer who wins his fights so easily. At the moment he is providing spectacular knockouts in every outing. We even wonder about the fact that he will perhaps have one last growth spurt because he is so young. Moses Itauma is already 6 feet and 6 inches tall.
In England, it is forbidden to fight over 10 rounds before the age of 20. This is why we are going to increase the number of 10-round fights for the moment.
The deadline to break the record is May 2025, so it feels more like a sprint than a marathon here. I’m curious to see how Frank Warren will manage to place him in the world championship… if he succeeds. Usyk is not Canelo Alvarez, I doubt the 4 associations will let him hold all the belts forever. He now owes fights to Filip Hrgovic who is waiting for his fight from Matusalem and Agit Kabayel who shocked the whole world by beating Frank Sanchez by knockout.
Good luck Frank… the clock is running.
