Unbeaten British heavyweight hope Moses Itauma caught the eye of many people even before going pro. Former featherweight king Barry McGuigan, writing in his regular column for The Mirror, has made it clear he is among those impressed by what they have seen from the 19-year-old heavyweight prospect.
Moses Itauma, the new so-called savior of the heavyweights, strutted into York Hall like he owned the joint, racking up another brutal KO win against Dan “Who?”
Two British heavyweights, both young, one especially so, and both going in different directions. Last night, in Bolton, Nathan Gorman made his ring return.
The weights are in: Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou have taken to the scales in Saudi Arabia and, as expected, both giants came in at a hefty poundage.
Last night, on the under card of the Artur Beterbiev-Anthony Yarde light heavyweight slugfest that thrilled in London, 18 year old heavyweight hope Moses Itauma won his pro debut in a mere :23 seconds.
Though the great Floyd Patterson still holds the record as the youngest WORLD heavyweight champion in boxing history, with Patterson becoming world champ at the age of 21 years, 10 months and 3 days, this when he stopped Archie Moore in November of 1956 – Mike Tyson became the youngest-ever claimant of a version of the world title; this when he crushed Trevor Berbick in November of 1986, aged 20 years, four months and 22 days of age, Tyson winning the WBC belt.