Why becoming heavyweight champ at 21 is a 'big deal' for Itauma
British heavyweight Moses Itauma fights Filip Hrgovic on Saturday for the vacant IBF world heavyweight title. If he wins the fight, Itauma will become the youngest heavyweight champion since Mike Tyson, and says the "expectations" are there for him to carry the flag for British boxing.
Heavyweight contender Moses Itauma dismissed schoolboy taunts from Croatian rival Filip Hrgović ahead of their IBF championship bout at the O2 Arena in London on Saturday. The 21-year-old Itauma is on track to become the second-youngest heavyweight champion ever. Hrgović, 34, has been making disparaging comments about Itauma, but the young British fighter says the talk is cheap.
Itauma brushed off the insults, stating that Hrgović is just throwing around "schoolboy banter." Hrgović fired back, asserting that he is not playing mind games and believes he is the more mature fighter. Both boxers are focused on the fight at hand, with Itauma emphasizing his sole goal is to defeat Hrgović, regardless of the world title.
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