Itauma brushes off ‘school’ jibes as he aims to be youngest heavyweight champ since Tyson
Facing an opponent who has pledged to “smash the kid” and “send him back to high school,” Moses Itauma is looking more mature than his 21 years. The undefeated British heavyweight (14-0) is…
Moses Itauma, the undefeated British heavyweight boxer at just 21 years old, is set to face Filip Hrgovic in a bid to become the youngest heavyweight champion since Mike Tyson in 1986. Hrgovic, a 34-year-old Croatian, has made it clear that he intends to "smash the kid" and send him back to high school. Itauma, a southpaw with an impressive record of 14-0, has not let Hrgovic's age jibes get to him.
He told a press conference, "At the end of the day talk is cheap. He has just got schoolboy banter and that's it. You've got to keep rolling." Itauma's career has been remarkable from the start. He made his professional debut a month after turning 18 and has since amassed six wins within nine months. His rise to prominence includes notable victories over former contenders Dillian Whyte and Jermaine Franklin, as well as a win over Mike Balogun, a former Buffalo Bills linebacker turned pro boxer.
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