Itauma – BOXINGWRITER.CO.UK

Article first appeared at BigFightWeekend.com

In a division populated with fighters born in the late 1980s, Moses Itauma is an anomaly. A heavyweight aged just 20 and blessed with hand speed largely unrivalled in the current landscape.

Already a contender by virtue of knockout victories over the always available Marius Wach and Kiwi Dempsey McKean, albeit the latter made famous for once being proposed as a Tyson Fury opponent and having an echo of a former great audible in his first name.

Informed scrutiny would diminish both. Nevertheless, it remains a valid pair of victories for a novice professional given the decisiveness of the finishes and the risk they were intended to present. It was easy. It was eye-catching. Memorable.

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Article first appeared at BigFightWeekend.com

A biblical name. Laden with promotional opportunity. A southpaw with dynamite in both hands, Moses Itauma could be the next special heavyweight.

It is a familiar path, a familiar sales pitch. Young, powerful, fast. Crashing through the professional losers, the part-timers and then the vaguely known, to the peripheral, the stout, the sturdy and the once were. Busyness is the business. Accumulating highlight reel knockouts, interviews and brand recognition.

Building a heavyweight from a youthful prospect to contender to challenger to champion is usually done from this tattered but trusted blueprint. Evolved, such as it is, for these times of reduced activity and our deficit of attention, it remains rooted in a century or more of match making.

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