Dillian Whyte vs Moses Itauma

You're entitled to your opinion, but I would bet the house on Itauma. Whyte did establish himself as a contender, but he always looked vulnerable in that he could go down, sometimes from innocuous-looking punches. Itauma is leagues above what Whyte ever was. His talent is incredible and he would annihilate Whyte.

 

The hyperbole is strong in this one

Itauma hasn't proven he's fit to lace Whytes trunks yet.

Huge, huge potential, but the idea he's leagues above a prime Whyte already is absolutely bat**** insane.

 

I really like Whyte and have seen him box in-person three times. He's given British boxing some great nights. It would be great to see him put up some resistance against someone like Itauma but he'd be steamrolled.

 

I know, right?

Plus, we don't really know yet whether Itauma has a chin like Joyce or a chin like Pricey

And we don't know how Itauma would respond to getting hurt early, which he probably would... If Whyte gets hurt but he's still standing he'll keep coming - but would Itauma? No ****ing idea.

Aye, stopping even a zombified Wach as a teenage prospect is absolutely impressive - but a slightly declined Whyte is a good few levels beyond that.

 

"Someone like Itauma"

SMH the kid is a 19 year old prospect who's beaten a zombified gatekeeper who hadn't been good in years.

The way you're going on about him anyone would think he was some gestalt hybrid of prime Lewis, Foreman and Tyson...

He's a 19 year old kid with talent - stop getting ahead of yourself.

 

It's called having foresight. You've got a strange attitude. It's a boxing forum. If you're going to get so wound up about someone having a different opinion, why post?

 

Lol I was big on Price when he was a prospect and was hyping him up while not rating Fury because he punched himself in the face. I learned from Price not to fall for the hype trains and from Fury it's not how good you look as a prospect but how you develop into a seasoned pro.

I also recall Pele Reid being hyped like crazy in the UK because he was KOing everyone quickly and he was from the same gym as Hamed and looked like a beast. But then someone nudged his chin and the hype train smashed straight into a brick wall and exploded, lol.

Christ remember the Gorman hype on here, lol.

 

So what if he's talented? Have you never seen a talented fighter lose to a lesser guy or someone they "shouldn't" lose to because they were either deemed "past it"," too old and slow" etc?

What happened to his talented brother a few years ago?

A lot of people will think Moses is ready now to step up to a guy like Whyte and beat him, some others won't. Guess what? Big ****ing deal.

 

Whyte loses to anyone with a pulse at this stage of his career

He's inactive, shot, and has always had a glass chin. Whyte should stick to fighting shot journeymen like Christian Hammer on untelevised cards in small venues, because when he makes the step back up in competition he will get badly hurt again

 

Yes, and if anyone thinks Whyte would beat Itauma, they're clueless. It's a laughable opinion. Someone could only come out with that if they either are up Whyte's backside or if they dislike Itauma. Most sports fans are emotional, not rational.

 

Or maybe they're just waiting for Itauma to beat someone with a pulse?

What happened to his talented brother who could never lose to a 35 year old Maderna with 10 losses, I asked the question but you seem to avoid answering?

If you think talent is enough to win fights 10 times out of 10, then you're the clueless one.

 

Like Itauma, can't stand Whyte the drug cheat and never have, still think Itauma isn't ready for a past it Whyte. Itauma has proved nothing and Whyte while past it still hasn't lost to anyone terrible to suggest he would lose to a complete novice. People said Chisora was shot but then he beat Joyce. It's too soon to completely throw Whyte on the scrap head and too soon to elevate Itauma to fringe world class.

 

Just bring him up like a normal prospect, why skip a bunch of levels, its not like he's 30

 

Foresight is almost impossible in boxing in the very long run.

Many of the most promising and highly rated prospects get absolutely nowhere.

Many of the fighters who wind up among the best of their eras never get hyped much, have their setbacks and yet just keep coming and make their mark.


So you see, someone like Itauma can tick all the right boxes to be rightly rated very highly as a prospect - but it doesn't guarantee he'll get anywhere.

I love a good disagreement within sensible bounds...
What I dislike is completely unrealistic fantasy, for example where people pick hopelessly outmatched fighters to easily win fights that they wouldn't dare take and their team wouldn't dare put them in (because they both know there's no chance of winning).

There's levels to boxing - and nobody gets a free pass, it has to be proven and the journey teaches many lessons... Or in other words, you're posting absolute nonsense, bud.

 

Whyte has the experience but is also at the tail end of his career and has clearly regressed,Itauma has the momentum as well as the youth on his side,tbh honest I can’t see it any other way than a brutal loss for Whyte at some point around the halfway mark if he even makes it that far .