Just curious, are y'all starting to get that SOMETHING is wrong with the Moses Itauma narrative?

I suspect there has been alien involvement and they don't want to disclose it in case people think they are nuts.

 

Illegal aliens or the outta space aliens?

 

The illegal outta space aliens.

 

Probably a combination of things:

- Chinny.
- Hype marketing.
- Steroid cycling.
- Easy title route.
- Possible laziness in camp.

 

So the suspicion is that he is packing glass?

 

Saying he has CTE might be a little far fetched but the brain works in weird ways some times. I don't know what the plan is for him, he was hyped early as going for the record for youngest champ and now that the time has passed it seems like they are pulling the reigns back a little.

He is clearly talented but I think it is wise to pump the breaks. Beating Whyte and fighting Franklin feels like a proper development schedule. I'd like to see him face a young gun like Torrez or a veteran with a chin like Sanchez or Ajagba

Trying to not draw too much from what we have seen so far

 

He has a highlight reel like no other heavy that age since i don't know when.

That makes him marketable like crazy. I always though that is what makes his handlers move him weirdly as they do.

Calling out champs and delivering less is the tank davis playbook and he is not the only one. In any case it would make sense to move a young prospect with marketablity very cautiously.

I think Itauma can only be a disappointment measured against the unrealistic expectations that go along with his marketability. People want him to fight Usyk...

In reality I don't know any other talent his age that i would currently put above him or even close to him. Not that I know many that age...

 

Compare his activity to Mike Tyson his age.

Ituama fights just about twice a year, whereas Tyson fought every month at worst.

 

That IFL interview that got taken down was disturbing; he could barely string a sentence together, kept mixing up boxers' names, and just had this odd, vacant stare throughout. Very worrying for a 21-year-old. Combine it with this near 2 month delay for an unspecified injury, and there's definitely something happening behind the scenes that Bricktop isn't happy about. Could also be nothing, like bad ticket sales. We'll find out in due course.

 

I haven't seen this interview thats been discussed. Does he sound much worse than prior interviews?

 

He was moved forward too quickly and wouldn't be shocked if he crashed and burned but I will defend the handling of Itauma on 2 points I've seen raised here.

Ducking Frank Sanchez. I think that was totally fine. Frank Sanchez might be a true top 5 HW. If avoiding Sanchez is so wrong why don't people blame Usyk for not fighting him? Fighting Frank Sanchez could have ruined Itaumas career. And because Frank Sanchez is so underrated that loss would not be forgiven. Look what happened to Jared Anderson and Bakole. People treat Jared Anderson like hes certified road kill.

HW has a huge traffic jam in the top 50 where everyones huddling around for a title shot or oppurtunity that would justify the risk of losing. And there just aren't enough of them to go around. Whether it was a mistake or not Itauma has advanced high enough where being active really isn't in the cards.

 

He's about to lose to Richard Torrez

 

You’re a Torrez fan now? Lol

 

I smell a fragile mandible..