itaumas injured Franklin bout postponed

Feel sorry for all the other fighters on the card being pushed back 8 weeks.

Never taken to Ituama.

He doesn't come across as a likeable guy, hasn't proved himself yet and should be fighting far more regularly.

 

There’s no pretence with Moses, what you see in interviews is genuinely how he is. After the AJ era, I think it’s quite refreshing having a non **** giving unmanufactured heavyweight who really isn’t interested in the celebrity side of boxing. I agree that he should be out more often though, just over 6 mins of boxing in 2025 is detrimental.

 

Yes 6 mins against 2 zero threat plodders is simply a complete waste of 12 months.

Not too bothered about the Franklin fight anyway and I am hoping he fights Fury next in his comeback fight to get a few rounds in before he steps up to fight Wardley.

 

Torn bicep is the official excuse...if that's the case, I cant see him being ready for March?!

Rumour is that Matty Harris knocked him out in sparring. Dont know how true it is, these things happen in sparring.

 

How do you get knocked out in sparring? There’s no ref or 10 count. The trainer probably called off the sparring soon as Itauma hit the floor less you think Itauma was out cold?

 

By getting dropped and ya ****ed up….happens now and then and so have to stop.

 

I've heard the same thing.

 

Give your head a wobble. A trainer calling it off because his boxer is horizontal is a clinical KO in any language. Frank isn’t going to report a sparring stoppage and trigger a mandatory Board ban that kills the March date.

 

I mean it could be a flash knockdown hence not a KO as such, also if it was reported Itauma would get a 28 day rest period that means he would be ok for a March date in theory. But I think if he was KO'd in sparring its more likely they want to keep that out of the media as they won't want anyone thinking that he's chinny....

 

Good ol' sparring stories.

 

Anyone who has contacts and regularly talks to boxers, trainers etc. knows that Itauma is chinny.

It's only a matter of time before he gets knocked out in a fight.

 

I don't know much about him other than what I have seen so far but I have always said we can't get carried away as he has done nothing so far to tell us he is the heir apparent as has been quoted by many

 

Interesting, any idea what level of chinny mate? Fisher, Price, Audley, Joshua, Wladimir or Lewis.