Bakhodir Jalolov vs Moses Itauma

Right now Jalolov, he's for more experienced and in his physical prime. Itauma's prime might be a decade away.

 

Jalolov by ko - too experienced. But Itauma has a punchers chance.

 

Too early for Itauma

 

Itauma is very very young, the hype of chasing the Tyson record is just that, hype, the kid needs to to take his time and he will develop in to an excellent young heavyweight. Jalolov would be too much for him right now, in 3 years, might be different story.

 

Even in 10 years Jalolov. He could be like Wlad or Lennox and still be fighting at a high standard in his late 30s. Plus he'd have a ton of elite experience at that point.

 

This could be an actual fight that is gravitating together in the future.

Will be able to speculate once Jalolov has someone at pace over a lot of rounds, and Itauma has fought someone who isn't there to take a loss.

 

This.

 

Man I forgot how brutal that was. Makes you wonder how Torrez will take shots against solid punchers in the pros, cause a KO like that can really take something from you.

 

Torrez lasted the distance vs Jalolov in the rematch (Olympic gold final) even though he got rocked again. He also managed to rock Jalolov though. However, Jalolov is a tough stylistic match up for Torrez. As long as he can avoid Jalolov and Itauma, i think Torrez can do reasonably well. He is a tough determined guy.

 

Jalolov would make Itauma look his age, Levels, he'd make him look like a young novice.

 

Maybe if Dubois beats Joshua in September, Frank Warren who controls both Dubois and Itauma’s careers will get Dubois to make a voluntary defence against Itauma before, is it next May that Itauma has to beat Tyson’s record?

It’s very unlikely it will happen like that but in boxing, who know?

 

Except Jalolov's basically 30 now...

He hasn't fought a gatekeeper yet.
He hasn't even fought a recognizable journeyman yet.


Yes, he won Olympic gold, but so did Tony Yoka...
And that took him how far, exactly? To about gatekeeper level?

Not every gold medallist is a Wlad, or an Usyk or even a Joshua.

Jalolov's going to have to start stepping up fast... And that's going to be difficult with so little behind him as a pro - maybe a second gold will help, but maybe he won't even try to prove anything as a pro?

 

And yes, right now Jalolov wins - he's more experienced and more complete as a fighter.

But.

I'm sick of people talking about the guy like he's already some super proven monster that belongs among the top ranks of the pros - he's nowhere near proven at professional level at all, let alone at the top.