Itauma reminds me of David Haye

Stick him in with Usyk now.

He won’t learn anything or get any better by spending another 3 years knocking over 10 cream puffs.

In all likelihood he could get worse by doing that. Perhaps a hard fight with Usyk will motivate him to improve. Knocking out cream puffs won’t

 

I think people underrate that, Whyte is a live fighter albeit not a spring chicken anymore.

 

Whyte got punted by a Parkinson’s Povetkin 5 years ago. Your definition of a live dog is very different to mine.

Let’s all hope that Whyte turns up this time and doesn’t get a mysterious injury a week before the fight.

 

Whyte is just an easy obstacle, we won't find out much in that fight, but probably in the fight that follows, and the opponent could be Parker...

 

Haye was a giraffe compared to Itauma - all reflexes and legs

Itauma looks far more composed

 

Well yeah, but he was ahead on all score cards until the knockout so it wasn’t like he was beaten pillar to post in the fight.

 

I don’t get the Itauma hype. I won’t be shocked if he becomes champ and dominates 5 years from now since the younger HW crop seen terrible (though I’m sure there are some talented unknown guys lurking out there. After Usyk, AJ (already shot), Fury, Wilder (shot) and Dubois retire, the throne is really for the taking.

I do think he smashed Whyte though. Whyte has never been good.

 

I can see how you make this comparison, they were similarly hyped as well. And we saw what happened to Haye when he stepped up against Thompson, what if we see a repeat of that fight with Whyte vs Itauma?

So Itauma has all the early advantage, but can't get Whyte out of there and swings himself out. And then Whyte comes on and ends it.

 

Itauma is strong as hell too for a boxer

he can bench 140KG for easy 5 reps

 

I think there is some logic in chucking him in the deep end early. He's explosive in a way we potentially haven't seen since Tyson, Tyson was on the decline at age 24. If the concern is Moses will struggle to move from demolition jobs to discipline boxing then it's not crazy to try and strike while the iron is hot.

Usyk is all wrong for him though.

 

Yeah its not that strong for elite athletes his size and age, but for a boxer it is.

It seems like boxing is still a bit old school in their s&c compared to a lot of other sports.