What can you say on Itauma's power?

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  1. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    He was the same age as them (17-18) and they looked like grown men

    During his dominant gold-medal run at the 2022 EUBC Youth European Boxing Championships


    Moses Itauma was 17 years old, and his opponents were also 17 or 18 years old.

    The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from April 14 to April 21, 2022. Because Itauma was born on December 28, 2004, he competed as a 17-year-old before turning 18 later that year.

    Per the EUBC (European Boxing Confederation) regulations, the Youth category strictly mandates that all competitors must be 17 or 18 years old (specifically born in the years 2004 or 2005 for the 2022 tournament).
     
  2. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was fighting kids.

    There isn't a comparison between him fighting Junior Championships against teenagers when you look at who others were fighting in their last amateur fights - usually in the Olympics.

    It's not remotely the same. Nearly all his amateur fights came against 12-17-year-olds. Not grown men. Certainly not world-class amateurs.

    Lewis and Bowe's last amateur fights were against EACH OTHER in the Olympic Final. Joshua's, Usyk's, Wilder's, Hrgovic's, etc., last amateur fights were all Olympic medal fights against experienced world-ranked amateur vets.

    The European tournament you keep bringing up that Itauma dominated came against kids who basically quit after that and haven't boxed in years.

    It's not the same.
     
  3. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Not the same as what I'm specifically referring to one major tournament where he as a 17 y/o who was almost 18 not only stopped all his 17-18 y/o opponents but did so in a round. That's not normal. If it is let's see your list of other HWs who've done the same at a major youth tournament?


    He's been beating up grown men since he was a kid

    • Aged 11 to 12: Fellow heavyweights like Jeamie "TKV" Tshikeva recalled a young Itauma weighing around 75–80kg (12 stone) stepping into the ring against a 25-year-old man. Itauma completely dominated the session, leaving onlookers shocked.
    • The Body Shot Knockouts: His older brother, Karol Itauma, revealed on The Sun's No Gloves Lost show that a 12-year-old Moses would regularly share a ring with fully grown adults and "drop them with a single body shot"
    • School Uniform Sparring at 15: By the time he was 15, he was brought in to spar cruiserweight world champion Lawrence Okolie. Okolie admitted he initially thought it would be a "rest round," but Itauma hit him so hard with a counter jab and body shots that Okolie couldn't concentrate for the rest of the day, calling it one of the toughest spars of his life
    He's been bashing up world champions and top 10 HWs in the gym or holding his own with them while he was still in school or 16, 17 and 18.
     
  4. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    eh, when Tyson was older and slower, with his technique pretty degraded, he was still scoring one punch KDs and KOs. evidence would suggest he really was naturally heavy handed.
     
  5. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Makes me wonder how he's already lost.

    To be honest sparring stories are basically fairy tales. And theres been more than a few gym legends whose career in the professional arena fell far short of the myth around them.

    Itauma is a definite wait and see as of now.
     
  6. DoctorJones

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    How come that with all this sparring expérience he isn't trained for 12 rounds?
     
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  7. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’m not sure an inability to knock out Hrgovic means anything. George Foreman and Mike Tyson couldn’t knock out Evander Holyfield. Lennox Lewis couldn’t knock out Ray Mercer.

    some dudes have granite bricks for heads and their feet glued to the canvas.
     
  8. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yes he was heavy handed. I never said he wasn't. His effectiveness diminished greatly when his speed and athleticism left him though. Watch the Brian Nielsen fight as an example of this.
     
  9. Georgeiej

    Georgeiej New Member Full Member

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    I don't think he has much power on his shots at all, similar puncher to Joseph Parker imo
     
  10. NoChin

    NoChin Sire Filip Hrgovic Full Member

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    He's not fit to lace Tyson's gloves.