Heavyweight Boxing: Moses Itauma is the Future

[Pipe]

11-0 (9 KOs)
Southpaw
British
Trained by Ben Davison
Voted Prospect of the Year 2024 by several mainstream boxing publications



This reminds me of when I was following Deontay Wilder on his way up the ranks and I was telling every casual fan I knew to pay attention cause dude was about to be a big deal. Difference with Itauma is that he can really box. He's not JUST a KO artist.

British boxing has BEEN going crazy over this kid, but he's still pretty much unknown across the Atlantic. Doesn't really matter, though, since the best heavyweights are all in Europe, so Itauma has plenty of fighters to take on to build up his name.

He is trying to match Tyson's record of being the youngest heavyweight champion. He probably won't do it, but even Tyson himself says that Moses Itauma is the future of the heavyweight division. He kinda reminds you of Tyson, actually. Lot of power in his hands. Pressure fighter. Very solid fundamentals (jab, defense, etc.), doesn't waste punches, good footwork, and always sets his opponent up for the KO instead of swinging for the fence..... Not to mention that one of his nicknames is "British Mike Tyson".

 

[RoomService]

God help us if he’s the future.

 

[Clubber_lang]

He is fighting a lot of bums and they didn't really punch back. this is a publicity campaign.

 

[34real]

The word Heavyweight and boxing used to mean something but now I don't even know who the heavyweight champion is now and haven't in years.

Did boxing used to be on regular tv back in the days?cause my old man said once to moved it to cable and pay-per-view it changed.

 

[Darkness's]

He has power and skill but hes fighting tomato cans. Wait until, he goes up against a contender that can test him and then well see if he's the real deal.

 

[Pipe]

The word Heavyweight and boxing used to mean something but now I don't even know who the heavyweight champion is now and haven't in years.

Did boxing used to be on regular tv back in the days?cause my old man said once to moved it to cable and pay-per-view it changed.

Pay-per-view wasn't what started the change. It was closed circuit TV. The Rumble in the Jungle (Ali vs. Foreman) was the first major boxing event that was not televised on network broadcast in the US. You had to go to a venue that was streaming the event on CCTV in order to watch it. Once the promoters saw how much money that made, it was the beginning of the end. Pay-per-view was simply the next iteration of CCTV.

The major broadcast networks began to shy away from boxing at that same time also because of the deaths and major injuries that were occurring frequently at that time (in the 1980's). Boxing became seen as something that was not suitable for general audiences and, thus, was shifted to cable TV.

Now, boxing has moved away from cable TV and is primarily on streaming platforms.

 

[woodchuck]

He's very talented, no doubt, but I'd like to see him against fighters that aren't boiled hams.

 

[HNIC]

Pay-per-view wasn't what started the change. It was closed circuit TV. The Rumble in the Jungle (Ali vs. Foreman) was the first major boxing event that was not televised on network broadcast in the US. You had to go to a venue that was streaming the event on CCTV in order to watch it. Once the promoters saw how much money that made, it was the beginning of the end. Pay-per-view was simply the next iteration of CCTV.

The major broadcast networks began to shy away from boxing at that same time also because of the deaths and major injuries that were occurring frequently at that time (in the 1980's). Boxing became seen as something that was not suitable for general audiences and, thus, was shifted to cable TV.

Now, boxing has moved away from cable TV and is primarily on streaming platforms.

My father took me and my brother to watch Ali Frazier 1 at the stadium in Columbus, GA
When Ali lost I was sadder than sad