Comments Thread For: Impressive Moses Itauma blitzes Dillian Whyte in a round

[archiemoore1]

I'm certain fighters like Kabayel and Parker would be competitive and they could beat the young guy. As they are both carrying form, confidence, and experience into that fight.

But there are plenty of big name heavies that I would expect Itauma to chin in not dissimilar fashion if the fights were to happen. It won't happen but he's ****ing out AJ in a few rounds, imo.

Hrgovic would seem a better yardstick than most. I just think he could take the punches at least for a while and put Moses under some pressure.

The problem is a combination of the young man's style, and his speed. He's a thinker, and very fast twitch. Dangerous combination right there. And he can crack good. Just imagine fighting a guy who, as soon as you jab, you get cracked hard in your head with a loop that gets there before your straight punch does. What do you do? You react to every feint, you're constantly worried about the speed. Then he starts a loop, and when you react, he crashes a straight shot into your gut, which gets there so fast and hard, it knocks the wind completely out of you, then he immediately brings the loop over to your chin. And he's super fast and fit, and keeps working up and down in all kinds of creative ways. And he can basically take advantage of the smallest opening and even create openings with his varied offense. On top of all this, he's fearless and right in your face, always looking to crack you. You can't bluff, intimidate, BS, or buy time to rest, and you can't distract him from what he's doing. You can't even clinch, he's too fast and reactive. So all you can do basically is be a big punching bag for as long as you can take it. Because to him, you're fighting in slow motion and he sees everything

[Boxing2695]

I said before the fight that I thought Itauma would take him out in the first 4 rounds, but didn’t think it would be as fast as it was but it shows that whyte just don’t have much left at all and Itauma is a young serious talent on the rise and that’s what we saw because straight away the sharpness of Itauma was just way to much for whyte at this point and he just got absolutely decimated… Itauma can fight the likes of Parker or Kabayel or any of them guys next imo the kids ready to go. As for Whyte this was always gonna be a possibility and I felt they used him here as a sacrificial lamb because he’s a guy who’s well known in British boxing and he’s name for the resume but clearly faded and he should of maybe just had the trilogy with Chisora or something and called it a day imo because if it’s the end now then he’s gone out on a whimper so hopefully he’s been paid a lot of money for the trouble at least. But yeah impressed with Itauma and hopefully it’s a bigger fight next.

[JimRaynor]

Whyte looked like shіt.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Whyte seemed to have a "where am I and who are these people?" look about him as he stumbled to the ring.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Moses is special.

[garfios]

The Moses Itauma Era started tonight. That was an era starting performance. Like Lennox vs Razor in Oct 1992. Whyte was stunned by the first punches Itauma threw in the first round, that triple jab. He never recovered. Itauma couldn't miss, he has everything speed power accuracy fury. Whyte endured as much as he could and then the final right sent him down and across the ring. It was not a fight but a massacre. Itauma is ready for Usyk and he has what it takes to beat the goat. We will see if Usyk will take the most dangerous challenge of his career. Itauma is Prince Naseem, Mike Tyson, Joe Calzaghe, all in one. This 20 year old marvel can save the sport and take it to new heights, like Tyson, Pacquaio, Duran, Leonard and Ali did before. What Itauma did tonight is one of the most impressive breakouts I've ever seen by a young future champion. The sky is the limit for Moses Itauma.

Put him in the HOF. The kid just fought a 37yo shadow of himself.

[Haka]

Make the Usyk fight next, all the other contenders are just waiting for the shot and not fighting one another and that should be punished.

[LG Motel 22]

F it I wanna see him vs usyk, fight him while he’s still boxing

[Docholiday]

Itauma needs to fight Agit Kabayel or someone with a similar career trajectory. Right now he's getting hyped with a lot of hope from the usual suspects that hyped Wilder. His career is very similar and we all saw how Wilder's career turned out.

[nghtmr111]

I hate when an unproven fighter gets a crazy amount of hype. Whyte has been total ass since he struggled with Rivas, even while drugged up.

this fight didn’t prove shyt. I wish they made him fight Usyk next so they can never say that he avoided Itauma