MOSES ITAUMA: THE FUTURE IS NOW

Despite all the noise reverberating from the negotiations between

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury – noise that, unfortunately, we must address – a

meaningful, and potentially pivotal, heavyweight title clash occurs this

weekend when Moses Itauma duels with Filip Hrgovic.

Will this be the fight when we

see Itauma truly tested or, as the oddsmakers suggest, will it be another

one-sided triumph for the 21-year-old? And if Itauma does indeed do what is

expected and win convincingly, will he then be able to cope with the pressure

of being the youngest heavyweight belt-holder since the heady days of Mike

Tyson’s peak?

Last weekend, George Liddard

aced his latest test when he became the European middleweight champion and, in