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ITAUMA EYES WALLIN or Franklin Fight promoter
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Promoter of Moses Itauma, Francis Warren, says that he is interested in Itauma (12-0, 10 KO), probably fighting with Otto Wallin or Jermaine Franklin, after the second technical knockout of Mike Baloguna last Saturday evening in Glasgow in Scotland.
Next ITAUMA fight options
Wallin lost two of the last four fights and is experiencing a 41-year-old journeyman Derek Chisor. Most fans would agree that Wallin would be a impoverished option for Itum to fight when it comes to developing him and give him. I have doubts whether it would be the goal of the management of Ituma in battle. The choice of Wallin, 34, would make itauma look good.
Francis also says he wants “Top 10“The opponent of Ituma in a bulky eliminator. The utilize of Wallin or Jermaine Franklin would not work if this path was followed. None of these journeymen were in the top ten by any of the four sanctioning bodies, and Franklin is not in the top 15.
Ituma is not ideal to go on an effortless way to become a must -have winner of Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois. 20-year-old Ituma is not developed, and impoverished supplies are constantly performed for it. This is criticism of boxing fans about Ituma.
Creating a false star
Ituma looks like it was created to make it look better than he. The opposition stuck to the ring so that Moses suggested to fight Is produced Be a false star.
The problem of this type of fighters is that they must be protected throughout their career to stop them from losing. We just saw another false Fury, repeatedly beaten, when he finally approached for the first time at the end of his career against his first quality warrior, Oleksandr Utyk.
In order for Ituma to be developed in a real way, he should fight these warriors for the next two or three years:
– Joseph Parker
– Agit Kabayel
– Zhilei Zhang
– Jalolov Yalolov
– Richard Torrez Jr.
– flying
– Filip Hrgovic
– Fabio Wardley
– Martin Bakole
It does not seem that the leadership of Moses Itum is interested in matching him to any of these warriors, except for the miserably poorly conditioned 300-pound bacon. I doubt Ituma would beat up to half of the above warriors, because he was hit and looked like Mike Balogun’s former NFL player last night.
Matchmaking: Smoke & Mirrors
“We want to fight someone in the top ten, and it would be an eliminator. I’m sure we’ll be able to do it,” said Francis Warren Boxnation About the next fight of Moses Itaum. “I think Otto Wallin would be great Fight for him next. “
Wallin would be a terrible choice because he can’t hit, a failure of Chisora and probably would not give ituma rounds. Otto was knocked out in five rounds by Anthony Joshua in 2023. He was dropped twice by the washed Chisor in February last year. This tells you everything you need to know why Wallin would be chosen for the next opponent of Itum. It is an effortless sign and would not be a threat to the disclosure of 20-year-old Moses.
“Otto proved that he is a very strong, difficult opponent who gained respect from the boxing community because of the work he did against Tyson [Fury]Anthony [Joshua]Francis said. “He gave Derek [Chisora] A great fight and for Moses who wants to get a little is probably a great challenge. Jermaine Franklin is another one that I particularly like the appearance. By the end of the year, we will want to accelerate it much. “
Franklin has lost two of the last four fights and is not a ranking. ITAUMA management should be intentional higher than he and Wallin. Again, they should focus on matching Ituma to warriors such as Kabayel, Torrez Jr, Jalolov, Dubois, Ajagba and Wardley. If Ituma loses with these guys, his promoters can focus on developing him more. Until now, zero development has been made. He is fed with tomato cans to make it look great, but it is obvious that it is smoke and mirrors.
Bakole: not the level of ituma
“We get number 1 from WBO,” said Francis about the fact that Ituma is moved to the first place by the World Boxing Organization. “It is the best of WBA. It is, so we sit nicely with two organizations and I think it depends on us when we want to pull the trigger to raise our hands to go to the next stage.”
It is surprising that Ituma was raised to number 1 with WBO after he was a warrior without TOP 15, Balogun. How is this happening? Ituma has not yet fought with a pretender and probably should not be arranged at the highest level, taking into account the impoverished opposition he mowed. Ituma is matched, like Edgar Berlanga, when he promoted him the highest rank. At the beginning of his careers, they fed 16 unyielding, allowing him to create a 16-0 record with 16 knockouts. When he approached the journeymen, he began to fight and soon left the company. Ituma is moved like him.
“Choosing Martin Bakole is a large mistake. Even Frank [Warren] He knows that I am not his level – said Martin Bakole for boxing TalkSport, he explains that he considers Moses Itauma as under his level at which he works. “I can’t wait to fight for the world championship title. If I want to fight me, I don’t know why I would fight him. For what?”
Last updated 05/25/2025
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