Moses Itaum’s recent opponent, Dillian Whyte, weighed in on the rising star’s chances against former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder.

After 14 professional fights, Itauma has yet to fight longer than 18 minutes, going the distance in two six-round fights and stopping all of his remaining opponents within five rounds, including challengers Whyte and Jermaine Franklin Jr.

While the 21-year-old faced two world heavyweight title challengers, Mariusz Wach and Whyte, the Kent talent did not share the ring with a fighter who has won world accolades. As for the prospect of fighting Wilder, he said he would like to have the “legend”‘s name on his record.

I’m talking to iFL TelevisionWhyte, who Itauma was dispatched within two minutes last Augustpredicted that Itauma would win if given the “Bronze Bomber” assignment, but warned that fighting the hard-hitting American would still be risky

“Yes, [Itauma beats Wilder]but Wilder is a risky fight because Wilder just has this crazy equalizer that he throws.”

While many would love to see this clash, it doesn’t seem high on the British team’s list at the moment. Itauma will return in August, and the main opponent will be Filip Hrgovic.

If he passes this stern test, he is currently the mandatory challenger for the WBO title, meaning he is first in line to the winner of the rematch between champion Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley. He is also well-positioned to fight for the WBA Regular belt against the winner of Murat Gassiev vs Tony Yoka or face IBF top contender Frank Sanchez.

As for Wilder, after the American scored points in April, a rematch with Derek Chisora ​​was discussed.

“Rolly, I’d love to keep doing it. Let’s do it. If not, give up the title, do what you have to, but we just want to keep fighting, stay busy and fight all the top guys and have some good fights,” Catterall told Ring Magazine.

The comments come amid uncertainty about Romero’s next move. Reports recently indicated that the WBA champion is expected to return this summer, although the hard task of his first appearance since defeating Ryan Garcia in May 2025 is not expected.

Catterall’s frustration may stem from what happened to Giyasov before the two met in the ring. The WBA ordered Romero and Giyasov to negotiate an October 2025 title fight, but the fight never materialized. After months without securing a title shot, Giyasov moved on and faced Catterall on May 23 at the “Glory in Giza” event at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt.

Catterall scored a 12-round unanimous decision victory in that fight, improving his position in the WBA rankings and putting himself in line for a shot at Romero’s title.

Following the victory, the WBA ordered Romero and Catterall to begin negotiations for a championship fight. Catterall, however, has made it clear he has no intention of spending months on the sidelines waiting for the situation to resolve itself.

The 32-year-old had already revealed that he left the WBO route because he did not want to wait for the mandatory title fight, and he repeatedly emphasized his desire to remain busy against the top fighters of this division.

Catterall’s message to Rolly is clear: defend the title against the mandatory challenger or step aside and let the division move forward.

David Benavidez’s father and head coach has revealed his contingency plan in case an uncontested lithe heavyweight clash with Dmitry Bivol does not materialize.

Benavidez moved up to 200 pounds and dethroned Gilberto Ramirez last month, earning a sixth-round stoppage to become three-division world champion.

However, his plan has always been to return to 175 pounds, where he still holds the WBC title and is looking forward to unified world champion Bivol.

Unfortunately for the “Mexican Monster,” it has been reported that Bivol is getting closer to a rubber match with Artur Beterbiev. He also has a mandatory challenger in Callum Smith to deal with, which means he could drop one of his three belts.

As a result, Jose Benavidez Sr. is now considering a cruiserweight unification fight between his son, the WBO and WBA titleholder, and WBC champion Noel Mikaelian.

I’m talking to MillCity BoxingJose highlighted this as a leading option after saying that the teams of Bivol, Beterbiev and former cruiserweight champion Jai Opetai were not in talks.

“I’m trying to organize these fights. I even told David, ‘These guys don’t answer.’ Let’s fight [Mikaelian]’.

“It’s not a fight that I’m really interested in… I’m just trying to take these fights with anyone [is available].

“If Father Bivol is watching this: stop talking. You say you want to shut up [Benavidez] up, [so] Let’s make it happen.”

Benavidez petitioned the WBC to become the mandatory challenger to Mikaelian and was successful. Therefore, if the WBC champion decides to fight Opetaia this year, as we reported earlier, he will be stripped of his belt.