President WBO Gustavo Olivieri revealed that in the evening that Moses Ituma was raised to the first place in heavyweight rankings along with their organization after winning in the second round on the unknown Mike Balogun on Saturday evening in Glasgow in Scotland.

Fans in social media are critical of the WBO decision and perceive it as bizarre and are a sign Ituma receives favoring by their organization, because he was not defeated by any contenders. His 12 victories had a lower level fighters at the level, and he has not yet fought with a claimant to the best 15. After his fight he looked ecstatic with the ring.

Controversy growth of Ituma

This is another reason why sanctioning bodies must be withdrawn from boxing and replaced by the ranking body, which makes logical choices. Like, hell, Moses Itauma takes first place after he did not beat anything Tomato cans His whole two -year career? Does he ask too much to beat two of these killers to get their ranking No. 1 in WBO?

– Joseph Parker
– Agit Kabayel
– Richard Torrez
– Bakhodir Jalalov
– Filip Hrgovic
– Martin Bakole

The way ITAUMA appeared against this person, Balogun, lost to the whole list. This is just a tiny list of rivals who would defeat Itauma.

It makes no sense that 20-year-old Ituma takes first place in WBO, because there is no victory over pretenders. Usually this is a requirement to transfer the warrior to position No. 1. They have at least one or two solid wins over the fighters at the highest level.

It seems that Ituma has been taken to the top, ignoring the role in which he should defeat the candidates to win ranking No. 1. When it comes to quickly placing him No. 1 so that he can fight Oleksandre Usyk before retiring, it is a waste of time.

Usyk will not fight him because he is interested in fighting Daniel Dubois and Tyson Fury before he retires. It will not give an undisturbed warrior, such as Ituma, a shot for the world champion.

In today’s fight Itauma (12-0, 10 KO) destroyed the 36-year-old Balogun footballer (21-2, 16 KO), who never defeated anyone noteworthy. His previous defeat in his CV was a knockout of the second round of Murat Gassiev in 2023. This was another example of Ituma tailored to the non-contact.

Criticism of Martin Bakole

“Yes, he was doing well, but they got him someone who was an asshole,” said Martin Bakole Social boxingResponding to the winning of Moses Itauma over Mike Balogun on Saturday evening.

“At a high level they have to give him a good test, because he is not called Martin Bakole fighting with such a butt. He must fight some high -quality people and try to test himself if he wants to become a world champion tomorrow.

“I never remember his name. I don’t know who he was,” Bakole said when he said that Ituma watched some of his fights and said that he looked like rubbish. “I’m thinking of getting five or six. I don’t know if she is 10 the best, but she is a boxer, hefty weight

Moses ITAUMA climbed WBO rankings with talents, discipline and electrifying performances. Now his moment around the world is approaching a heavyweight player. It is only a matter of time before he got his shot and the world appears a fresh star. #NEWER @Shoe

– Gustavo Olivieri, Esq. (@Olivieriilaw) May 24, 2025