Promoter Eddie Hearn states that he sees it as Zero strengthening For Anthony Joshua in the fight against 20-year-old Moses Itaum. He thinks that this is a situation of losing a loss, in any case you look at it. Ituma (13-0, 11 KO) is too youthful and inexperienced for the former heavyweight champion of two-level Joshua (28-4, 25 KO) to receive any recognition for defeating him.
Without a gaining proposal
On the other hand, if 35-year-old Joshua were beaten by Itauma, it would mean that his career ended because he lost to a guy who did not beat anyone noteworthy during his two-year career or all amateur career.
Ituma is transported to the top without fighting any good pretenders. Fans do a great case about his last victory in the first round over the faded British journeyman Dillian Whyte, but he was not in the face of high quality bulky weight.
Risk of a youthful lion
- Joseph Parker
- Fabio Wardley
- Daniel Dubois
- Richard Torrez Jr.
- Lenier, but
- Bakhodir yalolov
- Martin Bakole
Ituma can lose to one or more of these fighters, and the noise would suddenly end that he is another king of the division. At least the heavyweight of ITAUMA, they used it and left him with a less talented warrior than the one who left the assembly line in 2023.
Weighing profit
“I really don’t look at Moses’ fight and I think it’s a fight for AJ,” said Eddie Hearn Sky Sports About the fight between Anthony Joshua and Moses Itaum. “There are many reasons. First of all, what do you get from it?“
Joshua does not go ahead, defeating Itauma because he is so inexperienced. Moses basically fought with 13 tomato cans as a professional, and based on these winnings a lot of artificial noise is created. Fans are not even waiting to see him with real bulky weight before he anointed him as a novel king of the division.
There will be many acidic fans if Ituma is revealed when he enters a good warrior for the first time. He will teach lesson fans not to buy a false noise and be cheated Fool.
Disadvantages of Ituma
Ituma does not have amateur origin so that people have an exact indicator whether it is good or not. He did not fight the crop cream from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Cuba and the United States when he was an amateur. One decent warrior he fought, Stylianos Roulias Greece had him on the run all night, behaving as if he was prosecuted by the livid dog of the scrap yard in their fight on November 23, 2022.
Roulias showed how to give itauma problems, attacking him all the time, landing challenging, significant blows and making him feel pain. This fight showed that Ituma does not like to be hit and do everything to avoid skin tasting.
A game of zero sum
“Moses is a very good warrior. If you win, you beat a 20-year-old. If you lost, you lost to a 20-year-old and Your career is over. It’s a risky fight. I rate Moses very highly – said Hearn.
Joshua’s career would be perceived by fans as “over” if it were to be blown up by the inexperienced Itauma. Losing with Daniel Dubois in the fifth round Nokaut in September last year is already a signal for fans that AJ’s career is completed. But if Ituma did something similar or worse, it would destroy Joshua’s credibility and delay with fans.
Joshua’s popularity remains high and can earn a lot of money in the fighting with Jake Paul and Tyson Fury. If it was his corner, the bags that would fight Paweł, and Fury would be unusual. Fighting with Ituma, the money would not be the same because it was not long enough to build a world group of fans.
Fight in the trenches
“I think that Moses has a lot to do. He is an extraordinary talent, but we have no idea if he can mark the fields that are a real great and real master in the division,” said Hearn. “What does his chin look like? What is it like when it gets really challenging in the trenches?” Hearn said.
Eddie brings some good points. We do not know how well Ituma will work in relation to high -quality bulky, which reject to him, forcing him to fight and exert pressure. 37 -year -old Dillian Whyte looked terrified, without throwing any significant blows in his defense, before Ituma in one round in one round in their head on August 16, 2025.
Apart from Whyte, Ituma did not fight anyone. Although Moses now ranks first in WBA and WBO, his opposition was marginal quality by his 13-frequency professional career.
Record test
- Dillian Whyte: 37
- Mike Balogun: 41
- Demey McKean
- Mariusz Wach: 45
- Ilja Mesce
- And Garber: 40
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