Younger British heavyweight boxer Moses Itauma made a big impact on Saturday evening by knocking out Dillian Whyte in simply 1 minute and 59 seconds on the ANB Enviornment in Riyadh.
The 20-year-old southpaw, combating on the high of an expert card for the primary time, dropped the 37-year-old veteran with a strong proper hand. Though Whyte obtained again up, the referee, Mikael Hook, stopped the battle quickly after.
Itauma, who has Nigerian roots, now has 13 wins in 13 fights, with 11 of these coming by knockout. This was the most important win of his profession to this point, and he delivered it in model.
In the beginning, Itauma used intelligent actions to check Whyte, then shortly started touchdown robust punches. Whyte regarded uncomfortable and was pushed onto the ropes as Itauma fastidiously picked his pictures.
A well-timed proper hook to Whyte’s head ended the competition. Regardless of Whyte’s courageous effort to proceed, it was clear he couldn’t recuperate.
Promoter Frank Warren praised Itauma’s calm and sensible efficiency.
“He confirmed nice management and confidence. He fights higher than many boxers at their finest – and he’s solely 20,” Warren informed BBC Radio 5 Stay.
Itauma was born in Slovakia however fights for Britain. He has solely gone previous the second spherical twice in his profession and already has eight first-round knockouts.
Whyte, who got here in at his lightest weight in ten years and regarded in high form, nonetheless couldn’t deal with Itauma’s velocity and energy.
With heavyweight stars like Joseph Parker, Derek Chisora and Lawrence Okolie watching from ringside, Itauma’s win has boosted his probabilities of a world title shot throughout the subsequent yr.
