Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte live updates: Fight card results, ring walk times, predictions, more

Oleksandr Usyk holds all of boxing’s heavyweight world titles. Which should make the heavyweight title picture nice and simple. But this is boxing.

Joseph Parker, another boxer angling for a world title shot, is the WBO’s interim champion and his promoter earlier told British broadcaster Sky Sports that the Kiwi expects to fight Moses Itauma next — providing the youngster can get past Dillian Whyte today.

“There is no noise, no engagement, no negotiation from Usyk’s team,” David Higgins said. “All thinking and wisdom is that Usyk doesn’t want to defend his WBO world title. That is the feeling.”

Should Usyk decline to defend his WBO world title, Parker and Itauma could clash for that strap, leading to a potential unification fight later down the line.