{"id":617361,"date":"2026-04-19T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/617361\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:43:08","slug":"tony-bellew-makes-usyk-vs-moses-itauma-prediction-nobody-will-beat-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/617361\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew makes Usyk vs Moses Itauma prediction: “Nobody will beat him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Bellew<\/a> has considered whether Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>, who dealt him an eighth-round stoppage defeat in 2018, can be beaten by heavyweight prodigy Moses Itauma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having become a three-time, two-division undisputed champion, there is little more the Ukrainian can achieve to further cement his greatness in the sport.<\/p>\n

He has, after all, beaten Tyson Fury<\/a>, Anthony Joshua<\/a> and Daniel Dubois<\/a> on two occasions, respectively, and therefore solidified himself as the greatest heavyweight of this era.<\/p>\n

The only way he can go one step further, it seems, is by making his mark on the next generation, which many predict will be dominated by Itauma.<\/p>\n

Having become the WBO\u2019s leading challenger, awaiting his mandatory shot at the world title<\/a>, the 21-year-old has already established himself as a formidable contender.<\/p>\n

This much was evident during his fifth-round finish over Jermaine Franklin<\/a> last month, when Itauma stormed past the typically durable customer in emphatic fashion.<\/p>\n

But while the dynamic southpaw has expressed an interest in facing the heavyweight king, Usyk is understandably less eager to present him with this opportunity.<\/p>\n

Instead, the 39-year-old is gearing up to face Dutch kickboxer Rico Verhoeven on May 23, defending his WBC world title at Egypt\u2019s Pyramids of Giza.<\/p>\n

Even if his next opponent happened to be Itauma, though, former world champion Bellew has told Seconds Out<\/a> that he doubts Usyk would be defeated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s beaten everybody in front of him \u2013 there\u2019s nothing more he can do.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s entitled to what he\u2019s doing in this next fight [against Verhoeven] and he\u2019s earned the right to call the shots. He\u2019s the boss.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely nobody [will beat him].\u201d<\/p>\n

After experiencing the full force of Usyk\u2019s brilliance, albeit in 2018<\/a>, Bellew is perhaps better-placed than most to give an honest assessment of Itauma\u2019s chances against the Olympic gold medallist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Bellew has considered whether Oleksandr Usyk, who dealt him an eighth-round stoppage defeat in 2018, can be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-617361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}