{"id":71384,"date":"2025-08-15T23:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71384\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T23:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:38:08","slug":"moses-itauma-vs-dillian-whyte-sam-goodman-wba-featherweight-title-vs-nick-ball-start-time-how-to-watch-live-stream-fight-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/71384\/","title":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte, Sam Goodman WBA featherweight title vs Nick Ball, start time, how to watch, live stream, fight card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moses Itauma will take on the toughest challenge of his young career so far when he faces former title contender Dillian Whyte in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old, ranked No. 1 by the WBO after his last victory over Mike Balogun, is widely tipped as the future of the heavyweight division thanks to his technical skill.<\/p>\n<p>However, he faces his biggest test yet against Whyte, a one-time WBC interim strap holder who is looking to rebuild his reputation and prove he still belongs at the top too.<\/p>\n<p>Victory for both men will catapult them deeper into the limelight &#8211; but a loss could prove to be a serious setback to their hopes at opposite ends of their professional careers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the main event, a slew of additional bouts on the undercard make this a mouthwatering bill to savour among fight fans, including a world title fight.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Ball will defend his WBA featherweight title against Australia\u2019s Sam Goodman, with the winner likely to chase a shot at Naoya Inoue in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755205269_854_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Filip Hrgovic meanwhile will bid to keep his own heavyweight aspirations on track against former British champion David Adeleye, who steps up here to world level.<\/p>\n<p>Itauma vs Whyte &amp; Goodman vs Ball | Sunday 17 August 3am AEST | <a href=\"https:\/\/mainevent.kayosports.com.au\/boxing\/itauma-v-whyte?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkboxing-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-box-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"mainevent.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Order this PPV event now with Main Event on Kayo Sports &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Not my first&#8217; Goodman hits back at host | 02:52<\/p>\n<p>START TIME<\/p>\n<p>The event is due to commence on Sunday at 2.45am AEST, with live coverage getting underway on Main Event at 3am.<\/p>\n<p>The ringwalks for Itauma vs Whyte is predicted to happen at 7.15am, but the timing depends on other fights.<\/p>\n<p>Goodman\u2019s bout with Ball is the penultimate fight of the evening.<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH<\/p>\n<p>Itauma vs Whyte will be shown live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainevent.com.au\/\" title=\"www.mainevent.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Main Event and streaming platform Kayo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australian fans can watch the pay-per-view event for AU$49.95.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/en-AU\/account\/content\/dazn\/signup?contextualPpvId=ppv_e_itauma_whyte&amp;page=PlanDetails\" title=\"www.dazn.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DAZN will also be broadcasting the event<\/a> at the same price.<\/p>\n<p>FIGHT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte ; Heavyweight<\/p>\n<p>Nick Ball vs Sam Goodman ; for the WBA featherweight title<\/p>\n<p>Ray Ford vs Abraham Nova ; Super featherweight<\/p>\n<p>Filip Hrgovic vs David Adeleye ; Heavyweight<\/p>\n<p>Hayato Tsutsumi vs Qais Ashfaq ; Super featherweight<\/p>\n<p>TALE OF THE TAPE<\/p>\n<p>Moses Itauma record <\/p>\n<p>Nationality: British<\/p>\n<p>Age: 20<\/p>\n<p>Height: 6\u2019 4.5\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reach: 79\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Total fights: 12<\/p>\n<p>Record: 12-0 (10 KOs)<\/p>\n<p>Dillian Whyte record<\/p>\n<p>Nationality: British<\/p>\n<p>Age: 37<\/p>\n<p>Height: 6\u2019 4\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reach: 78\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Total fights: 34<\/p>\n<p>Record: 31-3 (21 KOs)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;F*** that&#8217;: Goodman ready for big stage | 08:35<\/p>\n<p>FORM AND HISTORY<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, Itauma has steadily built his reputation as a young talent poised to shoot for the stars, while Whyte has struggled to reignite his career.<\/p>\n<p>Neither man has arguably fought world-class opposition in the three years since Whyte suffered a third career loss against Tyson Fury at Wembley Stadium in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>That makes this battle all the more fascinating, as Itauma looks to tackle a foe practically old enough to be his father in the ring, and set the stage for further challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Such is his youthful promise, the former seems destined to face stars close to a decade older for a world title over the next few years if he comes through this with a win<\/p>\n<p>Defeat however, like that handed to Johnny Fisher by Dave Allen earlier this year, will raise questions over what the talent has in his back locker following a first pro loss.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Whyte cannot afford defeat if he hopes to still be seen as a top-tier contender capable of pushing world champions all the way after facing some lesser rivals.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazn.com\/en-US\/news\/boxing\/moses-itauma-vs-dillian-whyte-fight-time-ringwalks-running-order-streaming-watch\/1hifdamm1t37q14gpeq1bk77c5\" title=\"www.dazn.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DAZN<\/a> and as reproduced with permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma will take on the toughest challenge of his young career so far when he faces former&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-71384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71384","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=71384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}