{"id":791253,"date":"2026-07-10T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791253\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:37:08","slug":"lennox-lewis-says-moses-itauma-should-stay-away-from-one-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/791253\/","title":{"rendered":"Lennox Lewis says Moses Itauma should stay away from one heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma<\/a> is hoping to take over the heavyweight division in the coming years, but in the eyes of heavyweight icon Lennox Lewis<\/a>, there is one heavyweight that the youngster should avoid facing.<\/p>\n

Now that Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> has vacated his three world titles in the division, Itauma is extremely well poised to capitalise, having been called out by newly crowned WBA ruler Murat Gassiev, ordered for a IBF title shot, but also linked to a shot at new WBC champion Agit Kabayel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for the WBO marble, Itauma is currently sat as the mandatory challenger in the division, expected to be ordered for a fight against the victor of Daniel Dubois<\/a> and Fabio Wardley\u2019s pending rematch.<\/p>\n

As a result, should Itauma come through his meeting with Filip Hrgovic unscathed next month<\/a>, it seems as though a world title bid will be next.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whilst Itauma is trying to prove himself as the best heavyweight on the planet, three-time world champion Lewis told iFL TV<\/a> that he should steer clear of Usyk, despite the Ukrainian being 39 years old.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoses is a great, upcoming, young fighter. He has got a lot of grit, he throws some good punches. I think that there is a time where he is going to have to make that move but the time isn\u2019t now, he has got a lot of time left, [he should] take his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo rush [for Usyk[ at all. If I was him, I would wait until Oleksandr Usyk is retired and know that \u2018I am ruling this heavyweight scene right now\u2019, but to go against him right now is a bit too early.\u201d<\/p>\n

Itauma-Hrgovic takes place on Saturday, August 29<\/a>, with the 21-year-old Briton set to top the O2 Arena bill as he headlines in the U.K. capital for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma is hoping to take over the heavyweight division in the coming years, but in the eyes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-791253","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\/791253","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=791253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}