{"id":72385,"date":"2025-08-15T20:06:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/72385\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:06:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:06:18","slug":"itauma-and-whyte-look-strong-and-fit-at-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/72385\/","title":{"rendered":"Itauma and Whyte look strong and fit at weigh-in"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma and Dillian Whyte are good to go for Saturday, with the heavyweights hitting the scales today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

37-year-old Whyte (31-3, 21 KO), the veteran underdog and more experienced man in the matchup, came in at 244.1 lbs. He\u2019d looked in good shape in the lead-up to the bout, and the result on the scale was Whyte\u2019s lowest weight in a decade, going back before he\u2019d even really started making any real name for himself in the sport. That could be good, but we\u2019ve also seen veterans do this sort of thing before, and it does sometimes mean they\u2019ve over-trained. We\u2019ll find out in the ring on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Whyte was a bit over 261 lbs for his last fight in December, for what it\u2019s worth, and hadn\u2019t been under 250 lbs since his 2021 rematch win over Alexander Povetkin.<\/p>\n

Top prospect Moses Itauma steps up against veteran Dillian Whyte this Saturday on DAZN PPV! Order now and catch all the action live!<\/p>\n

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20-year-old Itauma (12-0, 10 KO), the hot prospect and heavy favorite, weighed in at 235.5 as listed by DAZN, though Michael Buffer did announce 245.5. The 235 weight would be the lowest of Itauma\u2019s young pro career, while the 245 would still be lower than his weights against either Demsey McKean or Mike Balogun, his two most recent foes.<\/p>\n

Whyte was asked about a bit of jawing from Itauma at Thursday\u2019s press conference, but calmly brushed it off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t pay attention to all that. Listen, I\u2019m a chill guy until people mess about with me,\u201d Whyte said. \u201cFor me, I don\u2019t need to be a bully and go crazy. I can just switch (it on). So I said, \u2018Yo, relax, bro, take it easy. We\u2019re good, man. Me and you ain\u2019t got no beef. This is business, chill out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He was then asked, however, about telling talkSPORT that if it came down to it he\u2019d fight Itauma\u2019s entire time. Whyte replied, \u201cWell, listen, I\u2019ll run through them and start brawling. I don\u2019t give a damn.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in training for 12 weeks, 12 tough weeks, and honestly the last three, four weeks, I\u2019ve been saying to (trainer) Ben (Davison), \u2018I just want to get to the easy bit.\u2019 That\u2019s the fight,\u201d Itauma said.<\/p>\n

Itauma added, when sizing up Whyte\u2019s conditioning, \u201cWe\u2019re two good fighters, I\u2019ve got the utmost respect for Dillian. It\u2019s nothing personal, (it\u2019s) business.\u201d But he also said that when he looked into Whyte\u2019s eyes today, he saw \u201ca wounded animal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bad Left Hook will be here for live coverage tomorrow, starting from 12:45 pm ET.<\/p>\n

Nick Ball (126) vs Sam Goodman (125.1)<\/p>\n

For Ball\u2019s WBA featherweight title<\/p>\n

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Hayato Tsutsumi (131.9) vs Qais Ashfaq (131.9)<\/p>\n

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Filip Hrgovic (241.9) vs David Adeleye (240.5)<\/p>\n

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Raymond Ford (130.3) vs Abraham Nova (129.1)<\/p>\n

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