And racking up his thirteenth professional win, Slovakian-born contender Itauma has been tied to a host of high-profile fights in his return.<\/p>\n
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Most notably, Itauma has been touted as a future threat to Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>, but not just yet according to a British promoter.<\/p>\n Moses Itauma urged to fight Justis Huni before Oleksandr Usyk<\/p>\n Previously tied to a showdown with Australian star Justis Huni<\/a>, Itauma has once more been urged to consider sharing the ring with the Queensland native in his immediate return to the ring.<\/p>\n As far as Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn<\/a> is concerned, to boot, Huni offers Itauma a sizable challenge in his return to the ring, especially if he plans to follow through and earn a clash with undisputed champion Usyk.<\/p>\n \u201cI think him (Justis Huni) and Moses (Itauma) is a great matchup,\u201d Hearn told IFL TV. \u201cThey\u2019re both young, they\u2019ve both got great movement. They\u2019re both a little bit smaller than the bigger heavyweights, but I think that\u2019s a good fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Furthermore, as far as a fight with Usyk is concerned, Hearn believes Itauma needs to build some more experience first and foremost.<\/p>\n \u201cI just think, he\u2019s really got to gain some experience to compete and beat (Oleksandr) Usyk, in my opinion,\u201d Hearn added. \u201cBut he\u2019s really talented. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a tearing rush [on Itauma\u2019s future].\u201d<\/p>\n Moses Itauma backed to upset Oleksandr Usyk<\/p>\n And while Hearn insists there is no proverbial rush on Itauma to fight Usyk, the unbeaten upstart has the minerals already to beat the Ukrainian according to another British star.<\/p>\n Namely, Harlem Eubank \u2014 the cousin of Chris Eubank Jr.<\/a> claims the sheer size and mobility of Itauma when pitted against even Usyk gives him an immediate edge<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHe (Moses Itauma) does a lot of stuff that heavyweights don\u2019t do,\u201d Eubank told\u00a0Seconds Out. \u201cIn a lot of ways, he moves like a middleweight.<\/p>\n \u201cIt makes him a very, very dangerous man in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a bold statement, but I think his style is all wrong for (Oleksandr) Usyk,\u201d Eubank continued. \u201c\u2026I\u2019m gonna take criticizm for saying it, but when you watch Usyk against the smaller guys that can move, guys like (Mairis) Briedis were his toughest challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite talk of a potential super fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Moses Itauma going cold, the British star…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,16171,4036,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-109713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-moses-itauma","10":"tag-oleksandr-usyk","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}