{"id":201567,"date":"2025-10-15T10:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201567\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:20:12","slug":"ill-sign-it-moses-itauma-receives-new-fight-plea-from-42-year-old-rival-for-december-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/201567\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’ll sign it’ – Moses Itauma receives new fight plea from 42-year-old rival for December return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zhilei Zhang has urged Moses Itauma to hand him a contract for a December 13 fight.<\/p>\n

Itauma has yet to secure a fight for his planned return date<\/a> just before Christmas, where he is being plotted to fight alongside Derek Chisora in Manchester.<\/p>\n

\"Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n

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Zhang believes he is the man to end Itauma’s struggles to find an opponentCredit: Mark Robinson\/Matchroom<\/p>\n

Many opponents have come and gone, with Filip Hrgovic believed to be one of many rejecting the fight<\/a>, with an undisclosed opponent even demanding a purse of $3.5 million.<\/p>\n

The clock is ticking for Itauma, who has been linked with a number of alternative names including Michael Hunter.<\/p>\n

But it is now a new operator, in 42-year-old veteran Zhang who has put his name forward.<\/p>\n

He said: “Moses Itauma is a great fighter. <\/p>\n

“I watched a couple of his fights and he knocked out Dillian Whyte<\/a> in one round. <\/p>\n

“Fantastic, but for the time being, right now, we haven\u2019t received anything from Itauma in terms of fighting him.\u201d<\/p>\n

If he wants to fight me, I want to see that contract, I will sign it.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Big Bang’ hasn’t fought since being brutally stopped by Agit Kabayel earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

But prior, the Chinese heavyweight was in good form and had inflicted KO defeat of his own against Deontay Wilder<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

Zhang is extremely keen to secure his place on the card, and has also offered to fight veteran Chisora, who will fight for the 50th and final time<\/a> on the card.<\/p>\n

Who will Moses Itauma fight in December?\"Itauma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Itauma is looking for another big step as he prepares for potential world honours in 2026<\/p>\n

For now, the dilemma remains for Itauma who is yet to make his next bout official.<\/p>\n

A number of names have thrown themselves into the hat including Charles Martin, Zhang and Frank Sanchez who Itauma has himself rejected.<\/p>\n

But in another incredible option, Joseph Parker threw his name into the hat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The leading contender will first face Fabio Wardley later this month<\/a>, but has sensationally offered to touch gloves with the young prodigy two months later.<\/p>\n

And his promoter Warren insists it will be soon when the boxing world discovers who is next.<\/p>\n

He revealed: “Everyone is jostling for position so we are trying to make the right matches for Moses at the right time.<\/p>\n

\"Itauma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Itauma has the division on watch after dispatching of Dillian Whyte in one roundCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“I had one manager asking for $3.5 million for the fight, which is totally nuts. What planet are these people on?<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Moses will get his time and if he wins a world title then they will be queuing up to fight him.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s how it works and I\u2019d rather it be my problem than somebody else\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zhilei Zhang has urged Moses Itauma to hand him a contract for a December 13 fight. Itauma has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,16171,101,56,54,55,87438],"class_list":{"0":"post-201567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-news","10":"tag-moses-itauma","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-zhilei-zhang"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201567","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=201567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}