{"id":48946,"date":"2025-08-06T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48946\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:43:08","slug":"dave-allen-questions-moses-itaumas-legitimacy-and-dillian-whyte-matchmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48946\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Allen Questions Moses Itauma’s Legitimacy And Dillian Whyte Matchmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Allen believes that Moses Itauma hasn\u2019t done anything to prove that he\u2019s not a hype job. He says that he\u2019s got to do more than beat Dillian Whyte to show he\u2019s legit, because that fight wouldn\u2019t be happening if Dillian had anything left.<\/p>\n

Is Itauma a Hype Job?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more \u201cmatchmaking\u201d being done to make Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) look like a diamond. Make him look great by feeding him aging journeymen one after another. With the awful opposition that Itauma had fought as a pro, any heavyweight could be made to look great.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he could, but we haven\u2019t really seen him get hit back, he hasn\u2019t been pushed hard, and hasn\u2019t gone the rounds. He hasn\u2019t boxed anyone above domestic level,\u201d said Dave Allen to DAZN Boxing<\/a> when asked if he believes the 20-year-old Moses Itauma can win a heavyweight world title this early in his career.<\/p>\n

Why Itauma\u2019s Foes Are Weak<\/p>\n

Allen is right. Itauma\u2019s opposition has been woefully poor since he turned pro in 2023. Look at the mediocre list of fighters he\u2019s beaten in his last six fights:<\/p>\n

Mike Balogun: 41 years old
\nDemsey McKean: *Coming off a KO loss to Filip Hrgovic
\nMariusz Wach: 45
\nIlja Mezencev
\nDan Garber: 6-2 record
\nMichal Boloz: 5-6-2<\/p>\n

Come on, it doesn\u2019t take a genius to see that it\u2019s all smoke and mirrors with Moses Itauma. He\u2019s being marketed to appear as the best, thanks to the calculated matchmaking that\u2019s been done. To see Itauma\u2019s actual limitations, one needs to go back to his amateur days to see him fighting better opposition. He looked very average in some of his fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a guessing game. He\u2019s got a lot of talent, but there are more questions than answers, I think. He\u2019s definitely top level,\u201d said Allen about Itauma. \u201cHe\u2019s never been hit. He could be the real deal. Dillian Whyte has had three fights in three years. He hasn\u2019t boxed anyone. That\u2019s matchmaking. I\u2019m not sure what Dillian has got left. Frank Warren is guessing Dillian Whyte has nothing left. Otherwise, he wouldn\u2019t be boxing him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matchmaking and \u201cPhony Hype\u201d<\/p>\n

Allen makes a good point. Itauma wouldn\u2019t be matched against Whyte if he were still fighting at the top of his game. A prime version of \u2018The Body Snatcher\u2019, Whyte would be a disaster for the phony\u00a0hype about Itauma. He\u2019d put a spotlight on him to show that he\u2019s not what the naive public thinks. It\u2019s just matchmaking being done just like we\u2019ve seen with other fighters. It\u2019s become the norm for boxers to be made to look better than they are through maneuvering.<\/p>\n

\u201cA legit top 10, active,\u2019 said Allen when asked who Moses Itauma needs to fight to show he\u2019s for real. \u201cLawrence Okolie, Fabio Wardley,\u201d said Dave about who Moses needs to beat.<\/p>\n

Itauma Needs a Legit Opponent<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got to do better than Okolie and Wardley to show that Itauma is the real deal. Those two are weak and flawed. To show that Itauma is legitimate, he needs to fight these heavyweights:<\/p>\n

Lenier Pero
\nAgit Kabayel
\nJoseph Parker
\nRichard Torrez Jr.
\nBakhodir Jalalov<\/p>\n

Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Dave Allen Questions Moses Itauma\u2019s Legitimacy and Dillian Whyte Matchmaking<\/p>\n

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