{"id":560513,"date":"2026-05-01T12:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560513\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:26:07","slug":"unbeaten-heavyweight-with-85-ko-ratio-vows-to-take-moses-itauma-to-hell-and-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/560513\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbeaten heavyweight with 85% KO ratio vows to take Moses Itauma to ‘hell and back\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma<\/a> is set to return to action in two months\u2019 time, as he prepares himself for a possible world title shot before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Whilst many are keen to avoid the 21-year-old sensation, there is one unbeaten rival who is chasing the fight.<\/p>\n

Itauma moved to 14\u20130 in March with a highlight-reel knockout of Jermaine Franklin<\/a>. Immediately afterward, promoter Frank Warren revealed plans for a July return, followed by a world title challenge.<\/p>\n

It has since been reported that Itauma could headline the O2 Arena in London on Saturday, July 25, as he prepares to challenge for world honours in the winter \u2013 possibly against current WBA regular champion Murat Gassiev.<\/p>\n

However, in an interview with Fight Hub TV<\/a>, undefeated American heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr called for a clash with the youngster, offering what could be an alternate route to the heavyweight crown.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoses Itauma, if you can hear me, I know you saw a couple of interviews before but let me reiterate \u2013 if you would ever like to fight, I will fly to you. We\u2019ll fight on a plane, on a train. We would be like greens, eggs and ham, man! Wherever you want to make it happen, we can make it happen!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the thing that separates me from a lot of these other fighters is that I\u2019m going to take you to hell and back. You know a lot of these guys are going to be like, \u2018I\u2019ll knock you out in a round or two.\u2019 You better, because if not, it\u2019s going to be a long night. I\u2019m going to be in your face. I\u2019m going to be just on top of you 24\/7. I\u2019m not going to let you breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torrez, who has 12 knockouts from his 14 victories, next takes on Frank Sanchez in an IBF final eliminator<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma is set to return to action in two months\u2019 time, as he prepares himself for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-560513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560513","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=560513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}