{"id":625934,"date":"2026-06-07T12:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625934\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T12:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:11:10","slug":"anthony-joshua-gives-honest-answer-when-asked-if-he-would-ever-face-moses-itauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/625934\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua gives honest answer when asked if he would ever face Moses Itauma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma<\/a> hopes to rule over the next generation of heavyweights, but there currently appears to be a lack of willing dance partners. Anthony Joshua<\/a> insists he isn\u2019t one of them, after declaring himself to be \u2018100%\u2019 up for the challenge.<\/p>\n

Itauma\u2019s time in the ring has not exceeded the 18-minute mark in any of his fights, with questions still needing to be answered in regards to his gas tank and chin, largely due to the fact that the 21-year-old has dispatched of all 14 of his opponents without truly being tested.<\/p>\n

His next outing could be telling, linked to a scrap with Filip Hrgovic<\/a>, with the pair expected to collide in August, with an official date and venue set to be confirmed in the near future.<\/p>\n

Victory over Hrgovic is anticipated to lead to a world title shot, with Frank Sanchez and Murat Gassiev being considered as future opponents in a possible vacant title fight, but in an interview with Fight Hub TV<\/a>, Joshua revealed that he too would be prepared to take on Itauma, after his fights with Kristian Prenga and Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me get these two [Prenga and Fury] out of the way and 100% [I would fight Itauma]. Yeah, man. Why not, bro? Let\u2019s go. So many great opportunities are still presenting themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua takes on Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, July 25, with a long-awaited showdown against Fury being mooted for November.<\/a> If successful in both bouts, \u2018AJ\u2019 could then face Itauma in a crossroads clash during the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma hopes to rule over the next generation of heavyweights, but there currently appears to be a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-625934","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\/625934","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=625934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}