IFL TV<\/a>, Fury \u2013 who has had Itauma in for sparring \u2013 built on the praise that he has been giving for \u2018four years\u2019.<\/p>\n\u201cI have had Moses in four or five camps and he is a good kid. Good puncher, good speed, good boxing IQ, he listens, which is very important, he takes it all on board and he is a good learner, as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has got speed and athleticism, he is definitely the real deal, if he wasn\u2019t then I would say, but don\u2019t forget that I am the one who has gassed him up for the last four years.<\/p>\n
The two-time heavyweight champion from Morecambe did, however, point out that Itauma has a long way to go and big hurdles to overcome to reach the top, using the example of Jared Anderson, at one time Itauma\u2019s transatlantic counterpart, and his knockout loss to Martin Bakole.<\/p>\n
\u201cLong way to go. Just the first hurdle. How long\u2019s he been a pro? About three years? I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s won any titles, the British? Has he won anything like that, no? Listen, I\u2019d say he\u2019s definitely star of the future, but, as of today, he hasn\u2019t won anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember there was a guy called Jared Anderson in America, also a rising star, beating by Martin Bakole because [he was put] in too soon. It can happen with anybody. He\u2019s only a human being \u2013 clip him on the chin, he\u2019s going over. Anyone gets hit properly, they\u2019re going over.And, at 21, you don\u2019t have the toughness you do at 31. So, match him too soon and you get found out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finally, Fury sent the following advice:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve told Moses personally, no matter how fast the promoters want to push you, you\u2019ve only got one career. Take your time, kid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Itauma is set to return in August, with Filip Hrgovic \u2013 a true test \u2013 still the frontrunner opponent.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyson has sent a word of advice to Moses Itauma as the young Brit continues his rise in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-645171","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\/645171","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=645171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}