{"id":657446,"date":"2026-06-25T12:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657446\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:09:11","slug":"moses-itauma-ranks-one-man-above-all-others-as-the-greatest-heavyweight-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/657446\/","title":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma ranks one man above all others as the greatest heavyweight of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/moses-itauma-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moses Itauma<\/a> is hoping to kickstart a long and dominant reign at the top of the heavyweight division, following in the footsteps of the man he considers the division\u2019s greatest.<\/p>\n<p>Itauma has not boxed beyond the sixth round in his 14 professional contests to date, going the distance in two six-rounders and knocking out all other opponents in the fifth or earlier during his rapid rise into title contention.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, he is now positioned as the WBO\u2019s mandatory challenger, meaning he should get a shot at the victor of <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/dubois-wardley-rematch-date\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley\u2019s upcoming rematch<\/a> if he wishes, but he is also well poised to challenge for both the WBA and IBF world titles.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, he faces his toughest test yet, taking on Croatian world title hopeful Filip Hrgovic at The O2 Arena in London on August 29.<\/p>\n<p>Following the launch press conference for that show, Itauma was asked who he believes is the greatest heavyweight fighter of all time and, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mosesitauma1\/video\/7654207938466155798?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">clip shared on his social media<\/a>, the Kent-based sensation picked fellow Brit Lennox Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLennox Lewis, I think that he is the greatest heavyweight ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to emulate anyone\u2019s career, I want to have my own career, but I think that Lennox Lewis is the best heavyweight of all time and the best heavyweight that this country has produced \u2013 even if he was raised in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewis notably defeated Evander Holyfield to become the undisputed heavyweight champion, and also overcame the likes of Mike Tyson and Vitali Klitschko in his career.<\/p>\n<p>He did suffer defeats to Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman, but was able to avenge both, meaning \u2018The Lion\u2019 beat every man he ever faced in the professional ring.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis has praised Itauma as the division\u2019s next big thing, but urged patience in his rise.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma is hoping to kickstart a long and dominant reign at the top of the heavyweight division,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-657446","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\/657446","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=657446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}