{"id":72678,"date":"2025-08-17T05:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T05:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/72678\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T05:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T05:57:07","slug":"joseph-parker-reacts-to-moses-itaumas-incredible-ko-win-by-saying-where-young-star-belongs-in-contender-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/72678\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Parker reacts to Moses Itauma’s incredible KO win by saying where young star belongs in contender list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Moses Itauma was the star of the night in Saudi Arabia as he was able to live up to the Mike Tyson comparisons against Dillian Whyte. <\/p>\n

Itauma knocked out Whyte<\/a> in just under two minutes in the heavyweight headliner as he improved his impressive record to 13-0. <\/p>\n

Whyte, who may have been injured<\/a> in the bout, will now have to make a decision regarding his future in the sport of boxing. As for Itauma<\/a>, he continues his upward trajectory in the division. <\/p>\n

Aiming to become a world champion, the 20-year-old can now be considered an elite force in the heavyweight division. However, one contender is not keen on Itauma skipping the line for the crown. <\/p>\n

\"MosesPhoto by Richard Pelham\/Getty ImagesJoseph Parker believes Moses Itauma must wait for title opportunity<\/p>\n

Joseph Parker has been aiming for Oleksandr Usyk<\/a> since he defeated Martin Bakole<\/a> in February. This also includes the WBO ordering a fight between the pair. <\/p>\n

However, following his impressive performance, Itauma may be in line for a fight with the Ukrainian. More legitimacy is added to this possibility as Turki Alalshikh wants to see Usyk vs Itauma<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In pursuit of becoming a two-time world heavyweight champion, Parker<\/a> believes that Itauma should wait for his title opportunity. <\/p>\n

Speaking to Pro Boxing Fans, Parker said, \u201cI think there\u2019s a queue,\u201d when asked about Itauma potentially fighting for the title. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s probably next in line, after us, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite now seeing the youngster as a fellow title contender, Parker gave praise to Itauma\u2019s performance. \u201cHe looked good tonight. Very explosive. Put on a great display, trained hard for it. He deserves everything he gets, hard work pays off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph Parker speaks on Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s request for negotiation period extension <\/p>\n

It was reported that Usyk<\/a> has submitted a request to have his negotiation period for a fight with Parker extended due to an injury. <\/p>\n

When asked if he had any additional information regarding the request from the Ukrainian, Parker said, \u201cWhatever you see on the news or in the media, that\u2019s what I know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parker is currently the interim WBO World Heavyweight champion, while Usyk holds all world titles in the weight class. <\/p>\n

The New Zealander added that he would fight \u2018anyone\u2019 for a vacant world title. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma was the star of the night in Saudi Arabia as he was able to live up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,37360,9254,16171,4036,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-72678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-dillian-whyte-vs-moses-itauma","10":"tag-joseph-parker","11":"tag-moses-itauma","12":"tag-oleksandr-usyk","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72678","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=72678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}