Moses Itauma looks set for a frustrating wait to fight again after a sparring injury to Tyson Fury. A cut above the eye during training has delayed Fury’s much-hyped heavyweight unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
Itauma was set to fight on the same show, A new date of May 18 has been agreed. More: ‘Classy’ Charlie Hickford starting to live the dream Chatham heavyweight Itauma – who had sparred Fury himself in preparation for the original date – is on the undercard of the rescheduled show at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
He hopes for another busy year as he chases his dream of a world title in record time. Itauma (7-0) only started his professional career at the end of last January and had seven fights in the calendar year, with five knockouts.
He needs to work his way through the challenges quickly if he is going to beat Mike Tyson’s record as the youngest-ever heavyweight champ.