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Moses Itauma isn't the next heavyweight star, his era is already here

www.espn.com - TOP·@JamesRegan·2 months ago
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Fabio Wardley's reaction said it all. The WBO heavyweight champion was left mouth open, arms up in awe at what his fellow Brit and stablemate Moses Itauma had just done. But, in truth, it wasn't all that shocking. Wardley will know that better than most. He's seen what Itauma can do many times before. Other heavyweights, boxing legends such as Prince Naseem Hamed, were all ringside to witness the prodigy in the flesh. The Round Five stoppage of Jermaine Franklin Jr. was indeed a sight to behold -- the left uppercut knocked Franklin out and had him suspended in mid-air -- but it's what we have come to expect from the 21-year-old. This was the fight to test Itauma's chin and his stamina. To see how he would handle some pressure. He and his team actually hoped they would get past Round Two. It didn't go much longer than that. Franklin, a brave and worthy rival, tried to give as good as he got but Itauma is too fast, too slick and too brutal.…

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