Heavyweight contender Moses Itauma is facing a serious setback of fans if he loses against travel man Dillian Whyte in their fight in 13 days on Dazn PPV on August 16 in Riyadh. Some fans already consider Itauma (12-0, 10 COs) as a hype track, similar to Daniel Dubois, with a 100% padded record consisting of exclusive opposition at lower level.
Ppv rush: fan backlash
Why fans are skeptical about itauma
- Fighting on PPV: It is quickly moved in PPV without pro- or amateur evidence paid by Itauma and its management. At any stage of his professional or amateur career, he has not yet fought anyone well enough to fight on pay-per-view.
- Poor opposition: Itauma’s bloated resume with 12 battle, consisting of opposition at D-level, indicates that his career is artificially produced.
- Spiritual question marks: We do not know if Moses can handle that he is put under pressure by quality heavyweights that cannot just end up at will. In the amateur ranks, Itauma seems visibly stressed in one of his fighting against an inspired opponent.
A loss for Itauma would not be a surprise because he did not fight anyone in the Pros or even in the amateurs to show if he was even able to beat a fighter like Whyte.
Itauma’s unjustified ranking
The sanction bodies waved Itauma high on their rankings, despite having no victories against contenders. For example, the WBO arranged Itauma at number 1 and the WBA on #2. Does he deserve the high ranking? You decide. Here are the best victories of Itauma:
– Mike Balogun: 41
– Demsey McKean: 34
– Mariusz Wach: 45
– ilja mesce
Amateur evidence missing
Usually, fighters do not fight early in their careers on PPV unless they come from Olympic backgrounds and have won gold medals. Itauma doesn’t match that category. He has a short 20-fighting amateur career and never fought in the Olympics.
He was not linked to the best amateurs in the world from countries such as Cuba. If itauma is a gold medal like Anthony Joshua, Sugar Ray Leonard, or Oscar de la hoyaMoving to PPV early in his career would make sense. This does not apply here. Itauma is just an ordinary man placed by the media, much like a product and fed one after another.
Itauma is fighting on 37-year-old Dillian Whyte behind the pay-per-view on Dazn PPV on August 16.
We have already seen Itauma’s heavy hip-brother, Karol Itauma, recently exposed and knocked out by a travel man in 2023. For that he had a perfect record of 9-0 and was seen as a future world champion. Could it be the fate of Moses on August 16?
Last updated on 08/03/2025
