Moses Itama cemented its place as the future king of the heavyweight division.
Itauma, 20, cleared the former challenger of the WBC Dillian Whyte heavyweight title in two minutes from the opening round in the main event of Dazn Pay-Per-View Saturday evening of Anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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The advantage of Itauma speed – with hands and feet – was immediately visible, because Whyte was made miss with her first stages of Tour 1 and was countered with punches and punches directly from Itauma.
Itauma (13-0, 11 ko) found a house for her southpaw backhand in the body of Whyte early. A left hand at the top of the Whyte’s head had injured her halfway through the Tour. Itauma followed with a right hook, which saw Whyte (31-4, 21 KB) stood out in a corner of the ring. Combinations have liked the heir apparent immediately afterwards. Whyte managed to stand for about 15 seconds until a left -to -right combination does it on the canvas.
Whyte tried to get up but was considered in a zero state to continue by referee Mikael Hook.
The Saudi boxing financier, Turki Alashikh, said in recent weeks that he would like to see Itauma Challenge the undeniable heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk then.
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“If I am completely honest, Joseph Parker and (act) Kabayel deserve the blow (in Usyk more than me),” said Itauma. “But I would also like to take advantage of this opportunity. Throws me with them a lot.”
Itauma is competitor n ° 1 of WBO in heavy goods vehicles, with New Zealand Parker, the acting champion. USYK received the order to defend its undisputed titles against Parker then, but if Usyk does not face Parker, it is likely that Parker is transformed into a complete champion and ordered to face Itauma.
(Bruno Rouby / Yahoo Sports Illustration)
In the co-functionality of the night, Nick Ball has retained his WBA featherweight title with a victory in unanimous (115-113, 117-110, 118-110) on Sam Goodman.
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In doing so, Ball protects the 38 -year -old British record from having a reigning male world champion.
Despite a pair of ridiculously wide dashboards, the fight was the pinch and the touch for a large part of the 12 laps, with a stronger ball display (23-0-1, 13 KB) in the championship frames bordering it on the finish line. Goodman (20-1, 8 kos) started very well, using his blow and his fast feet to disturb the ball and make him miss with his attacks.
Ball struggled to enter a rhythm in the first four laps due to the Net legs of Goodman. The Australian also did a good job to target the bullet body, especially with the left hook. Ball, however, made adjustments in the second half of the fight – including the punch in the combinations and the attack in addition to a phase – to open Goodman and make a successful third defense of his crown.
Filip Hrgovic (19-1, 14 Kos) and David Adeley (14-2, 13 KB) gave combat fans a round of the year, around 8, who saw Adeley taste the canvas at the start of the stanza but Rock Hrgovic several times after being rising. Hrgovic won a large unanimous decision (98-91, 99-90, 99-90) to get closer to a world of heavy goods vehicles.
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Elsewhere on the map, Ace Japanese Prospect Hayato Tsutsumi (8-0, 5 kos) stammered Qais Ashfaq (13-4-1, 5 ko) in three laps after three Knockdowns and the former WBA featherweight champion Raymond Ford (18-1-1, 8 kos) defeated Abraham Nova (24-4-1, 17 kos) (96-94, 97-1, 17 years old) 97-93).
Main card results
Heavy vehicle: Moses itauma def. Dillian Whyte via TKO in the first round | Watch the video
WBA featherweight title: Nick Ball Def. Sam Goodman via a unanimous decision (117-111, 118-110, 115-113)
Super Featherweight: Hayato Tsutsumi DEF. Qais Ashfaq via third round tko | Watch the video
Heavy vehicle: Filip Hrgovic def. David Adeleye via a unanimous decision (98-91, 99-90, 99-90)
Preliminary results
Super Featherweight: Raymond Ford Def. Albert Bell via a unanimous decision (96-94, 97-93, 97-93)
Light: Mohammed Alakel Def. Yumnam Santosh Singh via KO of the 1st round | Watch the video
