Looking at the rise of boxing's most talked-about heavyweight prodigy, Johnny Wright draws back the curtain and cuts through the hype. What next for Britain's Moses Itauma?
Introduction
Well, this past weekend we watched another one-sided TKO stoppage by Moses Itauma in 2 rounds. He clearly has potential and is only 20 years old. But it is concerning to me, that the WBO has ALREADY made Itauma their NUMBER ONE contender, considering the fact that he has never faced even ONE proven solid fighter at all. And the " realistic" conundrum here is that he can also not have performed any better than he has against the level of opponents that have been placed in front of him, which is to his credit.
But it appears to me that #Boxing, in all of its proven greed is attempting to rush him too fast, as evidenced by his reputed #1 contender status in the WBO. He is now the mandatory to face Interim Champion Joseph Parker, within a certain amount of time, if all #Boxing media reports are correct, which is far from a guarantee. So I think it is time for all of #Boxing to settle down, and for us all to discuss the Itauma " REALITIES" at THIS moment in time, as in comparison to the Itauma "LEGEND" that #Boxing is trying to build FAR too soon, despite the fact we all want to believe the prophetic Itauma legacy they are pre-selling us is going to be true.
Perspective
Lets all be honest with ourselves in reading this, as these points I am going to make are valid and DO need to be considered.
Itauma's stoppage over Bohagun this past weekend was 100% to be expected and it was expected to happen in the EXACT fashion it happened too. And it was not even a remotely surprising result as Bohagun was completely over-matched. Let's remind ourselves of the reality that Itauma was a 50-1 favorite and was also a 25-1 favorite to score the knockout. That being said??---What did this knockout actually prove, and how in heaven's name did it elevate Itauma to being the # 1 contender in the WBO and to break the top 10 Heavyweight list on ESPN??--- The answer is that it proved Itauma can punch, but that punch has only happened against the very bottom of the barrel and well past their prime heavyweights, which is something we already knew. But the selling of Itauma has begun and #Boxing is being aggressive and working fast, and my fear for this young man Itauma, is that in my eyes #Boxing is working TOO FAST to sell him as I see it. He is 20 years old, for heaven's sake, so what's the rush??
So, why are #Boxing, so many casual fans and even a handful of more schooled boxing fans ALREADY trying to sell him as an ATG and truly believe he is the top heavyweight today, when he has not done a single thing to prove he is remotely worthy of that praise yet?? In fact, one can easily argue that he should not even be ranked #10 among active boxers today. I mean, if a KO by a 50-1 favorite ( Itauma) in a fight where he was 25-1 to score that KO can elevate ANY fighter in the standings, then #BoxingPolitics is in a far worse place than I already thought it was. Itauma is not deserving of all the overboard statements of adulation that are being spouted as fact by #Boxing, and many fans alike yet. And?---the key word in that sentence is " YET".
This is a very weak bunch of Heavyweights today, barring Usyk. Itauma is not deserving of all the overboard statements of adulation. Yet.
Yes, this is a very weak bunch of Heavyweights today, barring Usyk, and Itauma HAS been spectacular, and it would be wonderful if all of #Boxing's far too early " legacy building" articles and interviews turned out to be true, as I would love that too. But I am being realistic here as somebody who has watched boxing for the better part of SIX decades. All I am saying is that all this EXTREME adulation that Itauma is getting as an ATG already certainly might turn out to be true as he is only 20 years old. However, the facts and the reality STILL remains that we have not seen him tested AT ALL, in ANY WAY. That same reality also is that all the words or immense praise that the #Boxing machine is feeding fans right now is HOPE---- but they are boldly beginning to feed boxing fans that " HOPE" under the guise of that " hope" being " FACT" and NONE of it is fact--- "YET". ( Once again, the key word of that sentence is " YET")
We have not seen how he'd react if one of his fights goes past just TWO rounds yet, ESPECIALLY against a decent experienced fighter, or somebody who can take his punch for a few rounds and test him. #Boxing and his own camp need to forget the immediate $$ he can generate, and need to bring him up in the ranks very carefully, They need to try NOT to get greedy and try NOT to sell him too soon. If they can do that??--- then they can potentially make MUCH, MUCH MORE money in the long term and we might legitimately have a future great heavyweight to watch for many years to come.
The " FACTS" are that in his entire professional career Itauma has fought past the 2nd rounds ONLY TWO times ( 1 1/2 years ago and 2 years ago) and both those fights went the FULL SIX ROUND DISTANCE and went to the score cards. Those fights were also against two perfectly awful heavyweights, who were simply able to take his punch.
One of them had a 7-7 record and had NO Punch of his own ( 4 stoppages in 19 fights)---and that same fighter was also stopped twice. Let's also consider that he was stopped once in a fight with Frazer Clarke RIGHT BEFORE he fought Itauma and Itauma could not even knock him down. Frazer Clarke was able to stop him, and Itauma was NOT able to stop him and these fights happened right after one another. The bottom line is that Itauma needed to go the distance with this human punching bag who managed to take Itauma's punches and not go down for the first TWO rounds. Clarke was able to handle business in the 4th round and stop this Grade F fighter, but Itauma was not able to do much except walk away with the decision.
This happened twice to Itauma against the only two fighters that he could not stop within 2 rounds, and that does not appear to be a coincidence. That can be worked on and likely be corrected, but rushing Itauma is NOT the way to correct it.
Yes, I realize that fight was 1 1/2 years ago, but they were also 1 1/2 years ago for Frazer Clarke too. In addition?-- how much can Itauma have improved since then against the level of absolute journeymen he has been facing, and given that he has beaten most of them in the 1st round. He has NOT fought enough rounds to improve "YET", as improvement can not occur in nothing but one-sided one-round knockouts against outclassed, handpicked opponents.
The other distance fight Itauma had was another 6 round fight that was 2 years ago against another total human punching bag who was 9-12-1 when Itauma fought him. This other Grade F opponent had only scored 7 stoppages in 29 professional fights and yet he was ALSO able to handle Itauma's power past 2 rounds and what was the result??--- Itauma had to go the full SIX round and settle for the decision with THIS Grade F heavyweight fighter also, which has to raise some questions about Itauma's mindset as his fights start going later.
At this point in time
There are reasons to entertain the possibility that if Itauma does not knock out his opponents in the first couple of rounds, then they can survive his reputedly awesome power and go the distance ( 6 rounds) with him even if they are the very lowest level opponents he could possibly face----and if that same issue carries over against REAL opposition?--- Itauma could end up on the end of a KO punch EXACTLY like Frazer Clarke was surprised by in his fight against Fabio Wardley. Granted, Wardley was fighting a quality fighter and puncher in Wardley, which was a STEP UP, for both of them, but until that fight, Clarke had looked incredible and there was no way to have predicted THAT kind of an ending for Frazer Clarke, and history CAN repeat itself no matter how much we truly do not want it to.
History can repeat itself no matter how much we truly do not want it to.
The bottom line here is that one can not accurately rate Itauma NEARLY as high as #Boxing, boxing fans and the casuals are currently rating him if they are being honest and not viewing Itauma through rose-colored glasses, right now. If one is to be honest they are rating Itauma on their need to have a heavyweight hero, and not on any one single proven reality YET, except that he has proven to have GREAT early power against VERY low class fighters thus far.
I think boxing needs to raise his level of opposition, but they need to raise it SLOWLY, as he might not be all he is reputed to be. I believe he is still a work in progress and has a lot of learning to do ( and PLENTY of time to learn it too, if they do not rush him). But at this point in time, there is ZERO REASON to believe that Itauma is an ATG as many have comically said on twitter, nor do I think he has a solid argument to even be a top 10 fighter---- not YET, anyway ( there's that word "YET" one more time)
If it was NOT for the #BoxingMedias hunger for money and an exciting young heavyweight to promote, they would have ignored these Itauma fights entirely as none of them have proven anything at all, and they were not even competitive matches, and nobody would have cared about these fights.
A little patience is needed here with Itauma, but I fear #Boxing and his team are going to rush him which might ruin something special for ALL boxing fans if they do. And it would be an awful shame as he has all the potential in the world and is only 20 years old. But they need to let him develop, and test him with harder opposition, but gradually, and not with opposition that is TOO hard.
How can they work on Itauma's faults, if his fights do not go long enough for them to even notice any of them, and then how can he apply what he has learned if all his fights end in 1 or even 2 rounds?
This has long been one of the main criticisms of long amateur careers, meaning it can severely hurt a fighter in the pros if that fighter is a long time amateur or starts fighting very late as an amateur, as his faults often will NOT show up in only 3 rounds of fighting. And his faults can be multiple but they might not be able to be seen until he is in the pros fighting longer fights, and sometimes, by the time they notice the problems and fully work on them, it can be too late.
Many boxing fans already believe Itauma can beat all the Heavyweights of this day, including the alltime-great, Oleksandr Usyk.
I have read many boxing fans already saying Itauma can beat ALL the Heavyweights of this day, including the ATG Usyk. How can anybody " seriously" make this statement, and claim to know the sport of #Boxing in ANY remote fashion?? That is a ridiculous statement to make at this point in time, and these are the people who tweet these things as FACT. And some of the #BoxingInsiders are the worst of all in their effort to hasten the making of big money fights for Itauma, which they are only doing to line THEIR OWN pockets.
Do any of these fans who tweet of Itauma as an ATG already, and any of these #BoxingInsiders remember an already seemingly forgotten 24 year old fighter named Jared Anderson, who was labelled the " THE FUTURE OF BOXING" ??? --- Well??--- those same #BoxingInsiders have not opened their mouths ONCE since Anderson got exposed and then, immediately after the fight they all got on the Bakole Hype train, and they all OVERSOLD Bakole to everybody---- and so it goes in the world of #BoxingInsiders, and is why I'd sooner listen to an escaped mental patient than ANY #BoxingInsider in regards to the fights.
#Boxing sold Anderson to boxing fans HARD, but I knew they were doing that and I bet Bakole to beat Anderson by stoppage, simply due to nothing more than Anderson's very weak boxing mindset in his quotes and his seeming instability, and what I felt was very sloppy fundamentals, even in his victories. And I learned the wonderful lesson to NEVER listen to the #BoxingInsiders many years ago, before they even had the Internet. The reason is because they have to do ALL THEY CAN to sell fights to make money for themselves ( which they do in both direct and indirect ways)
This Itauma situation is a VERY similar scenario, as the same thing happened to Anderson as he was wiping out everybody who stood in his way, and in his first step up, he got the living hell beaten out of him by Martin Bakole---and now?----Anderson is still only 24 year and there are STILL MANY years ahead of him, and yet?--- nobody even TALKS ABOUT him anymore.
Boxing fans are a fickle bunch.
Boxing fans are a fickle bunch, although that does apply more to casuals or complete newbies to the Sweet Science. So yes---Itauma has looked fantastic in all his fights, and I am a fan of his and will be watching all his fights, but I can not lie and say he looks REMOTELY like the " Second Coming" --- at least not " YET".
Itauma has to prove himself at a MUCH, MUCH higher level and in additional other ways too BUT this WBO # 1 contender ranking could be his undoing unless his team navigates it carefully. The reason for that is because as much as I admire Itauma and like his style in many ways, from the little I have seen?--- he does NOT YET deserve to even be in the top 10 until he beats another decent fighter who has a beating heart, and can hang in there with him for a few rounds. I hope his team does the right thing for him, and does not rush him, because that could hurt his mindset in the future as he is still a very young man at 20 years old, so what's the rush, other than to line #Boxing's pockets??
Itauma has fought such extremely VERY low level opponents, and even though that statement that he is a future great Heavyweight Champion and the real thing might easily turn out to be true, and I hope it does?---I would personally LOVE to see him brought up the ranks gradually, yet ironically his team is doing the exact opposite and are being TOO careful. But we are at a point now, where he is the #1 contender in the WBO and is now rated # 10 among ALL heavyweights by ESPN----but, unless something changes going forward, and he is still fighting the VERY lowest class available, and not one fighter even close to the top 20, they are going to HAVE TO BE FORCED to step him up too fast simply due to the unfair rating #Boxing has bestowed upon him.
My point is that there needs to be a happy medium in handling Itauma. There needs to be a gradual stepping up, and he should not already have the pressure of being talked about as one of the Greatest fighters of all time and the best around today already, as frankly?--- that is far beyond naivety, and there is simply no argument otherwise.
Carrying the weight of an entire future generation of heavyweights is a lot of pressure for a 20 year old.
In addition, carrying the weight of an entire future generation of heavyweights is ALOT of pressure for a 20 year old to carry emotionally, and is sadly one of the more comical themes that Boxing Twitter seems to be building upon, and insisting upon, meaning that Itauma ALREADY is the second coming---- but Twitter is what it is.
Let's be realistic here and use some PERSPECTIVE. Itauma has not even reached the age where he can legally drink in the USA yet, so people need to be realistic and think about that. He can not legally order a DRINK--- so this already ATG fighter is YOUNG, my friends !!
He is not YET battle tested beyond the 2nd round even ONE TIME other than by 2 truly awful Grade F fighters with 1 1/2 to 2 years who I mentioned took him the full 6 round distance, and did not even get knocked down, and once they survived the first couple of rounds had no major issues fighting him. I repeat now that Itauma has NOT had enough fights and has also NOT HAD ENOUGH ROUNDS AFTER those fights to have improved ( YET). And please keep in mind another very young fighter, named Frazer Clarke was able to stop the fighter that Itauma was NOT able to fight, and did it in the 4th round.
I can only speak for myself, but I have worked in this field and that pressure on Itauma at his age now IS going to weigh on him and be a bit of a hurdle for him, but there are exceptions to every rule and maybe he will be an exception to the rule. But we do NOT know ONE THING about how he will handle real professional fighting or the pressure that comes with that yet.
So I am of the belief that we need to keep our expectations in perspective and #Boxing needs to give Itauma the room to gradually grow and they need to forget lining their pockets at the possible expense of a young fighter's career, and in addition, his team does need to start making baby-steps now, because with Itauma rated #10 of all Heavyweights by ESPN, and #1 by the WBO, his trainers do not have the luxury to continue to put him in VERY EASY fights against the lowest level opponents they can find anymore.
But??--- that does not mean that he should be put into the ring and can beat the experienced and talented Joseph Parker next either, but rather that he should be placed properly by a caring team and if they do that, we might have the real thing on our hands with Itauma. BUT at this point in time, anybody who makes the statement that he can easily beat Parker and claims it to be fact, is just arguing their own naive " wishful thinking".
Everybody loves a knockout artist who destroys everything in his path.
I again repeat that he has NEVER been tested and everybody loves a knockout artist who destroys everything in his path, but those fighters also need to be able to defeat a true adversary who can actually compete with them. And maybe Itauma IS that person, but he has done nothing yet to indicate that he is at all, though he has also NOT done anything yet to indicate that he is NOT that person either.
He has passed every test he was given with flying colors, but there are still a lot of questions that remain, and sadly boxing fans can not just " wish their hopes" into "reality" as I have tried to do that with many fighters I have watched during my lifetime.
I am a fan of Itauma so far and would love for all this buzz around him to be true, but I have a lot of experience in areas like this and right now I am judging by facts, and not the #BoxingMedia, Twitter fans, and last of all, the casuals. Itauma DOES need to step up but it needs to be gradual, because one-round-knockout after one-round-knockout proves nothing against guys that are as bad as he has faced, and that can not be realistically argued.
I would LOVE to see Itauma be everything that people are already claiming he is, but again, I remind you all of Jared Anderson, and how about the UK fighter David Price who all of online boxing was selling as hard as possible. Do you all remember him???
And the end result for Price, who was touted as being the Heavyweight King of the future FOR SURE, was sold to us time and time again, but he was just not able to handle the big boys and turned out to look awful in losing one fight after the next, and the buildup on Price was exactly the same as what they are doing now with Itauma .
David Price was SOLD to fans exactly as stated above and Price was exposed. And not only was he not the Heavyweight champion of the future, but he was proven to be a less than average, very pedestrian fighter, once he got into real fights despite being as equally impressive as Itauma until he stepped up.
And so?--- all I am saying is that PERSPECTIVE is needed by #Boxing -----in ALL areas they can make money, and that they should be VERY careful in how they choose to sell Itauma for the sake of #Boxing fans as well as for the sake of their own pockets !!
Patience
I am greatly concerned that the WBO has made Itauma their number 1 contender and the mandatory for Joe Parkers's interim WBO title. Imo?---- that is rushing Itauma, as i do not feel he is ready for Parker AT ALL. Parker can punch, and we have never seen Itauma in trouble, and Parker has a good Ring IQ too, and is MUCH higher class than anyone that Itauma has ever faced in the ring.
In the case of Itauma, they appear to be looking for a fast cash grab more than thinking of the long term. They might end up cutting their own throats by not letting him fully develop and get enough professional experience. This is a very weak bunch of Heavyweights today, and most of the better ones are on their way out, so the door is WIDE OPEN for somebody to step in and take over in the next couple of years.
I do not think pushing Itauma TOO fast is the answer, but I also think his team has been moving him too slow, but they can't do that anymore as he is now rated #10 by ESPN and #1 by the WBO, so he needs rounds, and not easy 1 round knockouts either, but he should not be thrown into the dogs too soon either. They should try to handle him the way they slowly similar to the way AJ's people built AJ's confidence against easy opposition and convinced the public he was beating top opponents and was back to being supposedly fearless again.
He won last week's fight by a KO/TKO----- and frankly that fight should've been expected to play out EXACTLY as it did for those who truly follow boxing, meaning that result was 100% EXPECTED.
That victory can really NOT be celebrated as a step up or as something GREAT that he accomplished, but rather, it is proof of Itauma's potential, which he clearly has, so what is the RUSH??
Yes, the big name Heavyweights are getting older, and we know that, and there is always a new breed waiting for their chance too----- and at only 20 years old?---- there is NO rush to push Itauma the way they are by the WBO making him their # 1 contender and ESPN rating him in their top 10 ( they have him at #10 after that predictable KO last week he got as a 50-1 favorite last week smh)
But again, this is #Boxing and there is money involved, so it seems they ARE going to push him and it seems it might be too fast also. It is up to his handlers and his team to decide the best way to raise him up the ranks, because he is NOT worthy of being a #1 WBO contender or #1 in ANY organization just yet, and I don't think he is ready to be rated the #10 Heavyweight either " YET".
Punch Resistance
This is another HUGELY IMPORTANT variable that needs to be mentioned here too.
There have been a good amount of statements and rumblings from certain behind the scenes people as well as major players in boxing stating that Itauma can not take a punch and has a bad chin.
This writer has NO WAY of knowing if that is true or not, but the only reality I know is that I have read it in a GOOD number of places from VARIOUS respectable Boxing Insiders over the last year or so, as it started coming out the more that Itauma got into the foreground of Heavyweight boxing, but again?--- I am only reporting what I have read and heard in numerous places, and they ARE saying he does NOT have a chin. I'd prefer that is not true, as many a great career has been derailed by great fighters not having chins that are equal to their boxing abilities.
Where there is smoke, there is fire.
They say "where there is smoke, there is fire" and that is usually the case, but that does not "always" hold true. And I hope that it is NOT true as I think most boxing fans would love to see Itauma continue on as he has been. BUT?--- one must put aside all our personal hopes for the future of Itauma and the Heavyweight division, and consider the present realities in regards to the actual facts. The facts are that we have not yet seen anything even remotely conclusive either way, as we have not seen Itauma tested or absorb punishment yet --- which is a PLUS for Itauma, but a MINUS for evaluating him credibly ).
Personal Thoughts
In my eyes, and speaking for myself?--- I think Itauma fighting any hard puncher or talented and schooled fighter right now, would be a mistake for him. I believe that is something that can be done more gradually. I was simply not impressed with the 50-1 Itauma scoring a stoppage in this last fight against Bohagun, especially when the odds for the stoppage itself were 25-1 and expected to happen VERY early too. That does not mean I am not impressed with Itauma, but that means that the fight last week did not make me MORE impressed, nor should it have been enough to get him to #10 among all heavyweights today and especially not enough to elevate him to #1 in the WBO.
I DO think Itauma surely might have the tools, but I also think none of us can say anything conclusive until we get to see him use them against adversity and a proven and decently talented fighter.
I would like to see him fight someone like a Tony Yoka or another fringe heavyweight contender, and then perhaps, someone along the lines of a Jermaine Franklin.
If it was my choice?---- I would like to see him fight someone like a Tony Yoka or another fringe Heavyweight contender, and then perhaps, someone along the lines of a Jermaine Franklin, because Itauma DOES need to get some rounds under his belt, against some kind of a name in boxing that has proven himself to be decent before taking on the best Heavyweights around, and his team are going to have to roll the dice at some point.
They really have little choice because the powers that be in boxing are going to want him in a "REAL FIGHT" and they are going to want that SOON because he is a very hot ticket among the Heavyweights today. And Itauma's team is going to have to test him sooner or later. But I am only saying they should do it smartly and gradually, but they surely need to do MORE than feed him the bottom dwellers they have thus far during his career.
Joseph Parker should be out of the question right now for Itauma.
Okay?---but to step him up against another top contender might be a huge mistake right now. It is up to his team to be smart, look out for him, and to do it gradually, because it is not impossible that a boxer's team can derail their entire career by being overly greedy, or with some bad match-making choices. Joseph Parker should be OUT OF THE QUESTION right now, for Itauma's team to even be thinking about. As I said earlier the talk and rumours about Itauma having a bad chin have been sporadic, but quite consistent enough to cause some concern---and I'd prefer not to see him fight an experienced puncher yet, until he has some more " professional" experience and rounds under his belt.
Please remember the amateurs are 3 round fights against fledgling fighters of whom only 10% even make it to the pro ranks. And even in many of THOSE fights, most of Itauma's wins were by a stoppage within 3 rds. And so, the point here is that Itauma is VERY unfamiliar with going longer than 3 rounds TOPS against ANY opponents at all , so I'd like to see him brought up nice and slowly, because he is 20 years old, and definitely might have the goods and I'd like to see him given a fair chance to develop them.
And so if #Boxing could put their greed aside and allow things in regards to Itauma to take their natural course of action??--this has the potential to be a very fun decade of Heavyweight boxing coming up with a newer, younger breed of Heavyweight contenders entering the picture---and it would be great to see someone like Itauma at the very center of it, but if they want the $$$$ ASAP, as is too often the case??----- then I seriously worry that they could derail Itauma's career by rushing him too fast.
If the WBO gets their way, Itauma will fight Joseph Parker next as he is the mandatory, I do not believe he is ready for Parker yet, but given 2 years of proper, gradual upbringing, and assuming Itauma's success during those 2 years?---I would likely feel differently.
Itauma's team mentioned Martin Bakole as a potential opponent.
In general?--- I trust Itauma's team knows what is best for him but Itauma's team mentioned Martin Bakole as a potential opponent, and in yet another reference to Itauma not being able to take a punch, Bakole's trainer, said " If Itauma takes that fight with Martin, it would be very foolish for Itauma because he has a bad chin"-----and when the interviewer pressed Bakole's trainer and asked Bakole's trainer if he wanted to elaborate about Itauma's bad chin?---- Bakole's trainer said he did NOT want to say anything else, but he DID add to his statement and very confidently and clearly told them to ask Itauma and then he said that " ITAUMA KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT" and it was an interesting statement, as Bakole's trainer did not say it in any way other than seeming caring, casual and very honest and again, he said it in an almost "caring" way.
So Bakole's trainer did not make it dramatic or say it in a condescending way. He just honestly seemed to say what he felt, and he said that " Itauma' KNOWS about his chin not being that good", without being derogatory about it at all, and Bakole echoed the same sentiments with no braggadocio involved AT ALL, and was very quiet and respectful in his response, and it DOES make one wonder.
If that had been the very first thing I heard or read about Itauma's chin not being very good, I might have thought of it as a VERY gentle form of gamesmanship, but it was NOT the first thing I have come across. I have read it from various people over the past 1-2 years and never paid it any mind, but now I think the time has come that it DOES need to be questioned and handled the best way possible by his team, as they would know very week if there is any truth to it, and if there is, how much of an issue Itauma's chin is ( although I doubt they would ever say)
So, in summarizing this column??--- one should not eat chicken or pork before it is cooked------ one should not eat fruit before it has fully ripened----- and one should not use a sauce unless it has been fully simmered to make the flavors the best they can be for the best possible meal.
By that same token?--- one should not send their fighter into the ring for any BIG fights unless he is fully cooked, ripened and/ or simmered either, and Itauma has not been any of those things, as of this writing of this article.
Slow and steady wins the race. I hope they let this 20 year old, very talented Itauma slowly develop and get a bit more pro experience.
Bottom Line?- I hope they let this 20 year old, very talented Itauma slowly develop, get a bit more pro experience and #Boxing might have the real thing on their hands, if they handle it properly.
It is factual that nobody should move too fast, or be too clumsy if they are holding something very expensive and fragile in their hands , because one wrong move and it will get dropped and crack??--- and once that happen??---- it is never the same again, no matter how well it is glued back together. It can be put back together, glued professionally and can look the same, but that crack will always be there, and ready to come apart when it is least expected as the reality is that even if it is glued together well, it will NOT be the same as if it was never dropped.
So?? --- I am asking #Boxing NOT to allow Itauma to crack, and to then try to glue him back together either, as there is NO RUSH and they should talk with his team and let his team start raising Itauma's opponent level gradually. And?--- I am hoping his team STARTS raising his opponent level gradually and not too extremely, because up until now, they have been feeding him VERY easy opponents with Bohagun being a step down for Itauma, and a knockout waiting to happen.
It is time for #Boxing and Itauma's team to come to a compromise in Itauma's opponent level as I believe that is the best way for this very young fighter with seemingly a lot of potential to reach the heights he seems possibly capable of reaching in this great sport of boxing. I hope they BOTH do the right thing by Itauma, as I would like to see the future of the Heavyweights have an exciting young champion as much as anybody reading this too.
Slow and steady wins the race, my friend !! -- #ITAUMATIME #PERSPECTIVE #PATIENCE
Thanks for reading and I wish you all a great year of Boxing and Betting ahead !!
All The best---- Johnny Wright, USA
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