Will Moses Itauma be the best ever British heavyweight?

[JamesPhilips]

Wonder if they will feed Joe Joyce to him ?

Joyce would get rescued within 4 rounds

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wonder if they will feed Joe Joyce to him ?

How cruel is Frank?

[margaret thatcher]

those fast hands would be all over joyce, not a fight that should happen

[mickey1975]

He's got Mike Balogun.

[margaret thatcher]

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/702744

mike is a 41 year old former american football player. short hw at about 6 feet. stopped tommy morrison's kid , but was then erased in 2 rounds by murat gassiev. hasnt fought in a year.

kinda a random opponent tbh, balogun hadnt even entered my thoughts once for about 2 years since he fought gassiev

[joshj909]

Terrible opponent. Makes no sense from any perspective.

Worse opponent than McKean. Won't give him rounds. Doesn't get him closer to a title or move him up the alphabet rankings. Doesn't get the fans attention or bring in a lot of money. Isn't an unknown or a possible challenge. Even Hysa would've made more sense than Balogun.

[MightyWarrior]

Yeah I just had a look at the guy getting knocked out - the first time he gets hit he goes down and pretty much quits on the canvas. he’s not gonna last a round, useless

[Jimmy2025]

Terrible opponent. Makes no sense from any perspective.

Budget was low..? Also, don't be surprised if Moses doesn't look too great this time out....matching him is hard.

Also, also... Jarrell Miller needs to get to June without pissing hot.

[KiwiRider]

I feel this is appropriate -

The Slovakian Slugger deserves better.

[Ruthless-RKO]

His opponents announced.

Mike Balogun

[gregregegg]

That’s a reasonable opponent for where he is at, throws a bit of heat back, but not very good.

Only shame about it is gassiev didn’t him in 2 rounds so not sure how many rounds Moses will get out of this…That said gassiev is a beast himself so who knows.

If this fight was announced for August I’d be sad… but for may, it’s fineee.

[margaret thatcher]

That’s a reasonable opponent for where he is at, throws a bit of heat back, but not very good.

Only shame about it is gassiev didn’t him in 2 rounds so not sure how many rounds Moses will get out of this…That said gassiev is a beast himself so who knows.

If this fight was announced for August I’d be sad… but for may, it’s fineee.

moses hasnt fought in 6 months by the time of this card, only reason it may feel like a quick on the fly type of fight is because its been announced so close to the date.

if moses were coming off the mckean win and had this 2 months later or whatever that would be okay, but 6 months too long a break to end up with a guy like this and not have people disappointed in it.

its not really a big deal in the long run of things, since moses is so young and already being matched pretty advanced for his age. but as someone who has been getting more excited by moses and was thinking his matchmaking was coming along, kinda a let down...............balogun has early lay down all over him, no real interesting angle to him

[funso banjo baby]

Balogun is a pointless fight.

He's 40+ in age

Semi retired

[gregregegg]

That’s a reasonable opponent for where he is at, throws a bit of heat back, but not very good.

Only shame about it is gassiev didn’t him in 2 rounds so not sure how many rounds Moses will get out of this…That said gassiev is a beast himself so who knows.

If this fight was announced for August I’d be sad… but for may, it’s fineee.

moses hasnt fought in 6 months by the time of this card, only reason it may feel like a quick on the fly type of fight is because its been announced so close to the date.

if moses were coming off the mckean win and had this 2 months later or whatever that would be okay, but 6 months too long a break to end up with a guy like this and not have people disappointed in it.

its not really a big deal in the long run of things, since moses is so young and already being matched pretty advanced for his age. but as someone who has been getting more excited by moses and was thinking his matchmaking was coming along, kinda a let down...............balogun has early lay down all over him, no real interesting angle to him

Yes not quick in terms of overall activity. But he was ment to fight on the Joyce card and got pulled… being back on in this time is decent. Id hate this to be July for example.

At least he can punch a bit. I don’t think it’s a good opponent, I’ll be clear on that. But if Moses is planning a bigger fight in August then a keep busy now is not bad.

[NazNaci1]

One round, two rounds, tops.

Poor, poor fight. A fish-eyes special.

[Riddick Bowie]

I note Trey Lippe hadn't fought since. Cue the commentators hyping Balogan.

'HE RETIRED TOMMY MORRISON..... (whispers) Jnr!!!'

[JamesPhilips]

I note Trey Lippe hadn't fought since. Cue the commentators hyping Balogan.

'HE RETIRED TOMMY MORRISON..... (whispers) Jnr!!!'

He had a serious car crash and can’t fight again

[Jimmy2025]

All aboard..... choo choo!!!!

[Coco]

All aboard..... choo choo!!!!

Obviously a long way to go, but I've been excited for a while.

If FW believes, he will move him on quickly

[Jimmy2025]

All aboard..... choo choo!!!!

Obviously a long way to go, but I've been excited for a while.

If FW believes, he will move him on quickly

Frank probably needs Turki to believe too. Getting top opponents is going to be very expensive.

[keithmoonhangover]

If his career is like a rev counter, tonight's fight wouldn't even register.

[Jimmy2025]

If his career is like a rev counter, tonight's fight wouldn't even register.

True enough. All the big names are point blank saying no or asking for fortunes. Getting opponents to fight him will be more difficult than the fights.

[Controversial]

Moses has now missed beating Tyson’s youngest HW champ record

[gilgamesh]

Moses has now missed beating Tyson’s youngest HW champ record

It's gonna be hard for anybody to beat that record I think just because it's gonna be hard for anyone in this day and age to match Mike's early schedule. I don't think you could build up a prospect that quickly with that many fights in such short order even if you wanted to.

[keithmoonhangover]

If his career is like a rev counter, tonight's fight wouldn't even register.

True enough. All the big names are point blank saying no or asking for fortunes. Getting opponents to fight him will be more difficult than the fights.

How do you know that? Did Fwank say it?