Round-by-Round: Moses Itauma vs. Dillian Whyte | PPV - 16 August 2025

[handsofstone]

One of the great scenes in boxing is seeing Dillian Whyte get starched, you love to see it and for it to be in the 1st round, even sweeter, Itauma was all over him , working him up and down, hurt him with a cuffing shot to the temple first off then it was the right hook that put him down and took his legs away, excellent again from Itauma

[KiwiRider]

One of the great scenes in boxing is seeing Dillian Whyte get starched, you love to see it and for it to be in the 1st round, even sweeter, Itauma was all over him , working him up and down, hurt him with a cuffing shot to the temple first off then it was the right hook that put him down and took his legs away, excellent again from Itauma

The ghost of Dillian Whyte.
All it got was a name on Itauma's resume.

[veriton]

They'll be digging up Danny Williams for him next and the shills will be selling it as against the man that beat Mike Tyson

[handsofstone]

One of the great scenes in boxing is seeing Dillian Whyte get starched, you love to see it and for it to be in the 1st round, even sweeter, Itauma was all over him , working him up and down, hurt him with a cuffing shot to the temple first off then it was the right hook that put him down and took his legs away, excellent again from Itauma

The ghost of Dillian Whyte.
All it got was a name on Itauma's resume.

Maybe that or maybe Whyte just isn't very good without his supplements

[handsofstone]

I had Ball and Goodman all square 114-114, really competitive fight and murder to score, Ball was only allowed to show cameos of his explosivness as Goodman boxed tidy off his jab and I liked his bodywork, mainly the left hook he worked it well, Ball never really had control of the fight as Goodman made him work, , Ball used his own bodywork and his uppercuts and was successful, it ebbed and flowed , 2 of they scores looked harsh on Goodman imo but I suppose there were a lot of close rounds where Ball got the benefit

[forcefraser]

Goodman was done dirty. He didnt deserve that

[Ruthless-RKO]

CompuBox

[keithmoonhangover]

Whyte had a little stumble walking to the ring. Reminder me of Povektin for the Whyte rematch. I knew it was all over early doors at that point.

I noticed that, he didn't look right at all during the ring walk.

[gregregegg]

CompuBox

I don't care what your strategy is, not throwing a power punch in a fight is embarrassing, and stupid... whyte was never going to survive the distance, so he has to hurt moses, best chance to hurt him is catching him cold with a bomb early. not pawing till your KO'd...

But I guess he gets paid either way so eh.

[tony1234]

It went exactly as expected, which is why I didn't pay. It was cynical matchmaking , get a big name on the record and have the social media clips today showing everyone the KO to make interest in his next fight.

Knocking over Whyte is far different from a live opponent like Parker would be

[a force]

One of the great scenes in boxing is seeing Dillian Whyte get starched, you love to see it and for it to be in the 1st round, even sweeter, Itauma was all over him , working him up and down, hurt him with a cuffing shot to the temple first off then it was the right hook that put him down and took his legs away, excellent again from Itauma

Completely agree.

I despise Whyte.

A multiple time drug cheat who’s biggest wins came when he was ‘enhanced’ & when he was getting 12 weeks notice & his opponents were only getting 6 weeks notice.

All this whilst they claimed he was the most avoided heavyweight. Yet when they got the chance to fight Pulev to become the mandatory challenger for the belt he ducked it.

Hilarious that pundits repeat this nonsense that he was number one challenger for 1000 days & fail to mention that he was knocked unconscious by Povetkin in the middle of it.

He is without doubt Eddie Hearn & Sky Sports greatest creation. How they ever got numerous PPV’s headliners out of him is beyond me.

I’m glad to see the back of him. A cheat who should not be remembered fondly.

[Deserter]

Whyte had a little stumble walking to the ring. Reminder me of Povektin for the Whyte rematch. I knew it was all over early doors at that point.

I noticed that, he didn't look right at all during the ring walk.

100%. Said exactly the same thing at the time. I'm normally careful about reading too much into things like face-offs and ring walks, but something looked really off.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[keithmoonhangover]

Matchup wise, it kind of reminder me of Gerry Cooney being fed Ron Lyle and Ken Norton.

[Tony1244]

Who can get by that right jab?

[Glass Joe]

[smiling assassin]

One of the great scenes in boxing is seeing Dillian Whyte get starched, you love to see it and for it to be in the 1st round, even sweeter, Itauma was all over him , working him up and down, hurt him with a cuffing shot to the temple first off then it was the right hook that put him down and took his legs away, excellent again from Itauma

Completely agree.

I despise Whyte.

A multiple time drug cheat who’s biggest wins came when he was ‘enhanced’ & when he was getting 12 weeks notice & his opponents were only getting 6 weeks notice.

All this whilst they claimed he was the most avoided heavyweight. Yet when they got the chance to fight Pulev to become the mandatory challenger for the belt he ducked it.

Hilarious that pundits repeat this nonsense that he was number one challenger for 1000 days & fail to mention that he was knocked unconscious by Povetkin in the middle of it.

He is without doubt Eddie Hearn & Sky Sports greatest creation. How they ever got numerous PPV’s headliners out of him is beyond me.

I’m glad to see the back of him. A cheat who should not be remembered fondly.

I don’t hate him but completely agree about the Hearn/ sky sports creation. He got massive hype for beating AJ as an amateur and lived off that for the first part of his pro career. Never rated him and he was very lucky to be about In an era of poor Heavyweights. His biggest win was a controversial one against Parker

[stujones]

To be honest, I think style wise Itauma might have been able to do that to a prime Whyte. I’ve been never convinced by his punch resistance since the AJ fight. Far lighter punchers have had Whyte all over the place or KO’d even between Joshua and Fury. Infact most times he fought in the period, he went through a stage in the fight where he balance looked shot and his legs did dances ala Danny Williams.

Chisora, Parker, that bridgerweight champion, Helenius, are all lighter punchers than Itauma, but all possibly should have KO wins vs Whyte.

[TheLeprechaun]

One of the great scenes in boxing is seeing Dillian Whyte get starched, you love to see it and for it to be in the 1st round, even sweeter, Itauma was all over him , working him up and down, hurt him with a cuffing shot to the temple first off then it was the right hook that put him down and took his legs away, excellent again from Itauma

Completely agree.

I despise Whyte.

A multiple time drug cheat who’s biggest wins came when he was ‘enhanced’ & when he was getting 12 weeks notice & his opponents were only getting 6 weeks notice.

All this whilst they claimed he was the most avoided heavyweight. Yet when they got the chance to fight Pulev to become the mandatory challenger for the belt he ducked it.

Hilarious that pundits repeat this nonsense that he was number one challenger for 1000 days & fail to mention that he was knocked unconscious by Povetkin in the middle of it.

He is without doubt Eddie Hearn & Sky Sports greatest creation. How they ever got numerous PPV’s headliners out of him is beyond me.

I’m glad to see the back of him. A cheat who should not be remembered fondly.

I don’t hate him but completely agree about the Hearn/ sky sports creation. He got massive hype for beating AJ as an amateur and lived off that for the first part of his pro career. Never rated him and he was very lucky to be about In an era of poor Heavyweights. His biggest win was a controversial one against Parker

Whyte pilfered a living and looted another 2 million last night. He was one of the poorest fighters to have been pushed onto Sky Box Office as a star. It was a racket by the PPV cartel who made their money too.

[Riddick Bowie]

Whyte has the beginnings of slurred speech, evident in the pre fight VTs. I told Mrs Tully there and then this guy is going out in 1. All the so called boxing fans getting excited because he was in shape. No physique can stop Dillian Whyte being Dillian Whyte, especially pushing 40.

Wish I had known Moses was 4/1 to win in 1 or 2, easiest money ever.

[a force]

Whyte has the beginnings of slurred speech, evident in the pre fight VTs. I told Mrs Tully there and then this guy is going out in 1. All the so called boxing fans getting excited because he was in shape. No physique can stop Dillian Whyte being Dillian Whyte, especially pushing 40.

Wish I had known Moses was 4/1 to win in 1 or 2, easiest money ever.

I wish I’d been a bit braver. I really fancied the early KO but went for Itauma in 4 which was 5/4. I really should have put more on it as I was convinced it was going early.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[big lennox]

Felt sorry for Whyte. Not that it would have made too much difference to the outcome, as Moses was too young and too fresh for this version of Whyte, but that top of the head shot completely undid him. I always thought those shots were illegal, but, these days, they never seem to get picked up by referees, as far as I can tell.

[SeanBrennan]

I wanted Ball to win but thought that felt the cards were kind. What did you all think?

I thought he edged a fight that I could have accepted being a draw.
Scoring him a winner by 6 & 8 was poor, sheer incompetence or bias at its best

I agree, very disagreeable scoring

[Ruthless-RKO]

Felt sorry for Whyte. Not that it would have made too much difference to the outcome, as Moses was too young and too fresh for this version of Whyte, but that top of the head shot completely undid him. I always thought those shots were illegal, but, these days, they never seem to get picked up by referees, as far as I can tell.

Similar shot that done Bakole against Parker.

But then when these boxers are going low and moving their head too much, it’s not always their opponents fault either if they end up clipping them on top of their head.