Biography

After a scintillating run as an amateur at junior and youth levels, prodigious heavyweight Moses Itauma turned professional amid much fanfare on his 18th birthday in December 2022.

He and his promoter Frank Warren made no secret of their lofty goal of beating Mike Tyson’s record of becoming the youngest world heavyweight champion in history. Iron Mike was 20 years and four months old when he won the title giving Itauma until May 2025 to reach that goal.

Itauma kicked off his professional career on January 28, 2023 in emphatic fashion, stopping the badly overmatched Marcel Bode in just 23 seconds. It was a bittersweet evening for Itauma as his brother, Karol, suffered the first defeat of his career on the same undercard. Itauma was out again within two months and again won inside the first round, with Argentina’s Ramon Alberto Ibarra swept aside in 35 seconds.

However, the teenager went the distance for the first time in his third fight, when tough Ukrainian Kosiantyn Dovbyshchenko lasted the full six rounds at the Copper Box Arena on April 15, 2023. Then, in his next outing three months later, Itauma was taken the distance by Kevin Nicolas Espindola in their six-rounder. But Itauma responded to those two points wins and reminded everyone of his explosive potential by racking up four successive first-round stoppages against Amine Boucetta, Istvan Bernath, Michal Boloz and Dan Garber.

In May 2024, in his eighth fight, he stepped up to the 10-round distance but disposed of 25-3 Ilja Mezencev inside two rounds while the heavyweight gatekeeper Mariusz Wach was also stopped in the second round when Itauma punctuated his o2 Arena debut with another inside-distance win on July 27, 2024.

Latest Results

Moses Itauma
18-0-1 (17)
Win
Agno Ridsley
18-0-1 (17)
05 May, 05:03 AM
Win TKO R3
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Jason Bandoll
18-0-1 (17)
Win
Moses Itauma
18-0-1 (17)
05 May, 05:03 AM
Win TKO R3
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Landon Barry
18-0-1 (17)
Moses Itauma
18-0-1 (17)
Win
05 May, 05:03 AM
Win TKO R3
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