Moses Itauma is tipped to be the future of the heavyweight division by many fans and fighters and the youngster could still get his shot at Oleksandr Usyk.
Usyk famously got the better of Tyson Fury twice in perhaps hid biggest wins to date and now ‘They Gypsy King’ has shared his prediction for a potential showdown between Itauma and the unified heavyweight world champion.
Itauma competed in only three rounds during 2025, scoring knockout wins over Mike Balogun and Dillian Whyte and marking a tenth straight victory inside of two rounds.
However, next month, Itauma will take on durable American Jermaine Franklin, where many expect that early stoppage streak to end.
Instead, it is believed that Franklin could provide Itauma with the necessary rounds to help him gain experience before a world title challenge, amid continuous links to fights against either Usyk or WBA (Regular) champion Murat Gassiev.
On his Instagram, Fury explained why he believes Itauma will get the better of Usyk, as well as a number of his other heavyweight rivals, if they collide.
“I keep getting asked about young Moses Itauma fighting Oleksandr Usyk and fighting all the other big names.
“My opinion is not someone who doesn’t know boxing. My opinion is someone who has been there and won every single belt. Won everything there is to win in boxing and done very well. Boxing is a young man’s game, like I told Wladimir Klitschko when he was 37. Boxing is a young man’s game. It waits for nobody.
“So here is the opinion, and you heard it here first: Moses Itauma will wreck all them all old men out of the division. Usyk, AJ, Miller. Whoever there is that’s old. Zhang, whoever else the f—k there is. Luis Ortiz. All these big names of the past.”
“Even the man who took my belts. Usyk, Moses will wreck him because it’s a young man versus an old man. And an old man can’t mess with a young man.”
Itauma-Franklin takes place on Saturday, January 24, at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, topping a bill that also features the likes of Willy Hutchinson, Liam Davies and new Queensberry signing Shakiel Thompson.
