Former super-middleweight champion Carl Froch has predicted how a showdown between rising star Moses Itauma and two-time world champion Tyson Fury would play out.
Itauma dispatched of Jermaine Franklin with relative ease on Saturday night, becoming the first man to knock the Michigan contender out, despite Franklin having previously fought the likes of Dillian Whyte and Anthony Joshua.
As a result, the Itauma hype train has shifted up a gear and is gathering momentum ahead of another appearance in July and a potential world title challenge before the end of the calendar.
Speaking to his YouTube channel about a possible clash between Itauma and Fury, Froch revealed that he would pick Itauma to defeat ‘The Gypsy King’ right now, irrespective of their difference in accomplishments and experience.
“The only one that you can mention there is Tyson Fury and Tyson Fury is well past his best. Tyson is coming back against [Arslanbek] Makhmudov, so we’ll have a look at what he looks like on Netflix, but Moses vs Tyson, who you got?
“I’ve got to say Moses, young, fresh, fast, solid, and he can punch. Let’s have a look what Tyson Fury has got, but this is how much I am rating Moses at the minute. He is 21 years old, let’s just enjoy the journey, because I don’t think that he is going anywhere.”
Fury fights Makhmudov next Saturday, as he returns to action after 16 months of inactivity, looking to prove that he is still Britain’s best heavyweight and that he is well capable of becoming a three-time world champion.