Moses Itauma


Moses Itauma is a British professional boxer. At regional level, he has held the Commonwealth heavyweight title since 2025.

Early life

Itauma was born in Slovakia in the town of Kežmarok to a Nigerian father and Slovak mother. He is the younger brother of light-heavyweight boxer Karol Itauma. He and his family experienced racism in Slovakia stating, "Me and my brothers got racially abused. It wasn't a good place to be." Finally, the family decided to move to England, firstly to leave the racist environment they were in and secondly to search for new opportunities which Slovakia did not provide. He was the last person in the family to move to England which was in 2008 and eventually he settled in Chatham, Kent.
Growing up, his favourite fighter was Prince Naseem Hamed. Itauma has since stated that he tries to implement elements of Hamed's style into his own game, saying, "I used to watch a lot of Naseem Hamed. I must have watched the same video of him about 50 times, I remember it was a highlight reel which started off with him dancing. He was one of my favourite fighters. I've got a different style from him but I do try to implement some of the things he used to do." Itauma got into boxing at the age of nine through his brother Karol who then invited him to the boxing gym one day. However, after a few hard boxing sessions, he switched to playing football with his other brother Samuel. Later on, he switched back to boxing at St Mary's ABC in Chatham, Kent, after finding football boring.

Amateur career

Itauma had an unbeaten amateur career, turning professional with a record of 24 wins with 11 wins by knockout. He claimed gold medals in Schools, Juniors, Youth European and the Heavyweight Youth World Gold Medal.

Professional career

Early career

Itauma made his debut on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs. Anthony Yarde on 28 January 2023, at the Wembley Arena. He beat Marcel Bode in his debut via knockout after just 23 seconds.
Itauma had aspirations for breaking Mike Tyson's record for being the youngest heavyweight champion in history, but he later described how it was just two months into his professional career when he realized that goal was "impossible."
Itauma won the vacant WBO Intercontinental heavyweight title with a second-round stoppage victory against Germany's Ilja Mezencev on the undercard of the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk bill in Saudi Arabia on 18 May 2024. He retained his title with another second-round stoppage win, this time over Polish boxer Mariusz Wach at The O2 Arena, London, on 27 July 2024.
In his next bout, he stopped Demsey McKean in the first round on 21 December 2024, at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of the undercard for the heavyweight world title rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
He was voted The Rings 2024 Prospect Of The Year.
Itauma knocked out Mike Balogun in the beginning of round two of their fight at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 24 May 2025.

Rise up the ranks

Itauma vs. Whyte

On 16 August 2025, he defeated Dillian Whyte by first round stoppage and won the Commonwealth heavyweight title at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Itauma vs. Franklin

Itauma was scheduled to face Jermaine Franklin at Co-op Live in Manchester on 24 January 2026. However, he suffered an injury in training camp and the fight was postponed until 28 March 2026 at the same venue.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
13Win13–0Dillian WhyteTKO1, 1:5916 Aug 2025anb Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRetained WBA International and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles;
Won vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title
12Win12–0Mike BalogunTKO2, 0:4624 May 2025OVO Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandRetained WBA International and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles
11Win11–0Demsey McKeanTKO1, 1:5721 Dec 2024Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRetained WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title;
Won vacant WBA International and Commonwealth Silver heavyweight titles
10Win10–0Mariusz WachTKO2, 2:3027 Jul 2024The O2 Arena, London, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
9Win9–0Ilja MezencevTKO2, 0:5018 May 2024Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaWon vacant WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
8Win8–0Dan GarberTKO1, 2:2222 Mar 2024York Hall, London, England
7Win7–0Michal BolozTKO1, 1:001 Dec 2023York Hall, London, England
6Win6–0István BernáthTKO1, 1:5328 Oct 2023Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5Win5–0Amine BoucettaTKO1, 1:3323 Sep 2023Wembley Arena, London, England
4Win4–0Kevin Nicolas EspindolaPTS629 Jul 2023Telford International Centre, Telford, England
3Win3–0Kostiantyn DovbyshchenkoPTS615 Apr 2023Copper Box Arena, London, England
2Win2–0Ramon Alberto IbarraKO1, 0:3525 Mar 2023Telford International Centre, Telford, England
1Win1–0Marcel BodeKO1, 0:2328 Jan 2023Wembley Arena, London, England

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