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Moses will be sadA return to the ring has finally been announced as the young heavyweight sensation moves on Jermaine Franklin,
Itauma, 20, will box the American at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena on January 24, a month after the British star. The next match was originally scheduled to be,
Itauma was scheduled to fight at Co-op Live on December 13 on the undercard of Dereck Chisora’s planned retirement bout, but it appears that event has fallen through.
As such, Itauma’s next fight was up in the air until it was announced on Monday that he would face 32-year-old Franklin in January.
In that fight, Itauma will aim to remain undefeated and get closer to a world-title title, as he also wants to advance His emphatic win against Dillian Whyte in August.
boxing In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Itauma needed barely two minutes to stop the former world-title challenger – a former rival anthony joshuaLike Franklin himself.
Franklin went the distance with Joshua at London’s O2 Arena in 2023, and ultimately lost a unanimous decision five months after facing Whyte at Wembley Arena in the English capital.
Franklin lost a controversial majority decision that night, and his defeat to the British duo of Whyte and “AJ” remains his only professional defeat.
Franklin last fought in September, defeating Ivan Dyachko on the undercard of the super-fight between Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez. That win improved his record to 24-2 (15 KOs), while Itauma’s record improved to 13-0 (11 KOs).