Moses Itauma: “A Fight with Usyk Is a No-Lose Situation”

20-year-old British heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma has shared his thoughts on a potential bout with the undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk.

— Regarding Usyk — people keep saying that if you add up all my rounds, I’ve only spent about an hour in the ring.

— Is that my fault? That’s just part of how things go. You step in, and sometimes the fight ends early — how am I supposed to gain rounds that way? One of the main things my team and I are working on is getting more rounds of experience.

But the reason we’re ready to fight Usyk, even while still gaining experience, is because it’s a no-lose situation. If I go in and win, I become the heavyweight world champion. And if I lose — well, I’ll have lost to Usyk, the reigning champion, at 20 years old. So either way, I win.

On August 16, Moses Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) stopped Dillian Whyte with a first-round technical knockout. He is scheduled to headline a card on December 13 at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, UK, though his opponent has yet to be announced.

On July 19, Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) knocked out Daniel Dubois in the fifth round, becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion for the third time in his career.