{"id":128883,"date":"2025-05-24T20:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T20:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/128883\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T20:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T20:23:10","slug":"moses-itauma-leaves-ex-nfl-rival-flat-on-back-dropping-him-three-times-en-route-to-devastating-ko-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/128883\/","title":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma leaves ex-NFL rival flat on back dropping him three times en route to devastating KO win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moses Itauma flattened ex-NFL star Mike Balogun three times en route to another devastating win.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Itauma is considered the heavyweight division’s brightest prospect, tipped for greatness by the likes of Oleksandr Usyk<\/a>, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Itauma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Itauma sent Balogun crashing to the canvas three times en route to yet another KO<\/p>\n

Compared to Mike Tyson<\/a>, it was the Chatham native’s first fight since missing out on his planned record of becoming the sport’s youngest ever heavyweight champion.<\/p>\n

He took on former NFL star Balogun on the undercard of Josh Taylor’s clash with Ekow Essuman<\/a> at the OVO Arena in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

And he successfully moved to 12-0 in the paid professional ranks, with yet another explosive KO.<\/p>\n

Itauma flattened the brave and resilient Balogun three times with heavy and devastating blows.<\/p>\n

But the third left hook closed the show with the American left flat on his back on the canvas.<\/p>\n

It was yet another real statement of intent, with the 20-year-old prodigy destined for the pinnacle of boxing’s glamour division.<\/p>\n

Fans in the arena were left purring, and the boxing world is desperate to set their eyes on Itauma in the ring at any opportunity.<\/p>\n

Itauma immediately looked the classier of the two gliding around the ring and letting his fast hands go early on, beating Balogun to the opening punches.<\/p>\n

A left hand within the opening minute rocked Balogun on his feet and he started to sense an opening, before the same shot landed again.<\/p>\n

It put Balogun on his face on the canvas, but he managed to beat the count after the concussive shot crashed through the guard with ease.<\/p>\n

\"Itauma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Itauma crushed another rival and is destined for the top of the divisionCredit: Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry<\/p>\n

The former linebacker made it to the bell, but it looked ominous with Itauma looking in complete control and a seemingly invincible young talent.<\/p>\n

Itauma once again landed a peach of a shot which scored the second knockdown with just seconds on the clock.<\/p>\n

And the generational talent waited for his rival to climb back to his feet before the next barrage charged up.<\/p>\n

Balogun came rushing in and he took a half step back before landing a sensationally timed left hook to flatten his rival on his back for a third time.<\/p>\n

Incredibly he lay awake on the canvas, trying to lean up but the referee waved off the contest, seeing no space for further punishment.<\/p>\n

Itauma\u2019s incredible streak of victories continued and it shows no signs of letting up at any point.<\/p>\n

\"Itauma<\/a><\/p>\n

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Itauma is leaving a trail of destruction so far in his careerCredit: Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry<\/p>\n

Big things now appear in store for the talented Briton, who will need to start to go through the gears.<\/p>\n

Promoter Frank Warren has teased that he could fight ‘boogeyman’ Martin Bakole<\/a> within 2025.<\/p>\n

And he has even been ambitiously linked with a title shot against current champion Usyk.<\/p>\n

It appears he will a chance to catch the eye of the Ukrainian king again next time out.<\/p>\n

Francis Warren has teased that Itauma’s next outing could well be on the undercard of Usyk’s sequel with Daniel Dubois<\/a> at Wembley Stadium on July 19.<\/p>\n

One thing is for certain, and that is that not many heavyweight operators will want to share rounds with this frightening young talent in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma flattened ex-NFL star Mike Balogun three times en route to another devastating win. Itauma is considered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4496,56854,54763,5064,22138,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-128883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-news","10":"tag-ko","11":"tag-mike-balogun","12":"tag-moses-itauma","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114564681270992313","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}