{"id":130361,"date":"2025-05-25T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130361\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T10:03:10","slug":"ringside-footage-shows-moses-itaumas-vicious-knockout-of-ex-nfl-star-in-all-its-brutality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130361\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringside footage shows Moses Itauma&#8217;s vicious knockout of ex-NFL star in all its brutality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moses Itauma dispatched former NFL linebacker Mike Balogun inside two rounds on Saturday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3234437\/moses-itauma-nfl-ko-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Chatham powerhouse put on a punch-perfect display<\/a> at Glasgow&#8217;s OVO Hydro Arena, dropping Balogun three times en route to the eventual stoppage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Itauma nailed Balogun to the canvas with a right check hook\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"X - Queensberry Promotions \" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-1500-_-1000px-1920-_-1080px-1500-_-1000px-1920-_-1080px-1500-_-1000px-91.jpg\" data-caption=\"Itauma nailed Balogun to the canvas with a right check hook\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Copy-of-Untitled-1500-_-1000px-1920-_-1080px-1500-_-1000px-1920-_-1080px-1500-_-1000px-91.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Itauma nailed Balogun to the canvas with a right check hookCredit: X &#8211; Queensberry Promotions <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/moses-itauma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Itauma<\/a> buckled Balogun&#8217;s knees with an early left straight before following up with the same shot to leave the American flat on his face.<\/p>\n<p>To his credit, Balogun made his way back to his feet to see out the opening stanza.<\/p>\n<p>But he was only delaying the inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Itauma decked Balogun again just 10 seconds into the second round, this time, with a sharp lead hook.<\/p>\n<p>The brave 41-year-old met the count at 9, and sensing he had nothing more than a puncher&#8217;s chance, Balogun came out swinging wildly.<\/p>\n<p>As he desperately lunged forward, Itauma took a half step back and landed a perfectly timed check right hook to finally nail Balogun to the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>It will no doubt go down as Itauma&#8217;s best knockout to date &#8211; and ringside footage shows the shot that ended Balogun&#8217;s night in unflinching detail.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the immediate aftermath, Itauma said after improving to 12-0: \u201cHe is a tough cookie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was catching him clean. Even that second one, I turned round and he was trying to get up. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fair play to him. I knew that this was his big chance. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Itauma dropped Balogun three times en route to the eventual stoppage\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748167390_823_267A9981.jpg\" data-caption=\"Itauma dropped Balogun three times en route to the eventual stoppage\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748167390_823_267A9981.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Itauma dropped Balogun three times en route to the eventual stoppageCredit: Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Itauma is now ranked No.1 by the WBO\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748167390_372_267A0054.jpg\" data-caption=\"Itauma is now ranked No.1 by the WBO\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748167390_372_267A0054.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Itauma is now ranked No.1 by the WBOCredit: Leigh Dawney \/ Queensberry<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to appreciate Mike Balogun for taking this opportunity, because not a lot of people would.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Itauma&#8217;s victory earned him a No.1 ranking with the WBO as sterner tests await.<\/p>\n<p>Top-rated heavyweights Filip Hrgovic and Martin Bakole are two names in the running to box him next.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the possibility of fighting either man, Itauma said: \u201cMartin Bakole, not so much, Filip Hrgovic, yes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The reason I say Martin Bakole no more is because Martin Bakole was a boogeyman, then he got knocked out by <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/joseph-parker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Parker<\/a>, and it\u2019s brought him back a bit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then he didn\u2019t have the best performance against Efe Ajagba, and that\u2019s brought him back a little bit more.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moses Itauma dispatched former NFL linebacker Mike Balogun inside two rounds on Saturday night. 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