Moses Itauma only needed less than two minutes to put away Dillian Whyte in their highly anticipated headliner on Saturday.
Emanating from the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Itauma immediately showed off his speed advantage over the former WBC interim heavyweight champion. Landing with the jab early, Itauma targeted Whyte’s midsection before going back upstairs with a pair of lefts that had Whyte on wobbly legs.
Already smelling blood in the water, Itauma uncorked a combination punctuated by a brutal right hook that sent his opponent crashing to the canvas. Whyte attempted to get back up, but he was clearly in no condition to continue, prompting the referee to call for the stoppage just 119 seconds into the scrap.
Official Result: Moses Itauma def. Dillian Whyte via KO (right hook) at 1:59 of Round 1 to retain the WBA International and WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight titles, and win the vacant Commonwealth heavyweight title.
With the win, Itauma extended his unbeaten streak to 13-0, and further established himself as the next big thing in heavyweight boxing.
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