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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Heavyweight KO sensation Moses Itauma to face Dillian Whyte in main event of Riyadh Season card
The stage is set for Moses Itauma's breakout. Itauma will step up to face Dillian Whyte in the main event of an Aug. 16 Riyadh Season event surrounding the Esports World Cup. The 20-year-old Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) has ended his last eight fights — and 10 total — inside two rounds. The British heavyweight sensation, also Uncrowned's 2024 prospect of the year, was last in action last month on the Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman undercard in Glasgow, Scotland, stopping Mike Balogun. Advertisement Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs), 37, is on a three-fight win streak since suffering a knockout loss to Tyson Fury in his lone title challenge in April 2022. "The Body Snatcher" was scheduled to face Joe Joyce in April but was forced to withdraw from the bout with injury. Moses Itauma celebrates after his WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight win over Mike Balogun in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 24, 2025. (Photo by Steve Welsh/PA Images via Getty Images) (Steve Welsh - PA Images via Getty Images) Elsewhere on the card, Nick Ball will defend his WBA featherweight title against Sam Goodman. Ball (22-0-1, 13 KOs) has made two successful defenses against Ronny Rios and TJ Doheny since winning the championship with a controversial split decision over Raymond Ford in June 2024. Goodman (20-0, 8 KOs) was scheduled to face Naoya Inoue twice in the last year but withdrew from both bouts due to a recurring eye injury. Now, he moves up to featherweight and walks into a world title shot against Britain's all-action champion. Advertisement Ford and Anthony Cacace will clash in a battle of former super featherweight world champions on the star-studded bill. After losing his featherweight title to Ball, Ford (17-1-1, 8 KOs) moved up to super featherweight and recorded two dominant wins over Orlando Gonzalez and Thomas Mattice. Victory over Cacace could see Ford land a shot at Eduardo "Sugar" Nunez for the IBF super featherweight world title. Cacace (24-1, 9 KOs) formerly held the IBF 130-pound crown but opted to vacate the belt to face Leigh Wood rather than defend against his mandatory, Nunez. Cacace stopped Wood in May in Nottingham, England, to continue his stellar run, which includes wins over Joe Cordina and Josh Warrington. Advertisement Filip Hrgović also returns to take on British heavyweight champion David Adeleye. Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KOs) rebounded from a stoppage defeat to Daniel Dubois in June 2024 to beat Joe Joyce by unanimous decision in April. On that same card, Adeleye (14-1, 13 KOs) controversially stopped Jeamie "TKV" Tshikeva to win the British heavyweight title. Rounding out the card, Japanese contender Hayato Tsutsumi (7-0, 4 KOs) will battle Britain's Qais Ashfaq (13-3-1, 5 KOs) in a super featherweight contest.
The Sun
07-06-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Fabio Wardley vs Justis Huni LIVE RESULTS: Main event ON NOW with Wardley LABOURING in massive Portman Road test
No Whyte Dillian Whyte was meant to be on this card but pulled out of his bout without ever having an opponent. His last fight in England was in November 2022 and the Body Snatcher, aged 37, is fast running out of time for another tilt at the world title. Whyte could now face Lawrence Okolie in August. Promoter Frank Warren said earlier this week: "He's not going to be on the card now. "He's had an opportunity for a big big fight in August and we're looking to get that over the line. "That's going to take priority."
Daily Mail
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jamaican boxing legend Mike McCallum suddenly passes away at the age of 68
Jamaican boxing hero Mike McCallum has sadly passed away at the age of 68. The Hall of Fame fighter, who held world titles in three different weight classes, died suddenly in Las Vegas on Saturday. Reports claim McCallum was on his way to the gym when he fell ill and pulled his car off the road. According to the Jamaica Observer, he was then found unresponsive and later pronounced dead. McCallum was known 'The Bodysnatcher' due to his heavy hitting style and was the first Jamaican to become a world champion in boxing, He did so in 1984 when he beat Ireland's Sean Mannion at Madison Square Garden in New York, claiming the WBA Junior Middleweight crown. McCallum also won the WBA Middleweight and the WBC Light heavyweight titles, and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003. The Ring Magazine posted on X: 'The Ring is saddened to learn of the passing of boxing legend Mike McCallum. The 'Body Snatcher' was a three-weight world champion, having won titles at super-welterweight, middleweight, and light-heavyweight. Our deepest sympathies are with his friends and family at this time.
