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Yahoo
6 days ago
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Taylor vs Essuman: Live updates and results, 2 pm ET
Josh Taylor looks to get his career rolling again, now as a welterweight, as he moves up to the 147 lb division to face Ekow Essuman in a main event from Glasgow. Live coverage on DAZN starts at 2 pm ET, as will our live updates. Advertisement Taylor, 34, is coming in off of two straight losses to Teofimo Lopez and Jack Catterall, while the 36-year-old Essuman has won back-to-back fights following a 2023 loss to Harry Scarff. The undercard will feature the return of top heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma, plus more. Main Card (DAZN, 2:00 pm ET) Josh Taylor (19-2, 13 KO) vs Ekow Essuman (21-1, 8 KO), welterweights, 12 rounds Moses Itauma (11-0, 9 KO) vs Mike Balogun (21-1, 16 KO), heavyweights, 10 rounds Nathaniel Collins (16-0, 7 KO) vs Lee McGregor (15-1-1, 11 KO), featherweights, 12 rounds Aloys Junior (9-1, 8 KO) vs David Jamieson (13-3, 10 KO), cruiserweights, 12 rounds Aston Brown (7-0, 2 KO) vs Reece Porter (5-0, 3 KO), middleweights, 10 rounds More from
BBC News
13-06-2025
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Heavyweight Itauma to face Whyte in Saudi
Unbeaten heavyweight Moses Itauma will face fellow Briton Dillian Whyte in Saudi Arabia on 16 20-year-old, seen as one of British boxing's top prospects, has stopped 10 of his 12 opponents since turning professional. The bout marks a major step up for the Kent fighter, with Whyte, 37, a former world-title challenger and seasoned the co-main event in Riyadh, Liverpool's WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball, 28, defends his belt against Australia's Sam on the card, former super-featherweight world champion Anthony Cacace, 36, takes on American Raymond Ford, while British heavyweight David Adeleye, 28, faces Croatia's Filip Hrgovic. Itauma set for toughest pro test Slovakia-born Itauma moved to Chatham in Kent at age three. By 16, he was sparring former world champion Lawrence Okolie and caught the attention of promoter Frank Warren.A powerful southpaw with sharp movement, Itauma was hyped as a future record-breaker - previously tipped to beat Mike Tyson's mark as the youngest heavyweight champion at 20 years and four May, he blasted out Mike Balogun in two rounds but will now face, on paper, his biggest test to date. Whyte, who has won 31 of 34 pro fights, has fought the likes of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury but has struggled for momentum in recent years. A 2023 rematch with Joshua was scrapped after a failed drug test. He protested his innocence, claimed he was cleared of any wrongdoing and returned to action in Ireland March returned with stoppage wins over Christian Hammer and Ebenezer Tetteh, though looked far from his best. Ball and Cacace in competitive fights Ball will make a third defence of the world title he won against Raymond Ford in June Kirkby-born featherweight extended his record to 22 wins and one draw (13 KOs) with victory over TJ Doheny in challenger Sam Goodman - unbeaten in 20 bouts - was due to face Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue in January but withdrew through the undisputed super-bantamweight champion known as 'The Monster', is being tipped as a future opponent for Belfast's Anthony Cacace - who has lost just once in 24 pro bouts - is enjoying a remarkable run. He claimed the IBF title with a stunning stoppage of Joe Cordina in May 2024, then defeated Josh Warrington at Wembley Stadium in vacated the title rather than face mandatory challenger Eduardo 'Sugar' Nunez, and instead beat Leigh Wood by stoppage in Nottingham last month.
The Independent
13-06-2025
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- The Independent
Moses Itauma faces toughest test yet as Dillian Whyte fight is confirmed
Moses Itauma will take on Dillian Whyte on 16 August, it has been confirmed, as the rising heavyweight star faces his toughest test yet. Itauma, 20, has been imperious since turning professional in January 2023, going 12-0 with 10 knockouts. After obliterating Demsey McKean in December, the young Briton returned to the ring in May, dropping Mike Balogun three times to seal a second-round win. That victory also saw Itauma retain the WBO Intercontinental title, though he has missed the chance to break Mike Tyson's record as the youngest world heavyweight champion ever. Still, he continues to climb, and next time out he will be tested against domestic veteran Whyte. Whyte, 37, will box Itauma in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 16 August, as the 'Bodysnatcher' fights for the third time since being cleared after a failed drug test in 2023. Whyte's rematch with old foe Anthony Joshua collapsed in 2023 upon the announcement that he had returned an adverse drug-test result. However, it was later found that the result had been caused by a tainted supplement, and Whyte returned to the ring in March 2024 to stop Christian Hammer. He then stopped Ebenezer Tetteh in December. In February, Whyte was due to face Joe Joyce but suffered a hand injury, leading Filip Hrgovic to step in and outpoint Joyce. Another cancelled bout ensued, with Whyte pulled from the Fabio Wardley vs Justis Huni undercard last week, as promoter Frank Warren vowed that a big contest was in the works for Whyte. That fight was later revealed as this upcoming clash with Itauma.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
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Itauma vs Whyte official for Aug. 16 in Riyadh
As revealed over the weekend, Moses Itauma will face Dillian Whyte in the main event of an August 16th Riyadh show that accompanies the Esports World Cup. Itauma (12-0, 10 KO) is the heavyweight division's top prospect at just 20 years of age, demolishing his last eight opponents in under two rounds apiece. Whyte (31-3, 21 KO) is by far his most noteworthy opponent to date, but it's an open question whether he's the best; his only wins in the last 2.5 years came over professional loser Christian Hammer and the similarly hapless Ebenezer Tetteh, whom he took seven full rounds to beat when Daniel Dubois and Frazer Clarke each needed less than one. Advertisement The co-feature sees Nick Ball (22-0-1, 13 KO) defend his WBA belt against a third consecutive super bantamweight in former IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 KO). It's a markedly less interesting matchup than Ball's proposed clash with Luis Nery. The real standout bout pits the resurgent Anthony Cacace (24-1, 9 KO) against Raymond Ford (17-1-1, 8 KO) in one of the best super featherweight bouts you could make without a belt on the line. Heavyweight contender FIlip Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KO) also sees action against British champ David Adeleye (14-1, 13 KO) and super-prospect Hayato Tstutsumi (7-0, 4 KO) steps way back in competition against Qais Ashfaq (13-3-1, 5 KO). More from
BBC News
09-06-2025
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Belfast's Cacace set to fight Ford in Saudi Arabia
Belfast's Anthony Cacace is set for a return to Saudi Arabia on 16 August to face former world featherweight champion Raymond Ford. According to Ring Magazine, 36-year-old Cacace will seek to continue his recent fairytale run against the 26-year-old New Jersey southpaw on a card topped by a heavyweight contest between rising star Moses Itauma and Dillian in action will be WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball - who relieved Ford of the title last year - in a defence against Australia's Sam Riyadh Season event will give Cacace the chance to cement his position as one of the leading lights of the 130-pound claimed the IBF title with a stunning eighth-round win over Joe Cordina in May 2024 before scoring a victory over Josh Warrington at Wembley Stadium in left him with a decision to make in terms of keeping hold of the belt with a mandatory challenger in Eduardo 'Sugar' Nunez next in line, but he opted to relinquish before facing Leigh Wood in Nottingham last month. Following his ninth-round victory against Wood, there was a strong suggestion Cacace was set for Belfast homecoming, but he was also keen to stress his willingness to travel in order to secure another big since went on to win the vacant IBF title with a points win over Masanori Rikiishi in Japan last month and would have represented the most realistic path back to an immediate shot at one of the four main titles.O'Shaquie Foster looks set to defend his WBC belt against Stephen Fulton later in the summer, while WBO holder Emanuel Navarrete has been ordered to rematch Charly Suarez after his controversial technical decision victory was changed to a WBA champion Lamont Roach set for a lightweight rematch against Gervonta Davis later in the year, it leaves those super-featherweight title belts tied up, but a meeting with Ford represents a major challenge for Cacace.
