Former two-division world champion Tim Bradley has admitted that one undefeated contender is certainly the true deal.
Bradley defeated Junior Witter to grow to be the WBC super-lightweight world champion again in 2008, earlier than unifying the titles with a win over WBO titleholder Kendall Holt – defending the WBO crown in opposition to Lamont Peterson, Devon Alexander and Joel Casamayor.
The Californian then moved as much as 147lbs and dethroned Manny Pacquiao, however misplaced the WBO welterweight world title in his rematch with the Filipino phenomenon two years later, retiring after shedding of their 2016 trilogy scrap.
Since hanging up the gloves, Bradley has grow to be a revered commentator and combat analyst for Prime Rank, and he informed his YouTube channel that, in his opinion, undefeated heavyweight Moses Itauma is ‘one thing else’.
“Itauma is one thing else, he’s one thing else. He received fighters doing the model problem! He had Franklin caught in actual time, he was caught, then he got here down with that mom****in’ proper swooping jab!”
“He’s chilly, with that velocity and energy alone – chilly. Oooh man. He impressed me, he’s one thing else… he’s going to the highest.”
Itauma claimed a fifth spherical knockout win over Jermaine Franklin on Saturday, taking his unbeaten document to 14-0 with 12 knockouts.
Bradley then went on to disclose why he believes Itauma punches so laborious, highlighting the 21-year-old’s Nigerian heritage as a motive behind his punch energy.
“Once I heard [he is] Nigerian, I stated ‘yep!’. That’s the place that rattling energy comes from. AJ [Anthony Joshua] is Nigerian too – energy. S**t, Samuel Peter – energy.”
“That’s the reason he’s knocking all people the f**ok out, all of that energy. That Nigerian energy is completely different, he received that Nigerian battery pack on his again.”
Itauma is anticipated to return to motion in July, forward of a possible world title problem earlier than the tip of the 2026 calendar.
