Moses Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) will put his unbeaten report hype at stake tonight towards grizzled previous veteran Dillian Whyte, within the 12-round battle, reside on DAZN PPV on the ANB Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ball Defends WBA Title Towards Goodman
Within the co-feature, WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball (22-0-1, 13 KOs) defends towards Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 KOs) in a much-criticized battle that’s considered by followers as a whole mismatch.
Goodman was picked out for the job from the 122-lb division, has little punching energy, and isn’t seen as a menace to Ball’s brief reign because the WBA 126-lb champion. This sort of matchup has turn into the norm for Ball since he captured the WBA title in 2024.
Riyadh’s Combat Evening on DAZN PPV
Tonight’s important card begins at 12:45 PM ET on DAZN PPV. The worth is $49.99 within the U.S and £19.99 in the UK.
Tonight’s Operating Order on DAZN PPV
Moses Itauma vs. Dillian Whyte
Nick Ball vs. Sam Goodman
Ray Ford vs. Abraham Nova
Filip Hrgovic vs. David Adeleye
Hayato Tsutsumi vs. Qais Ashfaq
The Eddie Hearn-promoted tremendous featherweight contender Ray Ford (17-1-1, 8 KOs) fights substitute opponent Abraham Nova (24-3-1, 17 KOs) in a 10-round battle. This battle could possibly be much more aggressive than boxing followers consider. Nova ought to have just one loss on his report, however has been on the receiving finish of three questionable selections throughout his profession.
Filip Hrgovic vs. David Adeleye Conflict
The battle that ought to be the chief help on tonight’s occasion, if not the principle occasion, is heavyweight contenders Filip Hrgovic (18-1, 14 KOs) and David Adeleye (14-1, 13 KOs).
These have created extra buzz within the build-up with their back-and-forth feedback than any of the fights. They’ve constantly upstaged the Itauma-Whyte headliner through the press conferences. Turki Alalshikh made a mistake within the operating order for this card.
Nonetheless inexperienced Itauma, 20, is being given a step up in competitors by his promoters at Queensberry towards the 37-year-old Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs). If Moses falls aside towards Dillian tonight, his promoters are going to obtain numerous criticism from followers for giving him such an enormous step up after the 12 cupcakes that they had matched him towards since he turned professional two years in the past.
Moses Itauma’s Weight Reduce and Profession Low
Itauma weighed in at a slender 235 lbs final Friday, which was 18.5 lbs lighter than his earlier weight of 254 kilos towards little-known 41-year-old Mike Balogun final Might. The 2-year skilled, Itauma’s weight is a profession low for him. Apparently, Itaums nonetheless regarded like he was carrying an additional 10 lbs on his body that might nonetheless be shed.
Itauma’s true weight with the fats off is round 225 lbs. That’s not unhealthy for a 6’4″ heavyweight that relies on his hand velocity, energy, and motion to win fights. However towards the larger fighters within the division that may deal with his photographs, he may be too gentle.
Moses had been criticized by followers for trying chubby in his fights, and regarded like he labored arduous to take the burden off for this one towards Dillian. Nonetheless, that is probably not sufficient if he can’t deal with the ability of Whyte, who is among the hardest punchers within the division with an expertise benefit.
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