MOSES ITAUMA sent sheep-eyed Dillian Whyte to the abattoir in one brilliant round.
The 20-year-old heavyweight sensation was supposed to be tested by the dangerous 37-year-old former world title challenger.
ReutersMoses Itauma blasted out Dillian Whyte in round one[/caption]
GettyWhyte made it to his feet but the ref waved off the contest[/caption]
GettyIt is the biggest win of his career[/caption]
But Whyte barely threw a punch, was dominated from the very first second and allowed the biggest and baddest new wolf in the boxing world to chew him and swallow him whole.
Itauma roared: “I thank Dillian, it takes two to tangle and he gave me the opportunity to showcase my skills.
“To be honest, for the first two minutes the nerves were there but then I saw an opening that I could not miss and I executed the gameplan.
“What’s next! Honestly I will fight anyone they put in front of me.
“If I am honest, Joseph Parker and Agit Kabayel deserved their shot but I would jump in with them lot.”
Whyte rolled into Riyadh with a six pack we had never seen on him before and the Body Snatcher stunned the Friday weigh-in crowd when he tipped the scales at just 17st 6lb.
It was the lightest he had been in a decade.
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The last time he was in such good condition, 2015, Itauma was 10 years old and had only just followed big brother Karol down to St Mary’s boxing gym in Chatham.
Self-helper Itauma quoted the 48 Laws of Power bestseller, at the start of the week, when he was asked to comment on Whyte’s unusually tame approach to the build-up and said “you can act the sheep to catch the wolf”.
Whyte showed exactly what sort of beast he was when he strolled into a small section of the Kingdom Arena wearing a jacket with a snarling and blood-soaked howler on his jumper.
Once the Brixton banger was kitted up, he was caught in a clip warming up by punching a wall.
It might have toughened his fists for the upcoming war but it would have been a lot more static and easier to bully than the 6ft 2in rapid and elusive southpaw he was about to hunt.
Itauma walked to the ring first and then Whyte – in an old-school move – made him wait an age in an effort to knock him off his warm-up.
Whyte’s team were arguing before their man even arrived as there was not a warm-up bike in his dressing room.
But the wheels fell off as soon as he got to the ring and even a helmet and stabilisers would not have saved him.
The veteran threw the first couple of jabs but they were patted out.
Then Itauma went to work, first feinted his shots and then pinging in jabs.
Then as soon as he flicked a switch he made mince meat out of the Body Snatcher.
Whyte was bullied back into a neutral corner and slashed at from every angle.
He was peppered to head and body and systematically broken down until he collapsed to the floor.
He climbed to his feet but was robbed of all of his senses before he even got a sense of the occasion.
In hindsight it doesn’t look like he was ever ready for the challenge of the red-hot sensation but after a tough career in rows against the likes of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, he deserved an easy Saudi payday.
Itauma deserves to be rocketed up from a prospect to a deadly serious world title contender.
GettyItauma is eyeing a shot at the world title[/caption]
GettyWhyte’s career is now in doubt[/caption]
GettyItauma with Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren[/caption] Creator – [#item_custom_dc:creator]
