Funnily enough, when you need just 117 seconds to navigate what is meant to be the toughest test of your career, there’s not much to analyse. Yet, even if there had been, Moses Itauma might have shrugged at the idea of breaking down his first-round evisceration of Demsey McKean. “That’s my coach’s job,” Itauma says. “Do you know what’s mad? I actually watch my interviews more.”
Our conversation is not being filmed, as the British heavyweight speaks to The Independent from across a table, downstairs in Mayfair’s softly-lit Park Chinois restaurant. So, there can be no post-chat analysis from the unbeaten 20-year-old – unless he is reading this article right now. “I watch my fights for entertainment purposes; I watch my interviews and think of what I can do better,” Itauma reveals.
