Here’s a plot twist for you: the most exciting heavyweight in the world thinks he’s boring. And a spoiler: this weekend, Moses Itauma is likely to prove exactly why he is so exciting.
On Saturday, Itauma welcomes Jermaine Franklin to Manchester’s Co-op Live arena. It will not be a warm welcome. Itauma, 21, occasionally comes across as frosty – although he isn’t, deep down – and that’s purely from conversational experience. One dreads to consider the chill from staring him down in the ring.
