So often, sport moves cyclically. Barely a month ago, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury showed in no uncertain terms, through waned performances in faraway lands, that they are at the end. And with that, fans have found themselves firmly at the end of their tethers when it comes to a once-alluring, long-elusive, and now painfully late heavyweight clash. Then this month brought the news that their compatriot, the unbeaten 21-year-old Moses Itauma, would box on home soil in Britain for the chance to become the youngest heavyweight champion since Mike Tyson. It is just the beginning.
In some ways, Itauma’s fight with Filip Hrgovic this weekend feels like an antithesis to Joshua vs Fury, but either way, it is certainly an antidote.
