The formidable and undefeated Chatham southpaw will become the youngest-ever British champion in the sport’s blue-riband division if he defeats Croatia’s 2016 Olympic bronze medallist at the O2 Arena.
Not only that, Itauma would also follow Mike Tyson – who achieved the feat aged 20 in November 1986, defeating Trevor Berbick for WBC honours – as the second-youngest heavyweight title-holder in history at the age of just 21.
There is plenty of simmering hostility between the pair, with tempers boiling over during Friday’s explosive ceremonial weigh-in held at Old Spitalfields Market.
More angry words and insults were exchanged during another tense face-off, before…
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