Moses Itauma will look to continue his rapid rise up the heavyweight rankings when he takes on Dillian Whyte this weekend.
The 20-year-old Brit has enjoyed a stunning professional career to date, and is eyeing a world title shot soon.
Itauma’s record reads an impressive 12-0, and his last win was a brutal KO of Mike Balogun, knocking him out in round two.
But Whyte represents the toughest test of his young career so far.
‘The Body Snatcher’ has recovered from the injury that saw him miss out on facing Joe Joyce, and he will want to deal Itauma a blow while advancing his own hopes of competing for a world title again.
The 37-year-old has never been afraid of taking on the best, losing to Tyson Fury, Alexander Povetkin and Anthony Joshua.
He has some big wins on his record as well, including over Joseph Parker.
Itauma vs Whyte: Date and how to follow
This 12-round heavyweight contest is set to take place on Saturday, August 16.
It will be held at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The card is scheduled to start at 5:45pm UK time, with the main event ringwalk times expected at 10:20pm.
talkSPORT will have live commentary of the action with John Rawling, Spencer Oliver and Gareth A Davies.
To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM in addition to watching on the talkBOXING YouTube channel.
The event will also be shown on DAZN PPV for £19.99. For more information, head here.
Itauma vs Whyte: Undercard
Subject to change
- Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte
- Nick Ball vs Sam Goodman
- Abraham Nova vs Raymond Ford
- Filip Hrgovic vs David Adeleye
- Hayato Tsutaumi vs Quais Ashfaq
- Mohammed Alakel vs Yumnam Santosh Singh
Itauma vs Whyte: What has been said?
After a clash at their final press conference, Whyte has become agitated at Itauma ahead of the bout.
The Britons went back and forth in a clash of verbal barbs.
Itauma demanded Whyte took off his glasses and accused him of being a sheep as opposed to his ‘wolf moniker’.
After coming off stage, the ‘Body Snatcher’ spoke to talkSPORT, and wasn’t impressed with Itauma’s antics.
He said: “I said listen relax, we aren’t going to put our hands on each other. It’s coming.
“I said ‘relax you are not a badman’. This badman thing is not for you, I’m not going to go down that lane with you.
“I’m trying to be cool and respectful, but he was like ‘I want to see if you are a wolf or a sheep’.
“But take it easy bro, you don’t want me to get wound up, I will f**k all of your team up.
“I will beat them all up, if he winds me up then everyone is at risk.
“I don’t give a f**k. I’m chill until people start f***ing with me. That guy needs to take it easy and relax.”