Frank Warren worked with some of the best boxers of all time, but few impressed him as much as Moses Itauma.
The 18-year-old has only had four professional fights so far, winning them all, but those around him are already tipping him for greatness.
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Warren currently promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, as well as contenders Joe Joyce and Daniel Dubois, and he used to promote former world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno.
And although Itauma is still in the early stages of his career, Warren believes he could be as good as any of the heavyweights he has worked with.
“From what I’ve seen of him at his age and at this stage of his career, he’s as good as any of them, there’s no doubt about that,” Warren told talkSPORT.
“Time will tell, but at this stage of the game he is something else, he is very special.”
In his first two fights, Itauma showed his devastating power with two first-round knockouts.
But a lot of heavyweights have power, and in his last two outings, Itauma went the distance and showed unusual speed and movement for a man of his size.
And one man who predicted Itauma would take to the professional ranks like a duck to water was his coach Shane McGuigan.
He told talkSPORT when Itauma was still an amateur: “There’s another kid, his name is Moses Enrique Itauma, he’s 17 and he’s incredible.
“I’m going to give him a little thank you, he’s a super heavyweight and he’s currently going to the World Championships.
“He’s a phenomenal talent, he’s here to take on Daniel Dubois head-on at 17 years old.
“I brought him in at 15 to coach Lawrence Okolie and he came straight from school, he’s just an incredible talent.”
