Moses Itauma’s all-British showdown with Dillian Whyte on August 16 has been confirmed.
They may duke it out in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the undercard for the occasion additionally introduced.
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The opposite struggle embrace Nick Ball’s defence of his WBA featherweight title towards Australia’s Sam Goodman within the chief assist slot.
Ball (22-0-1) is ready to make his third defence of the black and gold strap after snatching the belt from Raymond Ford final June.
Goodman (20-0) is ranked No.1 by the IBF and WBO at tremendous bantamweight and had a struggle fall by with undisputed 122lbs king Naoya Inoue on Christmas Eve after struggling a minimize in sparring.
He hasn’t fought at featherweight since 2021 when he stopped Nort Beauchamp in Sydney.
Elsewhere on the invoice, Anthony Cacace takes on the Raymond Ford at 130lbs in a wonderful 50-50 scrap to shine off a stacked three-fight important card.
Essential eventer Whyte was resulting from return to the ring final weekend on the undercard of Fabio Wardley’s homecoming conflict with Justis Huni at Ipswich’s Portman Street.
Nonetheless, Queensberry Promotions chief Frank Warren confirmed earlier this week that ‘The Bodysnatcher’ had withdrawn from the invoice after being introduced with a ‘massive struggle’ in August.
“He isn’t going to be on the cardboard now as a result of he has had the chance of an enormous struggle in August,” Warren informed BoxNation.
“We’re wanting for the time being to get that over the road.
“It’s a massive struggle for him, so that’s going to take precedence.
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“He desires that. He desires an even bigger struggle than he would have gotten at Ipswich. It’s a actually massive struggle.”
There have been rumours initially circulating on-line that Lawrence Okolie was set to be Whyte’s dance accomplice.
However the ‘massive alternative’ will as a substitute are available in the best way of the most popular prospect in heavyweight boxing, Itauma.
The Chatham southpaw laid waste to former NFL linebacker Mike Balogun final Could and can now take an enormous step up in competitors towards former world title challenger, Whyte.
Whyte has boxed twice since being cleared by the Texas Boxing Fee for his failed drug take a look at forward of his rematch with Anthony Joshua.
He stopped Christian Hammer in three rounds final March after which retired Ebenezer Tetteh on his stool in seven stanzas 9 months later.
Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte card
Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte – heavyweight
Nick Ball vs Sam Goodman – WBA featherweight title struggle
Anthony Cacace vs Raymond Ford – tremendous featherweight
A bout with Joe Joyce was subsequently booked for April 5 in Manchester, however Whyte was pressured out of the competition with a finger damage, as first reported by talkSPORT.com.
After a irritating 2025, the chance to field WBO No. 1-ranked heavyweight Itauma will come as a welcome change of fortunes for Whyte.