How valid are the Mike Tyson comparisons for Moses Itauma?
Moses Itauma vs. Filip Hrgovic preview, Mayer vs. Cameron, ProBox's new era, Floyd Mayweather has a law firm
Dan and Chris are back previewing a massive weekend in boxing with Moses Itauma going for the heavyweight title vs. Filip Hrgovic as well as Mikaela Mayer vs. Chantelle Cameron and a slew of fight announcements for the fall.
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I was initially resistant to the comparison to Mike because of all the, the other things I had said.
How much experience that Mike had before he got to this point.
But, one- another thing that does make the comparison worthy, other than the age obviously, other than the talent and the ability to be that guy, other than the fact that, like you said, he's not a personable guy.
He looks mean.
I want my heavyweight champion to be mean.
I don't need him to get on a mic and talk.
I don't need Muhammad Ali.
I don't need Tyson Fury.
I want, I want like that's why I love Anthony Joshua.
Anthony Joshua gets on the mic, you know, he s- flashes a smile when he needs to, he growls at you when he needs to, but he goes in there and he knocks you out.
Like, I, that, that's a heavyweight champion.
I don't, I don't, I don't need you to be a personable guy.
So he got that.
But then also the difference with Mike and the difference with Hrgovic with everyone is speed.
Yeah.
These guys are fast.
Hrgovic is The, the, the speed display that we're gonna see, the d- the differential in Hrgovic and Itama is gonna be light years.
That's Hrgovic's n- his number one problem, Hrgovic, i- is, is, is his speed.
Right.
He's a slow plotting guy, and that's Itama's number one attribute.
We're gonna really see, a speed differential like, like back in Mike Tyson's days.
And that was the difference with Mike, and that's why I said, like even though Hrgovic is a durable guy, and this is a step up, and he has experience, I could see this going just a few rounds.
Because you get caught with that speed and a guy- Yeah who's big and athletic the way Itama is, this fight could end quick.
Yeah, the speed is crazy.
The comparisons to Tyson are about the age and stuff, but- Yeah if you wanna compare them inside of the ring, like, the, the speed.
Like the s- Yeah very similar speed.
He's, he's not the tall, he's not the biggest heavyweight.
He's bigger than Tyson.
Yeah, much bigger.
I think he's like 6'0", Itama.
Tyson not 6'0".
Um- No, Itama's way bigger than that.
Do you think he's s- what, 6'2"?
Oh, yeah.
No, d- he's, bro, he's way bigger than you think.
I, I went to this too.
I'd like to meet him one day.
I, yeah, I, I was surprised- Well, comparison to the Furys, Joshuas, Hrgovic, the Dubois, even Frank Sanchez is gonna tower over him.
Yeah, dude, he's 6'5" and a half.
That's-- He's big.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
Yeah, no, he's a- Excuse me he's a, he's a, he's a proper, he's a- Damn proper new age heavyweight, bro.
No, it's just, he's so athletic you don't expect him to be that tall.
Damn.
But no, he's, he's big.
He would tower over Mike then.
Yeah.
No, he'd have Mike by half a foot.
