MOSES ITAUMA is looking to go a step closer to a world title shot as he faces Jermaine Franklin TONIGHT.
21-year-old Itauma comes into the clash with a perfect record, standing at 13-0-0.
Itauma took just 119 seconds to brutally KO British heavyweight veteran Dillian Whyte in his last bout back in August.
The 21-year-old is currently signed with Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, and his signature to the promoter has meant he’s made some personal changes.
SunSport can reveal what Moses Itauma’s real name is, and why he changed it.
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What is Moses Itauma’s real name, and why did he change it?
Despite now going by Moses Itauma, that is not the 20-year-old’s real name!
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Itauma’s real name is Enriko Moses Itauma.
The 21-year-old started to go by Moses after signing with Frank Warren’s Queensbury Promotions.
He followed in the footsteps of his brother, Karol Itauma, in joining Frank Warren.
Itauma revealed that the promoters preferred his middle name to Enriko, with his brother also feeling that “Moses” was a better name to go by.
He told BBC: “Karol said Moses sounded strong for a heavyweight, so we decided to go with it.”
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There’s a massive year of boxing ahead!
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster year of action inside the boxing ring.
Tyson Fury will make his return in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov while Oleksandr Usyk takes on the king of kickboxing Rico Verhoeven.
Conor Benn features for the first time since making the switch to Zuffa Boxing and Fabio Wardley will defend his newly won heavyweight crown.
Canelo Alvarez will be hoping to return after his defeat to Terence Crawford and heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk will also defend his straps.
Derek Chisora will fight for the 50th and (perhaps) final time against Deontay Wilder while Daniel Dubois is also on the comeback trail.
A whole bunch of British stars could also take a leap into superstardom, with the likes of Moses Itauma, Hamzah Sheeraz and Adam Azim ready to join the very top of the sport.
Here’s all the big fights coming up…
March
- Sat 28 – Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin – DAZN
- Sat 28 – Sebastian Fundora vs Keith Thurman – Amazon Prime PPV
April
- Sat 4 – Deontay Wilder vs Derek Chisora – DAZN PPV
- Sun 5 – Caroline Dubois vs Terri Harper – Sky Sports
- Sat 11 – Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov – Netflix
- Sat 11 – Conor Benn vs Regis Prograis – Netflix
- Sat 18 – Callum Smith vs David Morrell – DAZN
- Sat 18 – Manny Pacquiao vs Ruslan Provodnikov
- Sat 25 – Lawrence Okolie vs Tony Yoka – DAZN
May
- Sat 2 – Naoya Inoue vs Junto Nakatani – Undisputed super-bantamweight title – TBC
- Sat 2 – Zurdo Ramirez vs David Benavidez – WBA & WBO Cruiserweight titles – Prime Video
- Sat 9 – Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois – WBO title – DAZN
- Sat 23 – Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven – WBC title – DAZN
June
- Sat 6 – Dalton Smith vs Alberto Puello – WBC super lightweight title – DAZN
- Sat 13 – Tommy Fury vs Eddie Hall – DAZN
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What TV channel is Itauma vs Franklin on and can it be live streamed?
- Itauma vs Franklin will be broadcast live on DAZN.
- The whole fight card will stream live on DAZN in over 200 countries across the globe via a DAZN subscription.
- If you are not currently a DAZN member, then monthly and annual subscription options are available to watch over 185 fights a year across boxing, bare knuckle boxing, MMA and kickboxing.
- An Annual Super Saver subscription is a one-off payment of £119.99 / $224.99 for 12-months access (£14.99 / $19.99 per month if paying in monthly instalments).
- A Monthly Flexible pass, which can be cancelled at any time, is £24.99 / $29.99 per month.
- Alternatively, SunSport’s live blog will bring you round-by-round updates from the huge card.
