Moses Itauma reacts to Usyk vacating titles and planning retirement before fighting him

Despite interest from fans and previous backing from boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh, Moses Itauma will almost certainly not have the chance to face Oleksandr Usyk before the Ukrainian retires.

Usyk recently announced that he has vacated all three of his world titles and plans to have just one more fight before hanging up the gloves on a sure-fire Hall of Fame career.

It means that there will be no opportunity for Itauma – very much considered the future of the division – to force a changing of the guard inside the ropes. The fight never did look likely, with Usyk saying that he would ‘break’ Itauma, despite his willingness.

Speaking to IFL TV, Itauma reacted to the news.