Moses Itauma launches 14-0 IBF title-fight countdown with trailer

Moses Itauma, 21, has begun the countdown to Saturday’s vacant IBF heavyweight title fight against Filip Hrgovic with a promotional video shared across social media. The unbeaten Nigerian-born heavyweight enters the contest with a professional record of 14 wins, including 12 knockouts, and no defeats.

The trailer, produced by DAZN, follows Itauma through the routines and demands surrounding his first world-title challenge. It shows the southpaw rising early for a run, attending a photoshoot and appearing at a pre-fight press conference before going to a film premiere in Leicester Square.

The video ends with Itauma arriving at London’s O2 Arena by helicopter and walking towards the ring. Its first-person perspective and polished advertising style present the bout as a major moment in the young fighter’s career, while keeping the focus on his preparation and rising profile.

Itauma, who fights from Chatham in Kent, faces Croatia’s Hrgovic for the IBF belt left vacant. The fight is viewed as his most demanding test to date, with victory potentially making him Britain’s youngest world heavyweight champion.

Born in Kežmarok, Slovakia, to a Nigerian father and Slovak mother, Itauma moved with his family to England at the age of three after they experienced racism and sought better opportunities. His older brother, light-heavyweight boxer Karol Itauma, was his first inspiration in boxing.

Itauma is trained by Ben Davison and promoted by Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions. Before turning professional, he won all 24 of his amateur bouts, with 11 victories by knockout, and has since held the Commonwealth, WBO Intercontinental and WBA International titles. A win on Saturday would place him behind only Mike Tyson as the youngest heavyweight world champion in boxing history.