{"id":3464,"date":"2023-01-01T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T13:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/uk-18-year-old-future-of-heavyweight-boxing-moses-enrico-itauma-has-signed-with-frank-warren-to-turn-pro-after-sparring-with-anthony-joshua-and-joe-joyce-as-a-schoolboy\/"},"modified":"2023-01-01T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T13:32:46","slug":"uk-18-year-old-future-of-heavyweight-boxing-moses-enrico-itauma-has-signed-with-frank-warren-to-turn-pro-after-sparring-with-anthony-joshua-and-joe-joyce-as-a-schoolboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/uk-18-year-old-future-of-heavyweight-boxing-moses-enrico-itauma-has-signed-with-frank-warren-to-turn-pro-after-sparring-with-anthony-joshua-and-joe-joyce-as-a-schoolboy\/","title":{"rendered":"UK 18-year-old &#8216;future of heavyweight boxing&#8217; Moses Enrico Itauma has signed with Frank Warren to turn pro after sparring with Anthony Joshua and Joe Joyce as a schoolboy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Moses &#8216;Enriko&#8217; Itauma has signed a long-term promotional deal to go pro with Frank Warren&#8217;s Queensberry Promotions at BT Sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old heavyweight prospect has already won gold medals for England at the Youth World Championships and Youth European Championships, and is seen as a promising future for the next generation of British boxing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Itaba has nothing but success as a youth amateur\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/01\/FlYsIOpXwAM1umF.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=681&amp;quality=100\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1290666\" width=\"681\" height=\"681\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMoses Itauma on Instagram\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n<p>\t\tItaba has nothing but success as a youth amateur\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Itama stars as a 17-year-old amateur who just turned 18 on December 29.<\/p>\n<p>Now an adult, he decided to waste no time and jump into the professional bout by signing Warren, following his light heavyweight brother Karol Itauma (9-0, 7 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>Karol, 22, is also highly regarded as a promising prospect, but Moses emerged from the junior amateur ranks with a rare 24-0 record.<\/p>\n<p>At both the Youth World Championships and Youth European Championships, he won every fight by knockout en route to gold.<\/p>\n<p>Itauma was only 11 years old when he was so close to a split in an amateur contest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frank Warren has been on the circuit for many years and is the right person for the job so it&#8217;s exciting for me,&#8221; the 18-year-old said of his new contract.  .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me now it&#8217;s about stepping up really quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never started boxing to win a world title. I literally kept going to the gym because it was like a small family at St. Mary&#8217;s ABC. I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Itauma has already sparred for some big names in British heavyweight boxing, gaining good experience along the way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About two years ago, I started growing up feeling that amateur gaming wasn&#8217;t for me,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Moses' brother Karol Itauma with Warren\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/01\/308632865_419248250341011_2328517867258855073_n.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=919&amp;quality=100\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1290664\" width=\"919\" height=\"960\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMoses Itauma on Instagram\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n<p>\t\tMoses&#8217; brother Karol Itauma with Warren\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t consider myself special, but I realized I was good at boxing when I started sparring with Lawrence O&#8217;Colley when I was probably 14 or 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the time, I was sparring with Joe Joyce, Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua, and I held my own when it didn&#8217;t work out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was sparring with Joyce and Ocory, I came straight from school in my uniform and yawned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Frank Warren said of the deal:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"2\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"WBO Cruiserweight World Champion Ocory is one of Itauma's famous sparring partners.\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/01\/308492099_829223121405502_2161887206254671040_n.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=920&amp;quality=100\" class=\"alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-1290665\" width=\"920\" height=\"960\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMoses Itauma on Instagram\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n<p>\t\tWBO Cruiserweight World Champion Ocory is one of Itauma&#8217;s famous sparring partners.\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor very obvious reasons, Moses was a sought-after young man and we are thrilled that he has chosen Queensbury to guide and further his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a solid track record of guiding young fighters to major title success, and Moses will be a good companion to other elite prospects who are already advancing in the professional ranks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoses is an extraordinary talent who will further brighten the heavyweight scene in this country and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Moses has the potential to become a heavyweight great and I am sure the country will stand by him and support his crusade to become a record-breaking world champion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Itauma will be managed by CSM, a management group recently founded by Frank&#8217;s son Francis Warren.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Warren added:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a bold plan he&#8217;s made himself and it&#8217;s up to us to make it happen outside the ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to welcome Moses to the management company I have created to care for the interests of the growing band of young and immensely talented fighters that I am honored to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>\t\tfbq('init', '752905198150451');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiaGh0dHBzOi8vdGFsa3Nwb3J0LmNvbS9zcG9ydC9ib3hpbmcvMTI5MDY0Ny9mdXR1cmUtaGVhdnl3ZWlnaHQtYm94aW5nLW1vc2VzLWVucmlrby1pdGF1bWEtYW50aG9ueS1qb3NodWEv0gFsaHR0cHM6Ly90YWxrc3BvcnQuY29tL3Nwb3J0L2JveGluZy8xMjkwNjQ3L2Z1dHVyZS1oZWF2eXdlaWdodC1ib3hpbmctbW9zZXMtZW5yaWtvLWl0YXVtYS1hbnRob255LWpvc2h1YS9hbXAv?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Moses &#8216;Enriko&#8217; Itauma has signed a long-term promotional deal to go pro with Frank Warren&#8217;s Queensberry Promotions at BT Sport. 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