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HUGE KNOCKOUT!! Moses Itauma vs. Mike Balogun | Full Fight Highlights

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00:00Great reception from the Scottish crowd.

00:02All right, lads, you're expecting you both your instructions at all times.

00:08When I tell you to break before break, defend yourselves at all times.

00:11The best look to you both, touch gloves.

00:13Professional fight number 12 for the thrilling Moses Itauma.

00:18He's yet to lose anything, amateur or pro.

00:21The Kent Southpaw, who carries sharp shooting power, skills.

00:26And he's dealing so well with the immense pressure and

00:30expectation on those young shoulders.

00:33The building blocks are being put in place.

00:36And he's in with a hard hitting, but aging, and a tad vulnerable.

00:41Mike Balagin and Frank George and Francis Warren want Itauma to

00:46showcase in front of different audiences.

00:49So here he is in Glasgow and getting that Southpaw jab off to a very nice start to

00:54the body so far, so quick with his reactions, not just the delivery of

01:00shot, but the way he glides in and out of range, but always fainted,

01:03always trying to find the openings.

01:05Balagin, as you say, can be vulnerable, but there are 16 KOs.

01:10No, if he wants to have a chance here, it's trying to land that left hand of

01:14his starting the contest brightly, but won't be long until we see that the power from Itauma.

01:22The power and class.

01:28You were so impressed, weren't you, Riyad Barry?

01:31Well, it's just fantastic, the way he sets the shots up and also the angle of attack.

01:35Look, for a big guy, you can't move your fighter that way.

01:38You're not supposed to move your fighter the way that he does.

01:40He moves like a middleweight, but the power of a heavyweight.

01:43That left hand already, just slightly troubles Balagin.

01:46He goes to the body too, Moses Itauma.

01:49Remember, Murat Gassiev did him in two, and he might run it in one.

01:55Kyle said it earlier, and he's going for it.

01:58Thunderous left hands, and down goes the American inside the opening minute and a half,

02:04and he looks to his corner as if to say, what just hit me?

02:08Will he get out?

02:09It's Barry Lane's.

02:11John Latham has a good look, and he looks bad in his corner.

02:14Mike Balagin, but he's in a whole heap of trouble, and Moses Itauma could take him out right now.

02:20Balagin's got to keep that right hand up.

02:22He can't miss with the left hand.

02:24Itauma is far too low from the American.

02:27Balagin, look at the time of the old Balagin, just waiting for Balagin to make a mistake,

02:31so he can throw that left hand over the top again.

02:34Well, he's done well just to get up, really.

02:37Balagin, he could have sat it out, but the pride got him up.

02:41He just about scraped to the count.

02:43It was touch and go.

02:45That was impressive, though.

02:46He threw the left hand twice from the backhand,

02:48he put it from the softball stands.

02:50Through one, didn't land clean.

02:51He threw a second one, and no one very, really does that.

02:54And it landed right on the button.

02:5520 years old.

02:57It's phenomenal.

03:00They were talking about him maybe breaking Mike Tyson's record of becoming

03:05a world heavyweight champion, but that's gone.

03:08That had to be done this month.

03:10And Frank, I think, just wanted to take some time with Moses.

03:14There's no rush.

03:15Martin Bacoli at ringside.

03:17That would be a massive step up.

03:18But at the moment, he's just got to take care of business,

03:22which he's doing very nicely.

03:24And that jab working a treat.

03:26And because he knows he has the power and the timing to get your...

03:29He knows he didn't rush anything.

03:31He couldn't have gone for the finish here and probably got it.

03:34But he's not getting no runs.

03:35He needs no runs.

03:36He needs no runs.

03:36I'd like to just relax the pooch here from Otama.

03:40And he's trying to not show a look set by a counter.

03:55A little bit of lead hand, a bit of up and down, yeah?

04:01Take the time.

04:02We'll set them shots up again.

04:07Give me the bucket.

04:10I'll blow you now.

04:17Dummy.

04:21Well, Moses Otama wasted no time getting that left hand working.

04:29Great shot.

04:30Look at that one.

04:30And again, he fills it again.

04:32He doubles it up.

04:33And the second one didn't hit as clean as the first, ironically.

04:36He's got so much natural power that if you hit you anyway, you're in trouble.

04:39He just looked down at the timekeeper there.

04:42Moses Otama waiting for the bell to ring.

04:44Cool, relaxed, lovely fella outside of the ring.

04:49That was spectacular, absolutely devastating.

04:55And can he make it this time?

04:58One, two, three, three.

05:00The counts at nine.

05:01Brave man, Mike Balogin from the States.

05:05Up twice from heavy knockdowns.

05:08The second especially.

05:10And he's going for it.

05:11Fair play to him, Barry.

05:12What a great effort there from Balogin.

05:14Because he was done.

05:15Yeah, he's got to get up and recover.

05:17That's something super.

05:19Oh, another right hand.

05:21And there's no way the fight should continue.

05:23It is finished in the second round.

05:28Moses Otama lights up Glasgow.

05:33He did it in Saudi Arabia.

05:35And a few months on, it's now Scotland.

05:38What's next for this emerging superstar in heavyweight boxing?

05:43Well, I'm just looking at the faces around ringside.

05:47And they're amazed at what they've just seen there.

05:51You know, that was spectacular.

05:53That first lead right hook was, I mean, it was so special.

05:59It was so spiteful.

06:00This man is the future.

06:04It's a lovely time right hook there.

06:06And to be fair, the fight was over.

06:09But somebody finds the beat for this shot.

06:11Look at that.

06:11That's a lovely time shot.

06:12Look at that.

06:13So a little lean back, turns the body.

06:15So he gets that little torque in the punch as well.

06:17They get that power in that right hook.

06:19So look at that.

06:22Do you know what that is?

06:24Composure.

06:25Because the guy's rushing it in.

06:26He's got such a calm demeanor to him.

06:28And he did that.

06:29No panic.

06:30He's a little half a step back and sees it all.

06:32Because he stays calm, it gives him a better vision

06:34than most of the fighters.

06:36Ring intelligence moves like a middleweight

06:39and punches every bit of a heavyweight.

06:43What a combination.

06:44What a combination.

06:44And that, it's his temperament.

06:46His temperament does it.

06:47Like there's some ugly faces there, loosely.

06:50Is it just incredible?

06:52I mean, absolutely stunning.

06:54Offensively, obviously, as we see there, he's so good.

06:57But do you know what goes unnoticed is how good defensively he is.

07:01How sharp his reactions are.

07:03How quick the feet are to be able to find those counter-right hooks.

07:06What a fighter.

07:07What a talent.

07:08Darren, I think the way he just comes with pressure.

07:10He said that about all these world champions.

07:12He comes with the pressure of expectation.

07:14He doesn't panic in the ring.

07:16It just gives him loads of time to think.

07:19Wonderful team around him.

07:20There's family.

07:22There's a tight-knit group in the Ben Davison stable.

07:25Francis Warren believes he's got a sporting superstar on his hands.

07:32He thinks he could be the next Messi, the next Federer, anything like that.

07:36The sky's the limit, believes Francis Warren.

07:41Who knows what the ceiling is for Moses Itama.

07:44Well, we've got Fabio Wardley, another undefeated heavyweight,

07:50getting his homecoming fight at Portman Road

07:53against another unbeaten fighter, and a good one in Justice Hoodie.

07:57It's Queensbury against Matchroom.

07:59Dillian White on the card too, part of your subscription on The Zone.

08:03June the 7th, the date for that one.

08:05I hope Moses could be there.

08:07He's wow.

08:09It's just wow.

08:10That's what it is.

08:11Ladies and gentlemen, here is the official time.

08:2046 seconds of round number two.

08:23Our referee in charge, John Latham, waves it off.

08:26Therefore, your winner by way of technical knockout.

08:30Still undefeated and still WBO Intercontinental and WBA International Heavyweight Champion,

08:42Moses Itama.

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