Moses Itama’s defensive strategy: Is it hiding glass jaw?

Moses Itamama says he does not understand why people say his jaw needs to be tested to decide whether it will be in the next major heavy weight. He notes that the art of “Boxing is not to be hit. “ He prepares a line told to him as a way of challenging.

Itama’s jaw under a microscope

On August 16th, itama (12-0, 10 ko) could be jawed by Dillian WHYTE in their 12-round kninders on Dazn PPV in Riyadh. WHYTE, 37, is not a spring chicken, but can still punch with one hand. If he can stay around long enough in the fighting, he may have a chance to prove whether itama can take a good punch.

Itama’s focus on not being hit causes fans to question and He hides a glass jaw. Traditionally, the fighters who go out of their way not to be hit defend a fragile mandible that has been open in the past.

Itama’s opposition has been short of power and talent since it turned into a pro. In the amateurs, Itama did not fight long enough to face the top echelon of fighters from outside the UK. He was in a hurry to turn pro. For everyone we know, it would have come without undoing if he fought the highest Amateurs from Cuba, US, Russia and Ukraine.

Moses, 20, goes out of his way not to be struck in fighting when he faces a decent punker. We saw that in his last fight against 41 -year -old Mike Balogun. During the amateur days of Itama, he often retreated around the ring, trying not to be hit, even against fighters who were low -level boys who run the mill.

Why does itama avoid punch

“The best jaw is the ones that are not experienced. I don’t understand this new concept you need to get hit on the jaw to see if you’re a good boxer. I’ve never understood that. Boxing aims to hit and not get hit,” said Mose Itama Talksport BoxingResponding to finding out that he is still being hit on the jaw ‘by anyone to show that he is a good fighter. “

It sounds that Itama is hiding something with his avoidance. A fighter does not show the kind of opposition Moses has for not being hit without being hurt in a training camp or fighting. Since he fought such poor opposition in the Amateurs and the benefits, he has not been hurt in that fighting. We do not know what has happened when training camps, where it has done a lot of sparring over the years.

“So why am I blamed because I’m not struck. It doesn’t make sense to me. If I go my whole career and I’m not born one time, people are going to go, ‘It can’t be great because it has never been hit.’ My chin has not been tested under the bright lights. I don’t want to find out, ”said Itama.