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Longtime combat sports analyst Joe Rogan compared a promising 21-year-old boxer to heavyweight great Mike Tyson.
Boxing remains an exciting sport with the likes of Oleksandr Usyk, Shakur Stevenson, and the polarizing Jake Paul leading the way in popularity. Despite Mixed Martial Arts’ strides made over the past few decades, heavyweight boxing remains a hot ticket for sports fans worldwide.
Usyk, Anthony Joshua, and Tyson Fury are considered among the greatest heavyweight boxers of the modern era. But none of them arguably have made the impact in boxing that Mike Tyson did during his prime.
Tyson became the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight championship when he knocked out Trevor Berbick in 1986. According to UFC commentator Joe Rogan, one of the young stars in heavyweight boxing has the chance to be the modern-era version of Tyson.
Joe Rogan: ‘Dynamite’ Moses Itauma is this generation’s Mike Tyson
In a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan compared talented heavyweight Moses Itauma to Tyson and praised the 21-year-old’s promise.
“There’s Moses Itauma who people don’t really know about enough yet; I think he is the future of boxing,” Rogan said of Itauma.
“Wow, that guy is good; he’s dynamite, he’s so fast and so good. He’s so slick with how he moves in and out; he’s the future. I mean, he’s like our generation’s Mike Tyson where you watch him, and he’s coming up, and you’re like ‘Holy s—‘.” (h/t Bloody Elbow)
Itauma will fight Filip Hrgovic later this month for the IBF heavyweight championship. A win could earn Itauma a shot against the likes of Usyk, Joshua, or Fury in the near future.
Rogan, an avid boxing fan, has his eyes on Itauma as the next potential heavyweight king. Time will tell if Rogan’s high praise will result in Itauma living up to lofty expectations.
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