Moses Itauma, 20, so calm and calculated even Mike Tyson wouldn't scare him, says Frank Warren
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FRANK WARREN reckons Moses Itauma is so calm and calculated that even the Planet's Baddest Man might struggle to scare him.
At just 20 years old - with only 20 amateur and 12 entry-level pro bouts to his name - the Kent heavyweight faces 37-year-old brute Dillian Whyte tonight.
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The Chatham clubber has exuded nothing but confidence throughout fight week
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Promoter Frank Warren has been amazed by Itauma's composure and poise
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Warren reckons a prime Mike Tyson would struggle to intimidate Itauma
But at Thursday's weigh-in, Itauma ditched the kid gloves and dared the vicious veteran to remove his sunglasses so their stare-off could get intimate.
Whyte warned the wonderkid to keep cool but later told talkSPORT that - if provoked - he could 'f*** up' the whole Itauma team.
But Warren, who was famously left with an injured eye after a 2000 altercation with Mike Tyson, says nothing fazes his ice-cool prospect.
The 73-year-old Hall-of-Famer told SunSport: 'Mike Tyson, in the early days, won 90 per cent of his fights outside the ring.
"The intimidation was unbelievable. I mean, he really intimidated people.
'Most of the American heavyweight guys back then were from the streets but that's what he managed to do with a lot of them.
'There were a rare couple of fighters he couldn't intimidate, like Buster Douglas.
"And he couldn't intimidate Evander Holyfield in any way, shape or form.
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'And I think, with Moses, I think you have a hard job to intimidate him."
Whyte has been involved in wild wars - verbally and physically, inside and outside of the ropes - with the likes of Anthony Joshua and Derek Chisora.
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But the howling heavyweight has played the quiet little lamb this week in Saudi Arabia.
It looks like he is trying to lure the youngster into a false sense of security - before pouncing.
But the Queensberry kingpin has total faith in his wonderkid-turned-man being the wolf in sheep's clothing.
'Everybody's trying to get the edge," he explained to us. "That's the way it is.
'Moses is a young guy, 20 years old, this is a bit of a new experience for him.
"But he handled himself very well.
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