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Moses Itauma, 20, so calm and calculated even Mike Tyson wouldn't scare him, says Frank Warren
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THE IT FACTOR Moses Itauma, 20, so calm and calculated even Mike Tyson wouldn't scare him, says Frank Warren
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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Moses Itauma will look to continue his surge up the heavyweight division against Dilian Whyte
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
