Impossible to break Tyson record - Itauma

Rising British prima Moses Itauma says it was "impossible" for him to break Mike Tyson's grounds for nan youngest heavyweight world champion.

Tyson was 20 years and 4 months aged erstwhile he became world champion successful 1986, and Itauma passed that property connected Saturday.

"When I turned master it was astir chasing that record. Now that grounds is disconnected nan books, I americium conscionable trying to return my clip pinch it," Itauma told nan BBC's 5 Live Boxing pinch Steve Bunce podcast.

"In nan first 2 months of maine being professional, I realised that goal's impossible. I was naive erstwhile I said that. I said that earlier I turned professional.

"I didn't realise really overmuch you can't power successful this boxing game. You deliberation since I turned professional, nan world champions person been Daniel Dubois, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.

"There's nary measurement successful 2 years I would person put myself successful a position to conflict them."

Itauma's two-round demolition of Mike Balogun connected Saturday extended his grounds to 12 wins and 10 knockouts.

He was initially marketed arsenic nan teen to break Tyson's record, but denied it was only ever a clever "marketing strategy" for his career.

Itauma is expected to situation for a world title successful nan adjacent fewer years and has been linked pinch a number of large names, including Joe Joyce.

Martin Bakole, Jermaine Franklin and Otto Wallin hve been mentioned arsenic imaginable opponents and Itauma's promoter Frank Warren has said he will conflict connected nan undercard of Dubois' world title fight against Oleksandr Usyk connected 19 July astatine Wembley Stadium.

Itauma does not expect his adjacent conflict to beryllium a large sanction and said his squad want him to beryllium successful immoderate "10-round fights" earlier moving up a level successful opponents.

"There's guys that are reliable cookies that ain't sewage a name. That's not ideal," he said.

"You want a reliable feline pinch a bully sanction and they aren't cheap."