It is a few years since rumours began to circulate about the schoolboy who would turn up at gyms in his uniform and give established world champions all they could handle.

That schoolboy turned out to be Moses Itauma. After winning European and World youth championships, Itauma decided to turn his back on amateur boxing and has breezed his way to ten successive wins within his first two years as a professional.

The heavyweight prodigy is still only 19 years old.

Itauma, 10-0 (8 KOs), had already proven his potential by the time he officially joined Ben Davison’s team March this year. So far, the partnership has worked out well.

Saturday’s fight with Australia’s Demsey McKean will be their third outing together and Itauma has progressed from a possible star to probable future heavyweight champion.

“It’s probably about 2 years ago that I was messaging [Davison],” Itauma told Queensberry’s All-Access show. “I kept going to his gym for sparring and obviously when I left, I obviously I liked the setup and that and then when I left my old trainer I kind of tried out a few different places and then I just clicked with the Ben Davison Performance Centre. We were actually speaking about earlier. I think this probably could be one of the best, most solid teams that's out here.”

Davison is used to working with elite heavyweights. He famously played a major role in Tyson Fury’s return from personal troubles and a 31 month lay-off and guided him to a draw in his memorable first fight with then WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder. At the moment, he works with two-time unified champion, Anthony Joshua, and also assists British and Commonwealth champion, Fabio Wardley.

Itauma’s technical ability is beyond question but Davison is also delighted with the qualities he has displayed in the gym and the way he approaches the sport.

“The fact that he was seeking and trying out a few different coaches, I thought was a good sign straight away. I always think it's a good idea that people do do that when they're looking at joining a new team,” Davison said before detailing the desire to improve which has seen Itauma make such rapid strides.

“Straight away, very coachable. He took on the advice and an absolute pleasure to train. There isn't a session that goes by that if we discuss something or we want him to to work on something, you know that there's never a session that goes by that we don't see him looking to to try and employ that so very coachable and very enjoyable to coach as a person.”