Moses Itauma has suffered a training camp injury, prompting Queensberry's January 24 show in Manchester to be postponed and moved to a new March 28 date, it was announced today.

That means the whole card, including The Ring's No. 10-rated light heavyweight Willy Hutchinson vs. Ezra Taylor and Liam Davies-Zak Miller, are all off on two weeks' notice.

The Ring's No. 7-rated heavyweight contender was to begin the year with a career-best assignment in America's bullish Jermaine Franklin, who fared competitively despite decision defeats by Dillian Whyte and two-time unified world champion Anthony Joshua previously.

Instead, this news comes as another unwelcome blow for the 21-year-old at a time where the sport's glamour division has finally started moving nearer the championship level.

Michigan's Franklin (24-2, 15 KOs) has spoken well about feeling disrespected as little more than a measuring stick, but now finds himself with two extra months' preparation time before returning to British shores. After banking seven fights in his first year as a pro, Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) will have only boxed six times in two years since for various reasons.

Originally slated to headline a bill in north-west England on December 13, boxing politics iced that opportunity while WBA 'regular' champion Kubrat Pulev boxed Murat Gassiev.

Gassiev scored a one-punch knockout of Pulev to claim the secondary strap, meaning he will now be mandated to defend that distinction against the highly-rated youngster at some stage in the coming months as Itauma currently sits ranked No. 1 with the WBA and WBO.

Agit Kabayel defended his WBC interim strap with a third-round knockout of Damian Knyba in Queensberry's maiden show of 2026 last weekend and Itauma's stablemate Fabio Wardley features among the German's plans for a busy campaign after 11 months' inactivity.

Kabayel's friend and former world champion Tyson Fury announced his latest return from another short-lived retirement, while The Ring's No. 9-rated contender Richard Torrez - among those with Itauma on their radar - is set for a Jan. 22 purse bid before a proposed matchup against Frank Sanchez to decide Oleksandr Usyk's next IBF mandatory challenger.