Moses Itauma is optimistic he will get a shot at the world heavyweight title at some point in 2025, but likely only if Oleksandr Usyk retires or vacates some belts. Cast as Britain's next hopeful heavyweight star, Itauma, 20, originally set the target of becoming the youngest world champion in the division's history, a record which Mike Tyson will hold on to for now.

HEAVYWEIGHT contender Moses Itauma looks set to make his debut in Scotland on May 24. The 20-year-old appeared to be heading for an undercard slot on Queensberry Promotions’ Heavy Impact event headlined by Joe Joyce against Filip Hrgovic in Manchester on April 5.

JOSEPH PARKER wants the next step on his incredible heavyweight run to be a shot at unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk - and not a fight for a vacant belt.

THE All-London derby between Lawrence Okolie and Richard Riakporhe scheduled for April 5 is now off, the Ring can reveal. The pair had been set to draw a line under years of rivalry in a heavyweight showdown at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester - but they will have to wait a little longer to face each other after Okolie sustained an injury in training.

It says a lot about the progress Moses Itauma has made in the two years since he turned professional that the 20 year-old British prodigy already watches events at the very top of the heavyweight division through the eyes of a genuine contender rather than a young hopeful.

Lawrence Okolie has refused to rule out a future fight with fellow heavyweight Moses Itauma, who he sparred when the burgeoning star was just 15 years old. Okolie (21-1, 16 KOs) has fought above the 200-pound limit twice now, once at bridgerweight and once at heavyweight, so is fully acclimatised to boxing's blue-ribbon division by now.

FRANK Warren's new DAZN partnership came with the sort of heavyweight headliners we're used to seeing feature on a Riyadh Season card, like the stacked Last Crescendo bill taking place in the Saudi capital this weekend.

Former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin is ready to test another up and coming contender in the weight class. In 2023, Martin gave then unbeaten contender Jared Anderson all he could handle and became the first to take the young puncher the full distance.

With a new year upon us and a quiet January in store, things pick up considerably in February and March with the rest of the boxing calendar filling up as we go along.

Australian heavyweight contender Justis Huni (12-0, 7 KOs) kicked off his 2025 with a second-round TKO win over Shaun Potgieter in the co-feature as Jai Opetaia made another successful IBF cruiserweight world title defense, blasting beyond David Nyika on the Gold Coast, January 8.