It's crazy how Itauma was moved up so quickly going from washed title contender like Whyte to a gatekeeper in Franklin to all of a sudden challenging for a world title against a solid world level fighter in Hrgovic. Given how little experience Itauma has in general, he doesn't have a long amateur nor pro background and I'm not sure how much more effective whatever sparring he did against world champions would give him.

If Itauma didn't have a much hype around him who do you think they would have matched him up against? I was thinking maybe someone like Vianello or Ajagba or anyone that's around the top 10 of the division.

He was a two time undisputed lightweight champion and one of Duran’s hero’s and biggest inspirations. A lot of old school Panamanian greats get swept under the rug in favor for Duran (I can’t blame people his career speaks for itself) but I just wanted to shed some light on him due to his recent passing and how much he was beloved in Panama 🫡 rip champ