Whyte was sent sprawling from a short right hook; he fell face first heavily and somehow beat the count, but his legs betrayed him for just a few seconds. He stood, unsteady and glassy eyed, and the fight was sensibly waved off. Whyte complained, Itauma celebrated, and the sport has a new star.

The win over Whyte was Itauma's ninth consecutive knockout victory, all within the first two rounds. Many believed that Whyte, the former WBC interim heavyweight champion, would be the first fighter to drag him into deep waters, but Itauma treated him the same way he has done to every other opponent in his career.

Moses Itauma put the boxing world on notice as he continued his meteoric rise through the ranks against Dillian Whyte with a first-round knock-out in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia . The twenty-year-old was supposed to face the toughest acid test of his career thus far against the veteran title contender, who was supposed to tell the world how good he is.