The 19-year-old is currently 10-0, with 8 knockouts, and comes up against the vastly experienced McKean in this fascinating heavyweight battle.
Australian born McKean, 34, possesses a 22-1 record, with 15 KO's, but he has not fought since suffering that one loss to Filip Hrgovic by TKO in August 2023.
As part of three heavyweight duels on the fight card, everything is on the line for both fighters for very different reasons. Here is everything you need to know about this fight.
Here's what you need to know ahead of Moses Itauma vs Demsey McKean.
When is Moses Itauma vs Demsey McKean ?
The Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury 2 fight card is on Saturday December 21, and is again held at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The main fight card and live DAZN broacast will begin at 4pm GMT; 11AM ET; 8am CT; 7pm KSA.
Moses Itauma versus Demsey McKean will get underway at 6.25pm GMT, 1.25pm ET; 10.25am PT; 9.25pm KSA.
Usyk versus Fury should get underway at 10pm GMT; 5pm ET; 2pm CT; 1am KSA.
- Date: Saturday December 21
- Main fightcard start time: 4pm GMT; 11AM ET; 8am CT; 7pm KSA
- Moses Itauma vs. Demsey McKean: 8.15pm GMT, 3.15pm ET; 10.25am PT; 11.15pm KSA
- Usyk vs. Fury main event ringwalk : 10pm GMT; 5pm ET; 2pm CT; 1am KSA.
What has been said?
“I know a lot of stuff he does wrong,”
“I didn’t even know this,”
“His team has put in a rematch clause for this fight,”
“There’s a lot of hype around him, a lot of noise behind him,”
"I just thought that if I've got nothing to do, I might as well fight people for amounts of money. So why not?"
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