MOSES ITAUMA thanked SunSport for arming him with crucial information for his Saturday night shootout with Jermaine Franklin.
The ice-cool 21-year-old Kent prodigy welcomes the experienced 32-year-old American to Manchester for his .
Moses Itauma v Jermaine Franklin feature on No Gloves LostCredit: No Gloves Lost
Jermaine Franklin is quiet and respectful outside of the ring but has a few tricks inside the ropesCredit: No Gloves Lost
Johnny Fisher, Derek Chisora and Leo Atang starred on SunSport’s No Glove Lost showCredit: No Gloves Lost
And he goes into the clash knowing that the polite and decent Michigan man drove wild by trash talking him DURING their – and he intends to recycle the tactic.
Franklin took AJ in distance in a frustrating bout that after the bell.
And part of the reason for the aggro was the verbal blows the US heavyweight poked him with.
When we wised Itauma up to the potential problem, he said: “Does he? I am glad you’ve told me that, because if I didn’t know and he just started doing it, it would have annoyed me.
“Now that I know it’s coming, it will annoy me less. So I appreciate your help.
“I have had it before. used to do it in sparring and it used to annoy me so much.
“He was the first person I ever got in the ring with who started talking to me.
“But you sink a few early body shots in and it soon stops.
“I would hit him with a good shot and he would say ‘nope’ and I would know that it hurt him.
“I know what I am going to do, now I am prepared for it, I will exploit it.”
On our Itauma vs Franklin No Glove Lost show, explained tongue lashings are an old trick from across the Pond.
But the 41-year-old veteran reckons they are a sign of weakness, not strength.
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Del Boy said: “Trash talk is an American thing. My American friends do that when we spar.
“They’re getting hurt but they don’t want to show their weakness, so they trash talk while you are beating them up.”
Fearless Franklin – who lost a harsh decision to in 2022 – slapped both London giants with insults over 24 rounds, labelling them .
It’s a risky route the otherwise respectful competitor learned as a childhood gamer and one he thinks could unsettle the wonderkid.
Franklin told us: “I have always been like that, ever since I was a kid.
“I like to trash talk inside the ring, but outside the competition it is really not in my character.
“It is better to try to get inside someone’s head during the fight, than it is before the fight.
“Anything said before the fight just adds fuel to my fire.
“I don’t know what type of guy he is personally, on a one-to-one level.
“So I will be better off doing it in the fight, rather than inside the fight.
“I have a wide variety of tricks I have used over the years and I think that could be a huge problem for him.”
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A rising star returns to the ring!
Moses Itauma and Jermaine Franklin will finally get their hands on each other at the top of a blockbuster bill in Manchester.
The fight was initially planned for January 24 before Itauma was forced to withdraw due to an injury
But the rising star is now back and will be hoping to take a step closer to a world title shot against a man who has won his last three consecutive fights.
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming mouthwatering fight…
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