Saudi-backed boxer retains spot on Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford undercard with first stoppage win

The Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte card in Saudi Arabia started with a lightweight clash involving a Saudi-backed fighter trained by a legend. Moses Itauma is set to face Dillian Whyte in a major make-or-break fight for his career. Itauma hopes to prove himself as a world-level heavyweight with a dominant win over ‘The Bodysnatcher’, whilst Whyte hopes to let the boxing world know he’s not done yet. On the undercard, Filip Hrgovic vows to take David Adeleye’s soul, and Britain’s only current world champion, Nick Ball, will face Sam Goodman in defense of his world title. Also on the card, Raymond Ford takes on Abraham Nova, but not before one Saudi-backed fighter trained by Gennady Golovkin‘s former coach picked up his first stoppage win. In the first bout of the card, 4-0 Mohammad Alakel faced 3-6 Yumnam Santosh Singh. Alakel has been backed by the Saudis, featuring on both Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol cards, Oleksandr Usyk vs Tyson Fury‘s bill, and most recently, Canelo vs William Scull. It was only on th