Moses Itauma puts on ‘best British boxing performance of the year’ with brutal stoppage of Mariusz Wach

MOSES ITAUMA snatched the first serious scalp of his career with a ruthless second-round stoppage of a giant more than twice his age.

Mariusz Wach – now a tired 44 – took Wladimir Klitschko the distance in 2012 and later did the same to Hughie Fury, Dillian Whyte and Frazer Clarke.

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But the 6ft 7in Viking Pole was peppered and pillaged by the 19-year-old Kent prodigy inside six one-sided minutes.

Itauma said: “I don’t want to badmouth anyone but Wach was known for taking people the distance.

“The earliest I think he was ever stopped was around six rounds but I have done him in two, so it is a statement.

“He has been in there with the likes of Klitschko and Dillian Whyte and they have not done that to him.

“It lets the heavyweight division know I am here, I am only 19 but come on.

“But I want to say thank you to Mariusz because nobody else wanted to take the fight.”

Itauma, who only turned 19 in December, feinted and jabbed with skill and sense beyond his years in the opener, sussing out his veteran prey.

But in the second round he zoomed up the gears, dropped Wach with a series of spiteful whacks and forced the referee to jump in before a case for abuse of the elderly could be launched.

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The Chatham ace backed the battered visitor into a neutral corner and unleashed a volley of shots into his flabby torso and ponytailed head.

And, when ref Michael Alexander halted the abuse, the Brit prospect poked his baby face through the ropes and grinned into the crowd that was roaring at his latest masterclass in measured savagery.

Former world champion and commentator Carl Froch hailed it as one of Britain’s best boxing performances of the year.

And Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren warned Frazer Clarke that he is there intended next victim.

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