They are some of boxing’s most fabled figures, men who captured the imagination not just of their native United States but the world. They were the titans who turned the heavyweight division into the sport’s blue riband class, and made the sport a commercial juggernaut.

Moses Itauma disposed of Jermaine Franklin Jr. to move up at heavyweight. Here are the latest ESPN divisional rankings.

Moses Itauma finally got some of the rounds he needed to put the heavyweight division on notice and spun through his repertoire before icing Jermaine Frankin with a brutal fifth-round KO.

The Zimbabwe-born Briton is facing American Deontay Wilder at O2 Arena on Saturday in what will be each fighter's 50th professional bout. At 42 years old, Chisora has billed the matchup as the final fight of his career.

Deontay Wilder beat Derek Chisora in a scrappy but entertaining heavyweight brawl on Saturday to put himself back in the conversation for world title fights. Wilder (45-4-1, 43 KOs) scored two knockdowns but had a point taken off in a chaotic and emotional night in London.

Fan-favourite heavyweight Dave Allen has sparred some of boxing’s best, but ‘The White Rhino’ admits that the man who hit him the hardest came as a ‘surprise’

There will be a clamour for Moses Itauma to face heavyweight stars closing in on 40, but the 21-year-old superstar can plot his own path.

MOSES ITAUMA is shaping up to be the next great boxing superstar. The British wonderkid, with a Nigerian dad and Slovakian mum, smashed Jermaine Franklin so hard at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena