Meet Britain’s six next boxing superstars who are set to replace Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua including new Mike Tyson
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BRITISH boxing has never been in a better vein of pulling power thanks to the super-funding coming in from Saudi Arabia. But with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua cashing in and racing toward 40, who are the new generation of unknowns fighting hard and fast to make it to the promised lands of Riyadh and Wembley?.
![[Tyson Fury suffered his second defeat to Oleksandr Usyk at the weekend and could soon hang up his gloves]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/tyson-fury-reacts-following-defeat-959065577.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
With more and more British boxing heading behind the paywall of the DAZN app - and the main broadcasters spending their time and budget elsewhere - it has never been more difficult for the next AJ or Gypsy King to build their name or fanbase. If you don’t have an Olympic medal, like Audley Harrison, Amir Khan, James DeGale or Lauren Price - or have the backing of a football club and city like Manchester and Leeds icons Ricky Hatton and Josh Warrington, the early rounds of the hurt business can be brutal.
![[Anthony Joshua is also likely coming to the end of his boxing career]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/anthony-joshua-speaks-media-post-934898428.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
But SunSport reckons we’ve unearthed half-a-dozen rough diamonds who will shine bright in 2025. And, most importantly for their health and success and that of the sport, they will be deserving of your attention and ticket money. The most obvious pick of the bunch but - at still a ridiculously young age - the Chatham wonderkid deserves top billing.
![[Moses Itauma has been dubbed Britain's Mike Tyson]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/moses-itauma-poses-portrait-ahead-957924292.jpg?strip=all&w=867)
SunSport was in the Ropes and Glory amateur gym for Itauma’s 18th birthday - and training session - last December 28. And his stunning rise to Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s chief support - in the space of just 12 transformative months - has been super.
![[Itauma managed a first round knockout against Demsey McKean at the weekend]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/moses-itauma-knocks-demsey-mckean-959069904.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
