“There’s a rule in ‘The 48 Laws of Power’ where you play a sheep to catch a wolf. I feel like that’s what Dillian Whyte is doing,” Itauma said.

Moses Itauma is on course to become not only Britain’s youngest heavyweight world champion but the second-youngest of all time, behind Mike Tyson and ahead of Floyd Patterson.

The main event is due to start at around 10.30pm UK time and will be streamed on DAZN, but there is plenty of action beforehand with Nick Ball defending his featherweight world title against Sam Good...