Moses Itauma asked for separate hotel from Dillian Whyte

Moses Itauma discussed how he feels being around Dillian Whyte so much on fight week

Heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) clashes with world title contender Dillian Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs) this Saturday, August 16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, live on DAZN PPV .

With fight week well underway, the interviews and media workouts are coming in thick and fast, with a lot of talk and quotes helping to build the hype and expectations surrounding what could be a desert storm in Saudi.

Itauma is unbeaten in his 12-bout career so far and has blown away every opponent in front of him, but 'The Brixton Body Snatcher' is a huge, risky step up in levels for the young protégé, who is still just 20-years-old.

37-year-old Whyte was famously rated at WBC #1 for over 1,000 days and beaten the likes of Joseph Parker, Alexander Povetkin, Oscar Rivas, and Derek Chisora twice.

The British heavyweight rivals are staying in the same hotel in Riyadh and seemingly seeing a lot of each other as they fulfil their media duties.

Speaking to Spencer Oliver from Talksport, Itauma firstly answered a question on how it feels to be top of the bill for the first time in his career, "If I'll be honest, I don't want to sound too big-headed or nothing but it don't make no difference, you know, because, at the end of the day, it's as dangerous for me to lose when I'm on the undercard than if I was on main event, It's the same procedure.

"Yes, it adds a form of pressure, but for me I took them fights that I had on people's undercards, I took them as serious as if I was to be main event. And like I said multiple times, when I said that last time when I boxed Demsey McKean out here, I said I'm treating this like it's my world title fight, so I felt as much pressure for that fight as I do for this fight."

Then , the heavyweight from Chatham, Kent revealed that he didn't want to be in the same vicinity as his opponent, who have already been recorded meeting each other in the hotel lobby where they respectfully shook hands with each other in a very friendly encounter.

However, the WBO #1 revealed, "To be honest, I asked for a separate hotel," he laughed. "I don't really see him."

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