Rising star Moses Itauma once said he wanted to beat Mike Tyson’s record of becoming the youngest-ever world heavyweight champion.

The 20-year-old southpaw missed that wildly optimistic goal, but there’s still time to join the list ahead of the likes of Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis.

Not too bad if he can pull it off.

Itauma’s priority at the moment, though, is veteran Dillian Whyte. They square off in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Saturday in a scheduled 10-round bout that could put Itauma in line for a title shot.

“This is the start of greatness,” the Slovakian-born British fighter said.

Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) has drawn comparisons to both a young Tyson for his power and Oleksandr Usyk for his footwork. His 10 stoppages have come in either the first or secon

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