Moses Itauma is "grateful" to be co-main event on Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury's rematch this weekend, but insists it would not matter if he was in "the first fight or the last".
The Briton will face Australian Demsey McKean at the Kingdom Arena beneath The Cat and the Gypsy King's clash at Riyadh Season's Reignited, live on DAZN Pay-Per-View.
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One of the fastest rising stars in the division, Itauma is still a teenager and turns twenty only after Christmas, but is already being earmarked for a potential world title shot.
His co-main position in Riyadh marks the next step in his ascent, but speaking at the open workouts on Wednesday, the 19-year-old stresses his placement does not matter.
"When you’re in the ring, you don’t really pay attention to whether you’re the co-main event, or three fights before," he told DAZN. "It’s obviously nice and I’m grateful for it
"But the main thing is to get on and be the main event, be the top man. Against Demsey McKean, it doesn’t matter if I’m in the first fight or the last fight, I’ll still beat him."
Itauma also touched on whether he could beat Mike Tyson's long-standing record to be the youngest heavyweight world champion in the history of the sport.
"When I said that, I was very unaware of the mandatory fights," he added. "I just thought that if you were the best boxer in the world, you got the world title.
"That’s not really how it works these days. I’m just trying to enjoy my boxing career. If the opportunity presents itself, I’ll take it, one-hundred percent. I think my team are on that."
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