Moses Itauma's first-round stoppage of Dillian Whyte has made the talented heavyweight the talk of the sporting world, but the 20-year-old's trainer Ben Davison insists he wasn't surprised by the result.

The 119 seconds Itauma spent in the ring with Whyte taught the southpaw very little about what it takes to succeed technically at the division's very top. However, he will have learned plenty during a thorough, demanding training camp and seemed to barely notice the pressure and expectation headlining a card against his first high-profile opponent.

Itauma (13-0, 11 KOs) will also benefit greatly from the post-fight recognition and credit this victory will earn him.

Those who pay close attention to the sport knew there was every likelihood Itauma would make short work of the 37-year-old, but Whyte (31-4, 21 KOs) still retains enough of a name and reputation to draw in casual fans who only really care about the heavyweight division.

Watching Itauma decimate a fighter they have seen engage in a series of exciting, heated battles over the past decade should see them join his bandwagon.

All in all, the night was a resounding success for Itauma and his training team at The Ben Davison Performance Centre in Harlow, Essex.

"We knew there was an opportunity of that," Davison told The Ring post-fight.

"Lee Wylie [Davison's assistant coach] lost his mum through that camp, so really appreciative of the work that he always does. He put together a scouting report and picked up on Dillian's tendencies to a tee. We repped it, drilled it and Moses went out there and executed it.

"Fantastic job ... he's a very, very difficult fighter to get through the rounds with without taking punishment. He's hitting you with shots that you don't see coming. He hits plenty hard enough to hurt you with those shots.

"We knew it was a possibility."

In the fight's immediate aftermath, there will be loud calls for Itauma to be pushed towards a fight with undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, but the brilliant Ukrainian is a proven master of neutering explosive, aggressive fighters and then posing them problems their tired minds and body are unable to solve.

Itauma is clever and calculating, but has only boxed 26 professional rounds and has yet sat down on his stool with burning lungs.

Itauma mentioned he would love to fight Usyk but also named America's Jermaine Franklin (23-2, 15 KOs) as the kind of opponent who would provide him with crucial rounds. Without explicitly naming Franklin, Davison seemed to be on board with his fighter's thinking.

"It'd be nice, but I'm not going to mention any names because I think that drives the price up. I think it upsets Uncle Frank [Warren]," he laughed.