Moses Itauma gets the chance to showcase his skills with potential megafights and stardom ahead

Itauma, 20, could be in line for a shot at a heavyweight title with a win over Dillian Whyte on Saturday

It was merely one decade ago when Mosea Itauma, the Slovakian-born heavyweight who grew up in Kent, England, sat by his television as a wide-eyed grade school student to watch British Olympic hero Anthony Joshua's thrilling knockout of amateur rival Dillian Whyte. 

"I was 10 years old," Itauma told CBS Sports last week. "And now, I'm boxing Dillian Whyte."

Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs), the 20-year-old phenom who has been called the best heavyweight prospect in two decades, will headline his first pay-per-view card (DAZN PPV, 12:45 p.m. ET) on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a 10-round bout against the battle-tested Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs), a 37-year-old from Jamaica, who has only lost to current or former world champions and remains one of the division's most experienced and dangerous opponents.