Vitu first challenged for the EBU title on 2012, facing the undefeated Sergey Rabchenko in Manchester on the undercard of Ricky Hatton's comeback bout against Vyacheslav Senchenko.
[2][3] In June 2015, Vitu got another shot at the EBU title against Orlando Fiordigiglio in Brescia.
Back in France, Vitu retained his belt against Roberto Santos in December 2015 and Ruben Varon in March 2016.
[4] Vitu notched another successful defense against Isaac Real in January 2017.
[5] Vitu defeated Matano with a round 10 TKO, becoming the mandatory challenger to IBF champion, Jarrett Hurd.