IPO Since 82 the Cherchi family, Italy’s leading boxing promoter, has been associated with the legendary Bob Arum’s Top Rank, one of the most influential and notorious boxing promotions in the world.
The association will begin on Friday, October 28, in the Atlantic of Rome. Seven professional boxing bouts, three of which will be title fights, will entertain the crowd both at ringside and on the live broadcast.
The star of the night is Top Rank heavyweight Guido Vianello (9-0-1, 9 KO), who will fight in the main event against Britain’s Jay McFarlane (12-6, 6 KO).
The entire boxing night will be structured around the best talents from the Roman school of boxing that OPI Since 82 has on its roster: the undefeated and talented Mirko Natalizi (12-0, 7KO) will defend his WBC Silver International super welterweight title against Welshman Tony Dixon (13-3, 4KO) who, almost a year ago in Rome, won his last fight with a stunning first-round KO against Francesco Russo.
The second fight for the title will be between European super flyweight champion Stephanie Silva (6-0) and her official challenger, Ewalina Pekalska (6-0), both undefeated. The third title fight will be a heated, local derby based in Rome: Francesco Russo (11-2, 9 KO) will take on Francesco Sarchioto (15-1, 5 KO) for the vacant Italian national junior middleweight title.
Before the title fights, there will be an AOB Boxing solo intermission with two famous Italian web content creators facing each other with the gloves on: YouTubers Simone “Sim1Workout” Carotenuto and Domenico “Streetgorilla” Venditto will fight in their first official fight.
On the undercard, Armando Casamonica (7-0, 1 KO) and Mauro Loli (7-4, 3 KO) will square off for the second time after their previous matchup in November 2021.
As the opening acts of the evening, two prospects will make their professional debut: Mario Manfredi, a middleweight, will start his career with a 4-round fight, and also Francesco Faraoni (brother of Italian cruiserweight champion Mattia Faraoni), a middleweight. himself, will test his skills in a 4-round fight. His opponents have yet to be confirmed.
This boxing night will be a great opportunity for Italian boxing to be broadcast all over the world: the event will be broadcast live on ESPN+ in the US, Canada and India and Mola Tv will guarantee the exclusive live broadcast for Italy, UK Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore. and Indonesian.
