Boxing, Forte wins the European Featherweight Championship: Grandelli is eliminated in the first round

Quick solution, surprising epilogue in Tivoli: The vacant European Super Featherweight Championship lasts less than two minutes. Mauro Forte unleashes a fierce left hook that knocks out co-challenger Francesco Grandelli in a match rematch between the two that didn’t have you imagining the epilogue by knockout, especially so quickly. Forte, 28, from Rome, found the Turiner without a guard and beat him cold. Grandelli got up, but French referee Vincent Dupas stopped play immediately after counting out Grandelli, whose corner protested the stoppage of play in the meeting on Dazn organized by Cherchis Opi Since ’82. Forte, 29 years old, wins the belt and goes unbeaten in 18 games with 8 knockouts while Grandelli suffers the second loss of his career (16 wins). Italy now holds 3 European titles: Forte is the third after Matteo Signani (middleweight) and Alessio Lorusso (bantamweight) who will defend the title on May 20th in Monza against Briton Essomba.

Other titles

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A pleasant evening with an excellent test for Armando Casamonica, who extends his unbeaten run to 10 thanks to a Kot2 (13-12-3) inflicted on Francesco Acatullo. At the other two European Women’s Championships, Stephanie Silva (supermosca, 8-0) confirmed herself with a unanimous decision on 10 points, beating Frenchwoman Mailys Gangloff (8-4). Instead, Simona Salvatori (8-1) gives up the match against Johanna Wonyou (Fra, 9-0) again with 10 points.

Go abbes

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At the World Amateur Championships in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), the blue Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine beat the Kazakhs Oralbay 4-0 and reached the round of 16, which dedicated the success to Napoli Calcio for the Scudetto: on Monday he curiously meets the Ecuadorian Castillo Torres crossed too at the 2021 World Cup in Belgrade and dominated 5-0. Abbes then took silver over 92 kg. Instead, in the round of 32, Michele Baldassi was always defeated in the 57 kg: Mexican Vegas Barreras won 5-0. Tomorrow Salvatore Cavallaro meets Azeri Kazimzade in the 75Kg round.

Mexican Kanelo

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Finally, on Saturday night (again with Dazn live), Saul “Canelo” Alvarez returns to the Akron Stadium in Zapopan, near Guadalajara: the 32-year-old is looking to inflame his Mexico 12 years after his last home win over Puerto Rican Cintron. The undisputed champion of the 4 world super middleweight belts (wbc, wba, wbo and ibf), who boasts a record of 58 wins (39 KO), 2 draws and one loss, is challenged by Briton John “Gorilla” Ryder, 34 years old, 32 wins (18 knockouts) and 5 losses.