Latin Boxing, the final phase of the Italian Championships in Chianciano Terme

End of the wait. From tomorrow Latin Boxing will try to get on other podiums at the Italian Schoolboy and Junior Men’s Championships, which will take place until Sunday 21 April in Chianciano Terme, on the two rings of the Palazzetto dello Sport in via Abetone. Quarters, semi-finals and finals are scheduled. The entire competition will be broadcast in full on the FPI Official Channel Youtube. Three Pontine athletes, the Schoolboy 60 kg Mattia Cheli, the Junior 48 kg Riccardo Papa and the Junior 57 kg Mattia Turrin. The three will stay at the nearby Hotel Savoia Palace, headquarters of the Italian Boxing Federation, which organized the event with the ASD Boxing Club Siena and the Tuscany Regional FPI Committee. Matches that in Schoolboys range from 40 to 90 kg, while in Juniors from 46 to 80+ kg. The draws will establish the pairings. The battery of eight boxers, which includes Mattia Cheli, is made up of Raul Fortunato (Pugilistica Lucchese), Manuele Leonetti (All Boxing Team), Massimo Medani (Boxe Team Ruzze), Giorgio Borrelli (Audtox Boxe Club), Francesco Duro (Invictus Boxing Club), Antonino Mogavero (Pugilistica Salernitana) and Christian Carfagna (Boxe Palo). Mattia Cheli’s record is 4 matches won out of as many played.

Riccardo Papa boasts 15 victories out of 18 matches, 2 defeats and one draw. At his second experience, he spent in blue with the National Schoolboy team led by maestro Patrizio Oliva and in the battery he belongs to he will find already known opponents wearing the Italboxing vest. The other names are Alessandro Lanza (Lanza Boxe), Kevin Sciuto (Golden Fighter), Dreik Colombo (Riviera Brenta), Achille Lombardo (Health Gym), Matteo Alberico (Viterbese), Mario D’Elia (Lifeplanet Thaiboxe) and Franco Antonazzo ( Boxing Terra d’Otranto).

Mattia Turrin, Italian Champion for three consecutive times, undefeated in Italy and bronze medal at the European Championships in Erzurum in Turkey in 2022, starts with the underdogs. He has an important record in 47 matches: 44 wins, one draw and only two defeats, however. abroad. He is chasing the goal of a historic fourth consecutive title. The other boxers in the running are Ahmed Mihaida (Pugilistica Dresden), Salvatore Lo Piccolo (Cannata Boxe), Lapo Giombini (CSC), Alessandro Pullia (Group 15 Lamezia), Ciro Cefariello (Apollo Boxe), Vincenzo Di Lanno (Pugilistica Pizzo) and Alessandro Cipriani (Boxing Ladispoli).

There were months of intense preparation between athletic sessions, sparring in the gym and a rigorous diet. Now is the moment of truth. After the medals of the recent past, Latin Boxing seeks to confirm itself in the youth sector, of which it has the leadership in Lazio and at the top on the national scene. In addition to the masters Rocco Prezioso and Mirco Turrin, following the three boxers there will also be a large following of fans from Latina, led by the president of Latina Boxing Maria Stella Prezioso: “The hope is to be able to collect the maximum, we are represented by three good guys first of all and then good athletes, who have worked really hard and deserve great satisfaction.”

In May, from 9th to 12th, it will then be the turn of Aurora Turrin, Schoolgirl 51 kg, at the Italian Schoolgirl-Junior-Youth Championships.