Sport and tourism come together again on the night of “The stars of the ring”. The great combat sports gala is scheduled for Saturday 8 June at the municipal stadium of Capolona and, now in its twenty-eighth edition, will renew one of the longest-running, most awaited and most attended events on the national scene. The event is promoted by Team Jakini with the patronage of the Municipality of Capolona and will see some of the best professional kickboxing athletes from Italy and abroad competing in the ring, who will be the protagonists of ten matches full of entertainment and adrenaline. «“The stars of the ring” – comments Mario Francesconi, mayor of Capolona, – it is a highly attractive event that will bring athletes, technicians and enthusiasts from all over the peninsula to our territory. Sport is a tool to feel good, to compete, to overcome one’s limits, to set goals and to teach respect for the rules and for the opponent: these values are also well expressed by this event and by the activity conducted by Team Jakini with whom we are happy to have consolidated a collaboration that has been repeated for many years now».
The heart of the event will start at 8.30pm when the actual gala will begin with a fast-paced succession of ten fights where kickboxing athletes of international standing will lock gloves. The most important match will feature the twenty-six year old Lorenzo Corsetti from Arezzo who, as part of Team Jakini and thanks to the title of Italian champion won in 2023, will try to seek definitive consecration and will enter the ring in the match with the Serbian Sladjan Dragisic which will end with the award of the WKN intercontinental belt in the -72.7kg category. The evening will then be further enriched by the fights for the awarding of two Italian titles. The program of “Le stelle del ring” will open from 3.00 pm with amateur fights in various disciplines of kickboxing, thai boxing, mma, grappling and free boxing which will involve around two hundred amateurs between the ages of six and forty from all over Italy who they will compete in multiple competition areas. «“The stars of the ring” – adds Nicola Sokol Jakini, creator and organizer of the event, – represents an important showcase for the promotion and development of combat sports in the Arezzo area: the spotlight of international kickboxing, in fact, will be directed towards Capolona for one night».
