A year after that dramatic illness that led to his hospitalization and head operationHumanitas of Rozzanoin a terrible February 28, 2023, Daniele Scardina he returned to speak and give an interview, emotional for those who listen to it because of the experience the boxer and his family went through.
His brother Giovanni, but not only him, was always at his side. Today King Toretto thanks God and those who assisted and helped him after the collapse suffered in the locker room after the training he had just concluded, also in view of the debut in the new weight category atAllianz Cloud of Milan.
Daniele Scardina speaks again after his illness
From that day on it was something else. A lot of strength, a lot of determination. And also a lot, a lot of faith nourished by Daniele and his loved ones who supported him in the rehabilitation process. “Without God I would be dead”he said in the exclusive interview granted to SportMediaset.
Scardina recalled and explained the illness that left him dying in February of last year, rehabilitation, the closeness of family and friends, as well as the affection of all the fans. “I would like to go back to walking and moving like before and then treat my family to a trip. I would like to go to Formentera.”
Today Unhinge he is in a wheelchair, but he speaks and is better from what he reports and what can be seen from this report.
His day today is made up of schedules also marked by commitments and for rehabilitation. An indispensable appointment, necessary but faced with tenacity: “I wake up in the morning, I train, I have breakfast, I do physiotherapy, I have lunch and then I go back to training. I have to thank everyone who is close to me in this journey I am facing – explained the boxer -. It was very nice to come home and be able to spend Christmas with my family.”
Rozzano and his encounter with boxing
Originally from Rozzanoin the province of Milan where he grew up with his family, linked to his brother by an intense and steadfast love, which was his main pillar, Daniele Scardina he approached boxing when he was little more than a kid in the 2000s and that emerging talent grew, dominated and became international.
Boxing made him a character, gave him celebrity and a goal, transformed him into a disciplined athlete, result-oriented with an impeccable method that he demonstrated throughout an exemplary career. Daniele Scardina it can be presented like this, but in boxing as in real life, thus reducing a character of such obvious talent and depth would be reductive.
SportMediaset’s exclusive interview with Daniele Scardina
The move to Miami and faith
His desire to stand out then leads him to move to Miami, where he meets Dino Spencer. He lives in Florida for some time with his brother and his family, and between training sessions he gets closer to Pentacostal Evangelical Church. The boxer with faith, the one to which he appeals and which he even thanks now, in an interview that transmits a strength that only those with special, unparalleled resources can convey with these words.
His belief is in life, in interviews, on his skin, in his tattoos that tell his story as a boxer and as a man in just over thirty years of life: Mike Tysonthe passion for that ring that gave him opportunities and occasions, Godhis family.
King Toretto’s career
King Toretto, as the Milanese boxer calls himself and is known on social media, he has been at the center of sports news for his successes, also thanks to that transfer to the United States. Boxing champion with a prestigious curriculum, born in 1992, Daniele Scardina has raised two titles to the sky: in March 2019, he won the international super middleweight title of International Boxing Federation; on February 26, 2021, however, he triumphed by winning the WBO intercontinental title in the super middleweight category, knocking out the reigning champion Ricardo Nunez.
Before returning to Milanlived in Florida, a Miami as we saidwhere he trained not in just any gym, but in the 5th Street Gym, frequented by legends such as Muhammad Ali, a myth of modern boxing and of the African-American community who, like Scardina, found the support he sought in faith.
A technically gifted boxer with a knack for attacking, his May 2022 bout against the 37-year-old Giovanni De Carolisfor the Intercontinental title of super middleweightwas one of the most anticipated in Italy in recent years: the outcome, you will remember, was unpredictable (editor’s note: Daniele lost the title due to a technical knockout in the fifth round).
Daniele Scardina with Anastasija Kuz’mina
The television past and Diletta Leotta
On the private side, the story with was very followed and central to its notoriety Diletta Leottawho he will marry in June Loris Karius father of his daughter. Their love blossomed one summer, right in the Balearics, thanks to the meeting desired by Gué – great friend of Unhinge – which brought them together.
Theirs was a beautiful story, full of closeness during the darkest period. From that relationship also arose the participation in Dancing with the Stars and the birth of friendship with the cast and above all with Gilles Roccawho was at his side during this difficult year.
The evidence that around Daniel there is respect, esteem and friendship. And yes, we too expect to see him leave for Formentera soon. Very early.
