Two Thrilling Midweek Cards on Two Different Continents
PROBX TV Series has put Wednesday Boxing on the map! This Wednesday was unusually packed jammed with action. Not only did we get a thrilling main event on the PROBOX TV card the Federazione Pugilistica Italiana (FPI) gave us a thrilling main event which aired on its Youtube channel. 25-year-old Luca Chiancone from Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, defended his Italian Middleweight title against Yassin Hermi.
Chincone started patiently behind his jab late in the first. He had his first rally with a left hook to the body and a right hand to the head that sent his opponent reeling into the ropes. Chiancone struck again with the right hand late in the second. The Northeastern Italian started to build up a lead on the cards in the early going. However, Hermi flipped the script as a slugfest broke out in the fourth. A big body shot from the challenger put Chiancone down, but it was rightfully called a low blow, and the knockdown was waved off. However, Hermi was undeterred, and out of nowhere, a left hook, a massive looping left hand out of absolutely nowhere, scored and put the champion down and put him down hard to end the fifth.
Hermi got himself back in the fight and got new life as he came out sharp in the sixth behind his jab. it was now Hermie landing the clean one-two's in the sixth a wide right hand again hurt the map. However, Luca responded immediately with a combination of his own. Knowing he could hurt his opponent, Hermi started marching forward and unleashing power shots, mixing up head and body shots well as he seem to gain momentum and control of the fight. He switched to a southpaw stance and became the aggressor leading and scoring with right hooks. With the fight close going into the last round. Chincone picked it up in the last round. With the fight narrowing in on the cards. The champion set up a double jab, a right-hand combo that hurt Hermi. Yet, another right hand came in 20 seconds later for Chiancone. He scored with a lead left hook with just over a minute left to go in the fight. Exhausted, the champion was fighting on fumes but fighting hard. The final punch of consequence came in with just over 10 seconds, a beautiful left hook shook Hermi one final time. It appeard the champion has done enough to get the win. However, the judges disagreed and scored it a draw. With scores of 97-96 in favor of Chiancone, 95-94 Hermi, and a draw 95-95 card, allowed Chaincone to retain his Italian middleweight title via a three-way draw.
The midweek action moved to central Florida for the PROBOX TV card, and we got another thriller. Orlando Gonzalez of Puerto Rico vs rugged Mexican Ramiro Cesena. The last time we saw Cesena, he came up just short in a thrilling slugfest with Thomas Mattice. This time he came up just short in a slugfest with Gonzles in another thrilling chapter of Puerto Rico VS Mexico, Gonzalez escaped with a close but unanimous decision. Gonzalez, a southpaw, controlled the first few rounds with his jab, movement, and speed. He was able to keep the charging Cesena off of him early and score with jabs and crisp left hands.
The momentum changed in the fourth, and Cesena started landing thudding shots and closing the distance. Cessna scored with a big right hand that wobbled Gonzalez in the fourth. He was wobbled again mid-combination in the 5th as Cesena scored with a well-placed counter shot. Gonzalez fired back with a right hook as the two slugged it out to end the 5th, but it was the Mexican whowas getting the better of the action.
Gonzalez got back to boxing using the ring and his jab. He seemed to take rounds six through eight with his movement jab & boxing skills. However, Cesena roared back in the final two rounds. The Mexican backed the Puerto Rican into the ropes and knowing he was behind on the cards, started attacking, chopping away with the right hand that was affecting Gonzalez driving him in the ropes. Cesena would not go quietly, as he continued walking forward, letting his hands rip the Mexican got himself back into a fight in the final two rounds, ripping Gonzalez with body shots, and headshots, busting Gonzalez up, and making it look like a 50-50 fight going to the cards. However, all three judges favored the fighter from Puerto Rico 96-94, 97-93. Gonzalez moved his record to 21-2 (12), and Cesena fell to 16-2-1 (3).
