All in one night. Monserrato enjoys the return of great boxing
(after six years) with Matteo Lecca, who won the Italian super bantamweight title on the night between Saturday and Sunday.
The boxer from Cagliari, an authentic boxing talent, became champion by beating Iuliano Gallo by knockout in the seventh round. For the first time in the history of Sardinian boxing there is now also a Sardinian among those who have won the tricolor super bantamweight crown: since last night, in fact, the name of Matteo Lecca appears in the roll of honour.
At 26, Lecca (who together with another small number of boxers - stuff in the palm of your hand - keeps island boxing afloat) achieved this success by walking uphill, without asking for discounts and without obtaining any. «I am very happy, this success is the result of many sacrifices made in recent years. I dedicate it to my family, to my friends, to my staff, to the people who organized the title in Sardinia, allowing me to fight in front of my audience", which are the friends who train with him in his gym Southside Gym. «Truly a great satisfaction», he adds while showing the signs on his face from the battle he just won.
Pushed to the corner by Angelo Mulas and Simone Gerina, and in the stands by a thousand fans (among them there was also the former rossoblu Andrea Cossu), the champion from Cagliari (born and raised in Is Mirrionis, an exam for his degree in Sports Science) took the crown by dominating his opponent with a rather noble past (former Italian champion of the category), who was knocked out in the seventh round.
It was an excellent left hand that ended the fight, but the way in which the Lombard doubled over himself, struggling on the ropes (he was already wobbling in the fifth round) gives the idea of exhaustion due to a constant series of blows received since the first gong.
Looking for the best moment of the match is difficult: because from the first round, Lecca hits Gallo with that beautiful left jab, which on some occasions he manages to double with the right hook. Already in the fifth round, when Gallo suffers a powerful match blow on his legs, he seems knocked out. But the Lombard seems to have important moral resources, then the gong arrives to save him. In the sixth he tries to play his chances down to the last drop of sweat: he pours it out in the next round, and Sardinia can celebrate its prodigal son.