Boxing, in New York the Italian Michael Magnesi challenges Eugene Lagos

Six years after his debut in professional boxing in Rome, the Superpiuma Michael Magnesi is ready for tonight’s match at the prestigious Paramount Theater in New York which will be the first of a long series on American soil. Twenty-six years old, born in Palestrina and living in Cave, also in the province of Rome, Magnesi boasts an undefeated pro record with 19 victories, of which 11 by knockout. Superpiuma, wins the Ibf Mediterranean title, the International Silver Wbc title, the Inter-Continental Ibo title and since November 2020 he is the Ibo World Superpiuma champion and then reconfirms himself as world champion last April. Tonight, for his American debut, Magnesi will face, on the length of ten rounds of three minutes each, the Filipino Eugene ‘Rambo’ Lagos, undefeated boxer since 2018 with a record of 24 matches, of which 16 wins (11 knockouts), 5 defeats (1 knockout) and 3 draws that in 2016 failed to win the Youth Silver Wbc title of the Gallo weights.

Team Magnesi

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Promoter Davide Buccioni, coach Mario Massai and his manager, as well as wife, Alessandra Branco, also left to conquer the USA. The sporting project for Magnesi is based on the collaboration agreement with the international promoter, Louis John “Lou” DiBella Jr., to have the boxer from Cave play two / three matches in the USA before a world challenge, with reunification at stake. of some abbreviation. Davide Buccioni is very satisfied with this partnership with Di Bella which manages stars of world noble art such as Regis Prograis, Tevin Farmer, Sergiy Derevyanchenko, Ivan Baranchyk, Richard Commey, George Kambosos Jnr, Amanda Serrano, Alicia Napoleon, Heather Hardy, Shelly Vincent , Raquel Miller and Tiara Brown. “I am proud of this collaboration with Di Bella – comments the Italian promoter Buccioni – Michael is here in America not as an unknown boxer in search of fortune but as an Ibo World Champion with the desire to confirm himself and establish himself on American stages and continue to collect rainbow belts “. The US promoters of tonight’s meeting are Lou Di Bella and Joe De Guardia; the event is organized by Star Boxing.

Ready for the ring

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Magnesi presented the challenge thus: “I am very serene, I immediately settled down here in America, even with the time zone. In these days, I continued my training as usual: in the morning I had running sessions around the hotel where we are staying; in the afternoon, however, I went to the gym to train to prepare for the challenge. In short, crossing the Atlantic Ocean did not make me change my habits and way of living waiting. I’m ready !”