The La Plata boxer Ezequiel Maderna delivered the blow at Wembley and was crowned champion by knocking out Karol Itauma. With a great performancethe 36-year-old athlete from La Plata won the World Boxing Council light heavyweight international title
Maderna, from an extensive career as a professionalcrushed the British nationalized Slovakian in the fifth round and snapped his unbeaten streak, taking the international belt of the World Boxing Council. It is a category in which Artur Beterbiev, WBC, IBF and WBO champion, and Dmitry Bivol, WBA monarch, reign.
This waythe one born in our city, who had participated in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, fulfilled another dream in his career. Maderna arrived in the United Kingdom with a positive record of 28 wins (18 by KO) and 10 losses, while his rival did not record falls but did win 9 fights, of which 7 were on the fast track.
Despite the previous numbers, speculation was put aside when both entered the ring and the experience was much more, since the Argentine prevailed against the 22-year-old. In addition, he surely earned the opportunity to continue fighting worldwide after this opportunity that he took advantage of.
The “Olympian” was the Argentine champion of the super middleweight division and also a Latino champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC). However, the crown achieved this Saturday, January 28 at Wembley was even more important than any award for everything he fought to achieve.
