EBU welter champ Leonardo Bundu, 26-0-2, will make a voluntary defence of the title July 14 in Udine. Opponent will be Stefano Castellucci, 19-1 in an interesting all-Italian matchup. Boxe Loreni promotes.
In other Italian news Sven Paris tries again to rebuild a career that promised so much when he reached the quarter final in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Paris then turned pro and won a number of subtitles but then suffered upset losses to the likes of Tobia Loriga and Arthur Brambila.
In 2009 Paris lost twice to Krzysztof Bienias, took a bad beating – and retired.
Last year Sven returned and won four times and on Friday at home in Frosinone he takes on Adonisio Francisco Reges for the vacant WBA Int´l welterweight title.
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