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The Argentine boxer Maderna gave the hit of the year at Wembley: terrible knockout and title against an undefeated British

2023-01-29T03:58:14.351Z


The 36-year-old from La Plata knocked down the local Karol Itauma in the fifth round and kept the WBC light heavyweight international champion belt.


The Argentine boxer

Ezequiel Maderna

achieved today one of the initial surprises of the 2023 season in the activity, by defeating the British

Karol Itauma

by knockout in the fifth round , who left his undefeated, in a fight developed at the mythical Wembley stadium, in London .

The 36-year-old boxer from La Plata was thus left with the World Council (WBC) light heavyweight international champion belt.

Maderna, representative of Argentine boxing in the

2008 Beijing Olympic Games

, obtained

his first victory outside of Argentine territory

, with a powerful knockout that came as a result of a right hand to the area of ​​the opponent's ear.

Karol Itauma seeks to connect Ezequiel Maderna.

The Argentine gave the blow at Wembley.

Photo: Reuters/Andrew Couldridge.

The Argentine boxer was now left with

a record of 29 wins (19 on the fast track) and 10 losses

, while Itauma was stripped of his undefeated record and now has a record of 9 wins (7 by KO) and one loss.

In the central fight at Arena Wembley, Russian

Artur Beterbiev

(undefeated in 19 appearances, with wins in all his fights and all defined before the limit) knocked out British

Anthony Yarde

in the eighth round to retain the Council's light heavyweight world title ( CMB), Organization (OMB) and International Federation (IBF).

Source: Telam

Source: clarin

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