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DE CAROLIS STILL WORLD CHAMP AFTER DRAW WITH ZEUGE

17/07/2016 - 12:34:35

 

 

Giovanni De Carolis still world champion after draw with Tyrone Zeuge

By Isaac Robinson - skysports.com

Giovanni De Carolis retained the WBA world super-middleweight crown via a majority draw with the promising Tyrone Zeuge in Berlin.

Tyrone Zeuge had his moments of success against Giovanni De Carolis

After an exhausting contest during which De Carolis always appeared to possess more strength, the ringside judges returned scores of 115-115, 115-115 and 114-115 for Zeuge.

De Carolis was keen to impose his physicality early on but found his challenger slick, as the 24-year-old Zeuge (18-0-1-KO10) impressed his home support with some flashy flurries.

Zeuge's sneaky inside shots and eye-catching combinations certainly gained him the edge in the second session, and it was not until the third and fourth that the Italian was able to track him down to land several rights around the guard.

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Boxing results: Giovanni De Carolis retains; Arthur Abraham rebounds

Matt Christie - boxingnewsonline.net

GIOVANNI DE CAROLIS had to work hard to retain his WBA super-middleweight strap against Tyrone Zeuge in Berlin when their 12-rounder was declared a draw, when two scores of 115-115 overruled a 115-114 log for the challenger. On the same bill, Arthur Abraham kept his career alive with an eighth round stoppage of Norway’s Tim Robin Lihaug.

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