[Gianluca Frezza], 18-2-2-1, defends the Italian welterweight title December 7 in Livorno against [Antonio Mosciatello], 14-1. Mosciatello accepted a fight for the EBU title on short notice earlier this year and lost to [Leonard Bundu]. For Frezza (pictured) it´s the second defence of the title he won over [Giuseppe Langella].

 

Italian jr middle champ [Adriano Nicchi], 17-3-2, defends the title against [Salvatore Annunziata], 15-6-5, December 21 in Arezzo. Nicchi stopped Annunziata in the seventh last year and Salvatore have overall had a tough career with many fights on the road in Europe

 

[Emanuele Barletta], 10-1, face unbeaten [Mirco Ricci], 7-0, in a defence of the Italian lightheavy title December 14 in Rome.

 

[Giuseppe Brischetto], 9-1, and [Matteo Rossi], 7-1-1, clash for the vacant Italian supermiddle title December 28 in Turin.

 

[Dustin Dirks], reigning WBA I/C lightheavy champ, have relinquished his position as mandatory challenger for EU champ [Orial Kolaj]. The official reason is of course that Dirks is to defend his Intercontinental title. Dirks scored a terryfying knockout over Kolaj, then 3-2, in 2009. Dirks was then 9-0 and is today 26-0 while Kolaj is 10-5. However, Dustin have in his last two fights looked pretty terrible even though he came out winning while Orial have won five straight and it appears to be a wise move to avoid a rematch where there is everything to lose.

 

42-year old veteran [Gianluca Branco] won the vacant EU jr welter title Saturday night in Civitavecchia with a unanimous decision over Pole [Krzysztof Bienias]. The judges had it 117-111, 117-113 and 116-113. Older brother Silvio, 46, is also still around and there rumors of another showdown against [Giacobbe Fragomeni]. Both Branco brothers are promoted by OPI 2000.

 

French feather [Sofiane Takoucht] won the EU title with a split decision over Italian defending champion [Davide Dieli] November 9 in Celano. Takoucht won on scores of 115-113 and 116-113 while third judge had it 116-114 for Dieli. Takoucht lost the EBU title to [Alex Miskirtchian] last year and then tested positive for a forbidden substance - a painkiller - but was never suspended.