Maria Cecchi is fully focused on European title glory
European super bantamweight champion Mary Romero defends against former Italian champion Maria Cecchi in Milan
On May 13, at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy, Opi Since 82-Matchroom-DAZN will promote a major card with a tripleheader.
In the main event WBO Intercontinental super middleweight champion Daniele Scardina (20-0, 16KOs) will defend against former WBA World super middleweight champion Giovanni De Carolis (29-10-1, 13KOs).
European super bantamweight champion Mary Romero (7-2-2, 2KOs) will defend against former Italian champion Maria Cecchi (6-0, 1KO).
Vincenzo La Femina (10-0, 5KOs) and Matteo Lecca (9-2, 4KOs) will fight for the vacant Italian super bantamweight title. DAZN will stream the show live and later on-demand.
The unbeaten Roman discusses below about she gave up her job as a dancer to focus on this fight, with the hopes it will propel her into the limelight to become the leading lady of Italian boxing.
'The Russian', nicknamed so because of her mother's descent, always puts up a good show with her busy style, throwing many punches for the entire length of the bout. 26-year-old Maria has a style similar to the American fighters that she admires. The southpaw from Lazio had a good amateur career winning six silver medals in major tournaments and being a member of the Italian national team.
The Roman Russian discussed her upcoming fight:
Maria, how are you preparing for this fight?
“This is the fight that I was waiting for and therefore I’m preparing it the best that I can. I left my job as a dancer to focus on this great opportunity. I want to become European champion to get good purses that will allow me to be a professional boxer who doesn’t need a second job to make a living. I also want to become a famous character and be hired by Italian TV networks to join the cast of big TV shows like Daniele Scardina and Clemente Russo.”
How many times a day do you train?
“I train twice a day, here in Rome. In the morning I do athletics and run. In the afternoon, I go to Olympic Boxe Gym where I train with coach Giorgio Marinelli who was a pro fighter becoming European Union, International and Intercontinental champion. As sparring partners, I have people who train at my gym and at other gyms.”
Have you watched any of Mary Romero’s fights?
“No, I don’t care about that. If I feel good physically and I am focused on the fight, I can beat anybody.”
Do you have an Italian or foreign champion as idol?
“Not really. I like Amanda Serrano a lot, but she is not famous outside of boxing. Among female boxing champions there aren’t any characters. Let’s consider Holly Holm who won the boxing world championship, then the MMA world championship, got worldwide exposure after beating Ronda Rousey, but never became a character like Rousey.”
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