Boxing: Oliha remains undefeated and world champion

Italian boxing is holding on to Etinosa “El Chapo” Oliha. A son of Nigerian immigrants born in Turin and moved with his family to Asti at the age of 5, where he discovered boxing. First watching the Rocky movies. Then under the careful guidance of master Davide Greguoldo who accompanied him from his debut in the ring, at 14 years old, to the title of Ibo middleweight world champion. A minor acronym, but the only professional world championship belt that Italy can count on today.

Chapo vs Vulcan

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Oliha, 25 years old, with a statuesque ebony physique and feline moves on the ring, victoriously defended his title in Rietberg, a German town of 29,000 inhabitants near Dortmund. He clearly surpassed Faton “El Vulcano” Vukshninaj on points, a 32-year-old Swiss of Kosovar origins born in Basel. Both were undefeated. “El Chapo” 18 victories, “El Vulcano” 16 successes and two draws. Now the only unbeaten one remains Oliha. He extinguished the flames that came out of the volcano from the top of his class and of the greatest reach, he is 10 centimeters taller than his rival. With those long arms, the whipped left jab and the effective right hook, he constantly got into Vukshinaj’s guard for 12 rounds and finally got three wide scores 118-110, 117-111 and 117-111 from the judges.

The match

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Oliha made his rival feel guilty with his right hook already in the first round, while in the sixth round with another right hook followed by a series of blows he brought him to the brink of knockout. Vukshinaj was saved only thanks to the holds and moments of respite granted by the referee with warnings. He rarely managed to practice his boxing at short distances, which given the heaviness of the punch could be dangerous. “El Chapo” with his mobility always escaped pressing attempts.

German career

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For Oliha it is the first defense of the title, won on July 1 against the Chilean Julio Alamos in Wuppertal, another German city, because his career has moved to Germany for some time. Agon Sports, which is trying to revive boxing in a country that was once the king of Europe, has reached an agreement with Mario Loreni’s Promoboxe Italia and with Greguoldo of Skull Boxe Canevesana to launch it on more important stages. And he is succeeding. Now the dream is America, perhaps after a few more defenses, or the semi-final for a more prestigious title. “El Chapo” in the USA has already been there for a period in Las Vegas, in Floyd Mayweather’s gym, sparring with WBA, WBA and IBF world champions such as Badou Jack Badou and Caleb Plant. This time he wants to return as a protagonist.