Blake Caparello: record, next fight and profile →
Newcomer Blake Caparello averaged 40 more punches thrown per round to win a wide unanimous decision over the worn Elvir Muriqi in the ESPN televised fight as part of the Friday Night Fights series.
In the televised opener, 19-year old Welterweight Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (20-0, 11 KO), 146 ¼, of Washington, DC, remained undefeated with an efficient unanimous decision over 29-year old Tim Witherspoon Jr. (10-4-1, 2 KO), 146 ½, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Witherspoon is the son of former two-time Heavyweight beltholder Tim Witherspoon.
New York, NY - On Friday, January 31, DiBella Entertainment, in association with GH3 Promotions and Greg Cohen Promotions, will host that week's edition of ESPN Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra from the Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange, NJ. The card, which will be taking place on the much anticipated Super Bowl weekend at MetLife Stadium, will be headlined by highly regarded undefeated light heavyweight contender Blake Caparello (18-0-1, 6KO's) squaring off against former world title challenger and longtime contender Elvir Muriqi (40-5, 24KO's) in a 10-round light heavyweight matchup.
Leonardo Zappavigna barely maintained his winning ways with a narrow eight-round points win over Rivan Cesarie. Scores were 76-75 across the board in a bout that saw Zappavigna given a count, battered and cut over the course of the night, but dug deep to avoid a major upset.
Tensions reached boiling point when unbeaten Australian Blake Caparello and his enigmatic American counterpart Allan Green went face-to-face for the final time at yesterday's weigh-in at the Bayview at the Park Hotel ahead of their scheduled clash for the vacant IBO light heavyweight title tonight from The Melbourne Pavilion. Controversy struck went it became apparent that, Green, 34, was not going to make the contracted weight of 175 pounds - making it the second consecutive fight where the former world title challenger and Super Six contestant has come in overweight.
AUSTRALIA's Blake Caparello (17-0-1, 6 KOs) had his final sparring session earlier today ahead of his scheduled twelve-round championship fight against former world title challenger and Super Six contestant Allan 'Sweetness' Green (33-4, 22 KOs) on Thursday October 17th at The Melbourne Pavilion. The fight, which will air nationally on Fox Sports Australia will be for the vacant IBO light heavyweight title, previously held by future Hall of Famers Roy Jones Jr and Antonio Tarver, as well as Chad Dawson and Jean Pascal in more recent times. Caparello, 27, who is fresh from a training camp in Canada with Jean Pascal, Eleider Alvarez and Artur Beterbiev is widely regarded as one of Australia's brightest prospects, having seen off a variety of challengers, most notably International opponents Aaron Pryor Jr, Robert Berridge and Joseph Kwadjo with relative ease throughout a professional career that is yet to span over four years.