On May 13, at Allianz Cloud in Milan, Italy - Opi Since 82 and Matchroom will promote a card with a tripleheader.
In the main event, WBO Intercontinental super middleweight champion Daniele Scardina (20-0, 16 KOs) will defend against former WBA 'regular' super middleweight champion Giovanni De Carolis (30-10-1, 14 KOs).
DAZN will stream the show live. The tickets are selling fast, as Scardina vs. De Carolis is considered a super-fight in Italy.
Scardina is very popular in Milan because he is from Rozzano, a town close to Milan, and always lived in Rozzano until a few years ago when he moved to Miami Beach to train at Dino Spencer’s 5th Street Gym.
Daniele, how are you training for this fight?
“I am training twice a day as usual. In the morning I do boxing for two hours at 5th Street Gym while in the afternoon I do one hour and half of athletic training. Recently, I had the opportunity to spar with the undisputed middleweight king Gennady Golovkin. His team put up a training camp in Hollywood, a city one hour from Miami Beach. They needed sparring partners and common friends told them about me. So, they called me and I immediately accepted. With my coach Dino Spencer we went to Hollywood, I sparred with Golovkin and he complimented me! So, we sparred again and then a third time. It was a great experience!”
What do you think of Giovanni De Carolis?
“As a fighter, Giovanni proved to be a champion. As a man, I respect him a lot. I met him when I was in Rome for a tv show and I trained at Italo Mattioli’s gym where he trains too (Italo Mattioli is Giovanni’s coach). Giovanni is a good guy who knows how to relate to people and talking to him was a pleasure. That said, I will beat him on May 13!”
This fight is getting a lot of media attention in Italy. Are you conscious that you are involved in the Italian fight of the year?
“Yes, I do and that motivates me a lot. I would like it if thanks to this fight boxing was more popular in Italy. To sell out arenas again we must bring back people who stopped buying tickets years ago and we must conquer new fans.”
In the last three years you won three championships. Are you satisfied?
“Yes, I am satisfied and I want to keep on winning to reach my goal: to fight for the world championship.”
Are there any opponents that you would like to fight from the United States?
“I am used to move one step at a time. Right now, my goal is to beat Giovanni De Carolis and I don’t think about anything else.”