In the beautiful location of “Cinecittà Cinema Studios 10” in Rome , on Friday 14 December 2018 , Giovanni De Carolis outpointed Italian champion Dragan Lepei to win the vacant WBC International SuperMiddle weight title. The final scoring was :

115-113 116-111 115-112 all for the new champion.

One flash knockdown scored by De Carolis in round two.

The day before at the Stadio Domiziano” in Piazza Navona in Roma, the official weigh-in had taken place. Giovanni De Carolis and current Italian champion Dragan Lepei (born in Roumania but now Italian Citizen) eventually made the limit. Lepei complied with the limit on his first attempt on the scale (kgs 76.100). Giovanni De Carolis had to try twice, as in his first attempt he scaled kgs 76.600. At 5:36 pm LT, Giovanni made the limit and scaled kgs 76.204 (168 Lbs). The vacant Championship was promoted by Mr. Davide Buccioni at the International Cinema Mecca called “Cinecittà”.

Avni Yildirim, Turkey

Michael Rocky Fielding, Great Britain

Callum Smith, Great Britain

Giovanni De Carolis, Italy

Nikola Sjekloca, Montenegro

Adonis Stevenson, Haiti – Canada

Robert Stieglitz, Russia – Germany

Denis Inkin, Russia

Mario Veit, Germany

Jürgen Brahmer, Germany

Otis Grant, Jamaica – Canada

Eric Lucas, Canada

Markus Beyer, Germany

Herol Graham, Great Britain

Mikkel Kessler, Denmark

Jaffa Ballogou, Togo

Goodwin Anyamene, Nigeria

Hunter Clay, Nigeria

Lou Gent, Great Britain

Paul Jones, Great Britain