Unbeaten former Italian champion Ivan Zucco (16-0, 14 KOs) scored a spectacular second round TKO over Serbia’s Marko Nikolic (28-2, 12 KOs) to win the vacant WBC International SuperMiddle weight title on Friday April 22nd in Verbania, Piemonte, North of Italy. Zucco was staggered at the end of round one when Nikolic nearly dropped him with a perfect uppercut. But, the Italian fighter dropped the Serbian twice in round two to win the vacant crown . Nikolic could beat the count , but referee Massimo Barrovecchio wisely stopped the contest at 1:30. Great win for one of the best Italian prospects.
Former WBC International champions in this weight class
Petro Ivanov, Ukraine
Evgeny Shvedenko, Russia
Giovanni De Carolis, Italy
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