KOSTECKI-CICHELLO FOR IBC TITLE IN RZESZÓW

Undefeated since 2006 Dawid Kostecki (32-1, 22 KO) will stand a chance of winning vacant IBC light heavyweight belt during "Wojak Boxing Night" on February 6th in Rzeszów, Poland. His opponent will be a former pretender to EBU-EU title – Dario Cichello (18-6-2, 5 KO).

'78 born Cichello is a bit taller than Kostecki, he is 1,84 m. In 2008, the Italian lost via unanimous decision to Antonio Brancalion in a fight for EBU-EU light heavyweight title. The bout turned out to be the only Cichello's defeat in three years time.

Originally, Kostecki's promoters announced Carl Handy as the rival of "Gypsy" in Rzeszów but the decision was changed in connection with possible problems of the opponent's leaving his country – Canada.

- Unfortunately we had no guarantees that Handy will leave Canada without problems. We started seeking an alternative option because we wanted to avoid a necessity of contracting a new boxer at the last moment – explained Andrzej Wasilewski, the promoter of "Gypsy". - Salvatore Cherchi from OPI 2000, with whom we contact permanently, proposed us Cichello who was preparing to fight on January 29th. After the analysis of all circumstances we finally decided to choose the Italian who guarantees the audience his certian presence and a good fight for Dawid.

- Rzeszów is my hometown. I was born there, I have a lot of great supporters in the city. I just can't wait to fight – said 28-year-old Kostecki, beaten only once in his professional career. - I don't intend to philosophize talking about my rival. My aim is easy – the victory.

 

Schedule of "Wojak Boxing Night" in Rzeszów:

Dawid Kostecki (32-1, 22 KO) v Dario Cichello (18-6-2, 5 KO) – light heavyweight

Tomasz Hutkowski (16-0-1, 11 KO) v Jozsef Nagy (21-5-0, 14 KO) - heavyweight

Łukasz Janik (16-1, 9 KO) v Zoltan Beres (40-43-3, 22 KO) - cruiserweight

Krzysztof Głowacki (8-0, 4 KO) v Krisztian Jaksi (6-13-4, 0 KO) - cruiserweight

Sławomir Ziemlewicz (19-5-2, 3 KO) v Anthony Ukeh (4-3-1, 2 KO) - welterweight