KOSTECKI CAPTURES IBC BELT

After a superb performance, Dawid Kostecki (33-1, 23 KO) defeated Dario Cichello (18-7-2, 5 KO) in a fight for vacant IBC light heavyweight title which took place in Rzeszów, Poland. Kostecki finished his Italian rival in the seventh round when he floored Cichello with a powerful right hook. The Italian managed to stand up but Daniel Van de Viele, an experienced referee, mercifully stopped this uneven contest.

’81 born Kostecki fully controlled the fight from the first gong, He seemed to be too fast for his 31-year-old opponent who looked bewildered in a few moments of the battle. The Polish light heavyweight was close to finish the fight in the fourth round knocking Cichello down with a right hook. The Italian survived thanks to the bell announcing the round’s end. In the next two bouts, constantly attacking “Gypsy” did not let Cichello to respond properly and finished the job in the seventh one. When the Italian unexpectedly started his hasty attack and tried to hit Kostecki in the corner, the Pole dealt the final blow of the clash, winning by TKO.