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Q & A: Dario "Spartan" Morello

 
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AUGUST 15, 2022 / BY UBO PRESS OFFICER

 
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Six weeks on from winning the Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) International Middleweight title, Dario “Spartan” Morello (19-1, 3 KOs) is enjoying the Italian summer.

 
 

But he agreed to take the time for a small Q & A, allowing us to learn a little more about the 29-year-old from Bergamo.


Q: How did you get started in boxing, and what kind of amateur career did you have?

A: I was only 4 when I began to follow my dad, a modest amateur, to the gym to play with gloves and bag. I won my first national championship at 14, and many other titles, national and international, as an amateur until I turned pro in 2015.


Q: What is your strengths as a boxer?

A: Boxing IQ is my Strength. I’m always a different boxer, because I find a different way to win according to my opponent.


 
 

Q: You won the UBO title on July 2, beating Melvin Wassing. How did you experience that fight?

A: I was in great shape. In front of my people I was really exited. I wanted so bad give to them a wonderful night of boxing, and I did it. Melvin is a good fighter, but I was ready to knock anyone out. Even without the medical stoppage, he would not have heard the last bell.


Q: Will you be back in the ring soon?

A: After the summer break I will speak to my team to find the best way to make another big statement before the end of 2022. Maybe a defence of the UBO International title, or why not something more? World title is in my plans, so “the sky is the limit”.


Q: Tell me one thing that most people probably don't know about you?

A: I'm a very sensible man. I hate violence outside the ring. My friends can’t believe my job is to break the face of my opponent, but sport is not violence. Violence is not in my nature.


Q: How did you get the nickname "Spartan"?

A: It is a gift from a Ukrainian history professor whom I meat in 2010 during a tournament I won against a Ukrainian boxer. After the first round I was down by 10 points, but at the end of the fight I had done the miracle and won.

He told me that I was like the 300 Spartans that never gave up, so since that moment I was “Spartan”.

 
 
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