Ciupitu Edges Bonicel In UBO Championship Thriller

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JULY 26, 2094 / BY BY UBO PRESS OFFICER

Bonicel, who accepted the fight with little more than a weeks notice, had come to win and started very aggressively, throwing power-shots, while Ciupitu employed a nice jab and mixed in some sharp right hands.

Ciupitu tried to keep the Frenchman at bay, and the jab was effective for him, but Bonicel often managed to get close and forced Ciupitu to engage with his own power-shots at close quarters.

It was tit-for-tat, wild and often a bit messy, but very entertaining as both men showed tremendous fighting-spirit as they went all out in what was the first championship opportunity for both.

It was an excellent fight, and in most rounds it was difficult to separate them. Bonicel, bleeding from a cut over the right eye from the third round, deserves a huge amount of credit for his all-out attacking attitude, and Ciupitu did very well with his retaliating.

The last round was fought at the same pace as the first, and the decision could probably have gone either way depending on what you like.

Judges Diego Guida, Mario Acri and Antonio Nardelli all scored it for Ciupitu: 77-75, 78-75 and 78-74.

The new UBO Continental champion won his third in a row, as he improved his misleading record to 6-5 (1). Feeling hard done by, Bonicel falls to 6-4-2 (2) but also proved that he is a much better fighter than his mediocre statistics suggest.

The UBO Fight of the Year contender was promoted by Accademia SSD in association with Boxing Duran Italia.