Just an hour ago, EDR put the finishing touches on the 1st defense of his Italian 154lb title, repelling Felice Monicelli with a comfortable unanimous decision. This puts the Roman citizen at 3-0 (1) since failing in his bid for the vacant European strap and suffering his first career stoppage defeat at the hands of Spanish phenomenon Isaac Real thirteen months ago. His only previous shortcoming was in a bid for the vacant WBC 160lb world title six years ago, losing a split decision to Sebastian Zbik. Della Rosa is running low on time if he wants to capture something with a bit more heft than his nation's crown. It would be wise for him to set his sights on Jack Culcay, the current European champion, who actually ended Real's brief reign and took his zero but who may provide a more suitable match-up stylistically for Della Rosa. Golden Jack has turned in more than a couple of very average performances (notably Pitto I, costing his undefeated status) and while Della Rosa has turned in some average performances of his own (Al Harbi, for instance) he might just have enough tricks up his sleeve to overcome the stronger but very basic Culcay.
