Fabio Turchi vs. Tony Conquest

WBC International Silver cruiserweight title at stake, Turchi's second defense. Card airs live on Sky from 3pm EST on Friday.

Turchi, a brick-house southpaw, looked very impressive making his first defense with a blitz of Argentine glass cannon Darío Germán Balmaceda in February. He passes the eye test so far, but is yet to face a real top 40 cruiser. Tony Conquest might have a better-looking record numerically than any of Turchi's opposition to date, but I'm not sure he does in fact constitute a step up. Balmaceda might, along with fellow Argentine journeyman and Turchi victim César David Crenz, be more dangerous h2h than Conquest, a former Commonwealth titlist who just returned 11 months ago from a two-year layoff and has really fought nobody of consequence in his 5-0 (1) march since he was dethroned via KO5 by Ovill "The Upsetter" McKenzie in April of 2014. We could be in for, if not a competitive match-up, at least a highlight reel worthy KTFO moment, and perhaps a late entry for top honors this year.

 

In chief support is a clash for the vacant EBU light welterweight strap, and more of interest to me, yet another Italian vs. British match-up, for another WBC International silver title, at super featherweight - this one between Devis "Boom-Boom" Boschiero and Martin Joseph "Wardy" Ward. This one is pretty compelling (despite both men probably hitting their ceiling in this sort of match at this stage of their careers), almost certain to go twelve and I imagine could easily have a controversial outcome.

@UnleashtheFURY - think I remember you being a fellow Boschiero supporter?

 

Orlando Fiordigiglio also on the undercard. Pretty crazy, a few years ago he was a pretty big draw on the domestic scene, was national and European Union champ for a time...but now relegated to 6-rounders against negative-record types buried deep on a card.

 

@HamburgBuam @Drew101 @Nonito Smoak - fellow Boschiero appreciators, IIRC.

Card is worth tuning in for, if only for the pair of Italy vs. UK intercontinental silvery-green title matches.

 

Friend of the family you mean, surely? They're plural generations apart. Perhaps a school chum of Turchi's nonno?

 

If you mean the vacant EBU light welterweight title contest, look again; I did mention it, just obliquely as the others interest me personally far more.

 

I wasn't aware of that even having been in play. I'm not sure you can really classify a green cruiser hesitating to make that large a leap up in class versus a touted unbeaten heavyweight a "duck", though.

edit: oh you did mean cruiser. I didn't realize Tervel was campaigning there. Still...

 

Yeah, based on this demotion foisted upon him you would think he disgraced himself with consecutive brutal KTFO losses or something, or else wise had a drastic precipitous decline in form...which, to my eyes at least, he never did.

 

6/1 underdog, per the bookmakers ..