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07/02/2041
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Fausto Nicoli vs Angelo Balotelli

Boxing Daily Report from the Mankattah Promotions promoted show at Turin Bonucci, Turin,  taking place on 25/12/2040:

Clearly Mankattah Promotions have made a mistake booking this venue with less than half the tickets sold, including those handed out as prizes by Boxing Daily.  
Next up is the main event of the show.  This is a semi final eliminator for the Italy-Piedmont Featherweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Fausto Nicoli (19 - 5 - 1) who hails from Novara, Italy and Angelo Balotelli(7(1) - 1) from Turin, Italy.  Both Nicoli and Balotelli weighed in at 126 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Rocco Mazzocchi, and the three ringside judges are Dino Zanotti, Francesco Alatri and Savio Serantoni.  

Round 1: 

Balotelli connects with an overhand left.  
Nicoli switches the action to the outside and is on target with a solid cross.  
Balotelli closes the distance.  Nicoli attempts to land a left hook, but Balotelli blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance and connects with a cross.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance and lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Nicoli lands a jab.  
Balotelli steps inside and lands a left hook.  Balotelli tries to land a left uppercut, but Nicoli blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Nicoli tries to keep the action at long range.  Balotelli lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Nicoli is on target with a stinging cross.  
Balotelli advances into close range.  Nicoli digs in a left hook to his opponents liver.  
Balotelli throws a left hook, but Nicoli ties up his opponent.  As they grapple, Balotelli pushes his forearm into Nicoli's face.  The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Balotelli forces Nicoli to retreat onto the ropes.  Balotelli connects with a cross.  
Balotelli is looking to close the distance and is on target with a left hook to Nicoli's body.  
Nicoli pivots from in front of his opponent and lands a right hook.  
Nicoli switches the action to the outside.  Balotelli tries to land an overhand left, but Nicoli sidesteps and counters with a sharp left uppercut.  
Nicoli hits home with a left hook.  
Nicoli steps away from his opponent.  Balotelli is on target with a cross.  
Nicoli hits home with a firm cross.  
Balotelli connects with a cross.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Balotelli's trainer is advising how he could improve the accuracy of his work.  

Round 1 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 13                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 2: 

Nicoli tries to keep the action at long range.  Balotelli throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right hook to Balotelli's body.  
Nicoli feints a right hook, and then lands a jab.  
Balotelli throws a left hook, but Nicoli clinches his opponent.  Nicoli leans on his opponent using all his weight. Balotelli is using his forearm in the clinch.  The ref breaks the clinch and signals for the action to continue.  
Nicoli hits home with a cross.  
Balotelli sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Balotelli throws a cross, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Nicoli gets on the inside.  Balotelli throws a right hook, but Nicoli holds on to his opponent.  Balotelli pushes his forearm into Nicoli's face.  The ref separates the two fighters.  
Nicoli throws a left hook, but his opponent avoids the punch with a sidestep.  Nicoli clinches his opponent.  Nicoli leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. Nicoli pushes Balotellioff to escape the clinch.  
Balotelli hits home with a left hook.  
Nicoli tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross.  
Nicoli tries to keep the action at long range and throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Balotelli sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Nicoli is on target with a cross.  
Nicoli lands a left hook.  
Balotelli is looking to close the distance.  Nicoli lands a right hook to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Balotelli throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a cross.  
Balotelli steps inside and hits home with a right hook.  
Balotelli attempts to land a left hook, but Nicoli blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Balotelli steps inside.  Nicoli lands a right uppercut.  


Round 2 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 9                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 32                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 33                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 3: 

Balotelli lands a right hook.  
Balotelli is on target with a cross.  
Balotelli closes the distance.  Nicoli throws a left hook, but his opponent steps away from the shot.  Nicoli ties up his opponent.  Balotelli leans on his opponent using all his weight. The ref separates the two fighters.  
Nicoli steps away from his opponent.  Balotelli throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Balotelli gets on the inside and is on target with a left hook to his opponents body.  
Nicoli steps away from his opponent and lands a jab.  
Nicoli tries to land a right uppercut, but Balotelli sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Nicoli is on target with a jab.  
Nicoli gets on the inside and lands a left hook to the head followed by a right hook to the body.  
Nicoli sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Balotelli digs in a left uppercut to Nicoli's liver.  
Nicoli tries to step out of his opponents range and is on target with a cross.  


Round 3 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 4: 

Nicoli is looking to close the distance.  Balotelli lands a left hook.  
Balotelli is looking to close the distance and connects with a left hook.  
Nicoli steps to the outside and connects with a cross.  
Balotelli advances into close range and forces Nicoli to retreat onto the ropes.  Balotelli lands a right hook to the body, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Balotelli lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Balotelli digs in a right hook to Nicoli's ribcage.  
Nicoli is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Nicoli sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Balotelli hits home with an overhand right.  
Balotelli is on target with a cross.  
Nicoli advances into close range and throws a left hook, but his opponent parries the shot.  Nicoli holds on to his opponent.  Balotelli throws a hook within the clinch but hits his opponent behind the head. The ref separates the two fighters.  
Balotelli is on target with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Nicoli steps away from his opponent and connects with a cross.  
Nicoli switches the action to the outside.  Balotelli lands a cross.  
Balotelli is looking to close the distance.  Nicoli lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Balotelli goes for the bodyshot, but lands south of the border!  The ref ignores Nicoli's complaints and signals for the action to continue.  
Balotelli throws a right hook, but Nicoli holds on to his opponent.  Balotelli leans on his opponent trying to wear him down. Balotelli is using his forearm in the clinch.  The referee warns Balotelli and breaks the clinch.  
Nicoli steps to the outside and is on target with an overhand left.  
Nicoli throws a right uppercut, but his opponent sidesteps.  Nicoli clinches his opponent.  Balotelli is leaning on his opponent in the clinch. Nicoli manages to work his way out of the clinch.  
Balotelli throws a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Nicoli switches the action to the outside.  Balotelli lands a cross.  
At the end of Round 4, lets listen in on the corners...Nicoli's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 4 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 26                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 37                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 29                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 5: 

Balotelli is looking to close the distance.  Nicoli quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Balotelli lands a right hook to the head, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the body.  
Balotelli is on target with a jab.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance.  Nicoli sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Nicoli hits the target with a stiff jab.  
Balotelli tries to land an overhand right, but Nicoli slips the shot and counters with a sharp cross.  
Nicoli hits home with an overhand left.  
Nicoli is on target with a left hook.  
Balotelli tries to land a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Nicoli throws a cross, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Balotelli walks Nicoli onto the ropes.  Nicoli lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  
Nicoli tries to land a left uppercut, but Balotelli slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Nicoli lands a sharp right hook.  
Nicoli lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance.  Nicoli is keeping his hands low...it looks like he wants his opponent to throw first.  Balotelli attempts to land a cross, but Nicoli dodges the shot and counters with a solid cross.  
Balotelli is looking to close the distance and walks Nicoli down, trapping him on the ropes.  Balotelli drives a stinging right hook into Nicoli's body.  
Nicoli quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Nicoli attempts to land a left hook, but Balotelli parries the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Nicoli lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 5, lets listen in on the corners...Balotelli's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 5 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 31                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 16                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 19                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Round 6: 

Balotelli is on target with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Nicoli tries to step out of his opponents range and connects with a firm overhand right.  
Nicoli is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  Nicoli throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Balotelli lands a right uppercut.  Balotelli attempts to land a cross, but Nicoli sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Balotelli is on target with a left hook.  
Nicoli steps to the outside.  Balotelli connects with an overhand right.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance and finds the target with a jab.  
Nicoli is on target with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Nicoli tries to land a right hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Balotelli drives a right hook into Nicoli's body.  
Nicoli is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Balotelli lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Balotelli hits home with a cross.  Balotelli attempts to land a right uppercut, but Nicoli parries the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Balotelli advances into close range.  Nicoli digs in a stinging right hook to Balotelli's ribs.  
Nicoli connects with a left uppercut.  Nicoli ties up his opponent.  Balotelli is leaning on his opponent in the clinch. The ref separates the two fighters.  
Nicoli attempts to land a left hook, but Balotelli slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Balotelli manouvers Nicoli onto the ropes.  Balotelli throws a right hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  


Round 6 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 33                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 7: 

Balotelli closes the distance and lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Balotelli quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and connects with a left hook.  
Balotelli is on target with a left uppercut.  Nicoli clinches his opponent.  Nicoli pushes his forearm into Balotelli's face.  The referee breaks the clinch and warns Nicoli to stop fouling.  
Nicoli tries to keep the action at long range.  Nicoli sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands an overhand left followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Balotelli is looking to close the distance.  Nicoli goes for the bodyshot, but lands south of the border!  The ref ignores Balotelli's complaints and signals for the action to continue.  
Nicoli steps away from his opponent.  Balotelli lands an overhand right.  
Balotelli steps inside and digs in a left hook to his opponents liver.  
Nicoli steps away from his opponent and lands a cross.  
Balotelli is on target with a right hook.  
Balotelli closes the distance.  Nicoli pivots to the right of his opponent.  Nicoli throws a left hook, but is off-target.  Nicoli clinches his opponent.  Balotelli leans on his opponent using all his weight. Balotelli uses his free hand to throw a hook, but it hits Nicoli behind the head. The referee separates the two fighters and warns Nicoli to stop holding.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance.  Balotelli lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Balotelli attempts to land a jab, but Nicoli sidesteps and counters with a right hook to his opponents ribcage.  
Balotelli gets on the inside.  Balotelli quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a left hook.  
Nicoli hits home with a left hook.  
Balotelli lands a left uppercut.  
Balotelli digs in a right hook to Nicoli's ribcage.  


Round 7 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 8: 

Nicoli advances into close range and lands a double left hook to his opponents head.  He follows up the attack and lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Balotelli gets on the inside.  Nicoli tries to land a right hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Balotelli forces Nicoli to back into the ropes.  Nicoli connects with a left hook.  
Balotelli is on target with a right uppercut.  
Balotelli closes the distance and walks his opponent down, trapping him in the corner.  Balotelli tries to land a right hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a solid left uppercut to Balotelli's ribs.  
Nicoli lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance and lands a jab, overhand right and a cross to his opponents head.  
Balotelli closes the distance.  Nicoli connects with a left hook.  
Balotelli lands a left hook.  


Round 8 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 26                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 12                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 13                            
Power Shots Landed: 3                             
Head Shots Thrown: 15                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 0                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 9: 

Nicoli is looking to keep his distance and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Balotelli hits home with a cross.  
Balotelli lands a left hook followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Balotelli is on target with a cross.  
Balotelli digs in a right hook to his opponents body.  
Balotelli is on target with a left uppercut.  
Nicoli is looking to keep his distance.  Balotelli connects with a cross.  
Nicoli feints a right hook, and then is on target with an overhand right.  
Balotelli attempts to land a cross, but Nicoli slips the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Balotelli closes the distance.  Balotelli sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Nicoli throws a left hook, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a left hook.  
Nicoli is on target with a left uppercut to Balotelli's body.  
Nicoli is looking to keep the action on the outside and is on target with a cross.  
Nicoli advances into close range.  Balotelli is on target with a right hook.  
Balotelli is on target with a left uppercut.  
Balotelli hits home with a cross.  


Round 9 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 10: 

Nicoli is on target with a solid left uppercut.  
Nicoli attempts to land a right hook, but Balotelli sidesteps and counters with a left uppercut.  
Balotelli advances into close range and connects with a left hook.  
Nicoli advances into close range.  Balotelli lands a left hook to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  
Balotelli closes the distance and lands a right uppercut.  
Nicoli is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Nicoli feints a jab, tricking Balotelli into throwing a right uppercut counter.  Nicoli is waiting for the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Balotelli steps inside.  Nicoli lands a left uppercut followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Nicoli quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Balotelli finds the target with a stinging jab.  
Nicoli lands a jab, overhand left and a cross to his opponents head.  
Nicoli advances into close range and lands a right hook.  


Round 10 Statistics
Nicoli: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Balotelli: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 14                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 1 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 2 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 3 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 4 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 5 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 6 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 7 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 8 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 9 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 10 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Final Scorecards: 96 - 94  96 - 94  96 - 94

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Novara, Italy.... Fausto Nicoli

Fight Statistics
Nicoli: 
Total Punches Thrown: 302                           
Total Punches Landed: 101                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 250                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 92                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 52                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 9                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 245                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 83                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 57                            
Total Jabs Landed: 18                            

Balotelli: 
Total Punches Thrown: 282                           
Total Punches Landed: 81                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 210                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 62                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 72                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 19                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 262                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 79                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 20                            
Total Jabs Landed: 2