In an upset, former world title challenger Blake “Il Capo” Caparello (35-4-1, 15 KOs) knocked out WBC #8, WBA #14 cruiserweight Simone “The Italian Tank” Federici (20-3-1, 8 KOs) in the fifth round on Friday night at the Paramount in Huntington, New York. A short left hook sent Federici to the canvas. The 37-year-old Caparello claimed the WBC Continental Americas and NABA Gold belts.
Caparello-Federici was elevated to the main event when the original headliner between super welterweights Wendy Toussaint and Mponda Kalunga was scrapped due to visa issues.
how is that an upset?
Likely because it was a knockout in a pillow fist fight
Why is Caparello,an Australian,fighting for these titles?
Could be living over that way ?
Caparello isn’t ranked in the top 25, seen as a has-been at 37. But experience might have shone through here and got the result of a perhaps over confident on the rise boxer