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PRESS RELEASE (1/12/2016)

Everything is ready, to Loano, for the 2016 edition of the’International Fight Show, prestigious combat sports gala, organized by the Team Polizzano-Perlungher with contributions from the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano. 

 Saturday, December 3, at E. Garassini Sports Hall, we will get into the thick of the twelfth edition of the sports event, which will host a wide range of matches of high technical level, with the presence of athletes of national and international importance, as well as emerging athletes.

“Back to our sports hall," says Councillor Remo Zaccaria - the most anticipated Ligurian event in combat sports. The international meeting has become a must-attend event for Loano, but also a must-attend meeting for professionals of the sport. The last edition was attended by 1,000 people including fans and athletes, a record attendance to which the organizers have long accustomed us. This year's program promises to be more spectacular than ever, so I'm sure it will be of great appeal to the public.”.

The gala will be divided into three moments: at 1 p.m. will take place the light meetings, will follow from the 2 p.m. i full-contact fighting, with the use of protections, and finally we will enter the evening program (8:30 pm) with the Professionals.

“This year," explain the organizers - we did not miss anything, in addition to the spectacular meetings that will accompany the evening we are happy to be able to host, as a testimonial, the famous Italian boxer Giacobbe Fragomeni WBC world champion in 2008 for the light heavyweight category and winner of the 11th edition of Isola dei Famosi.”

Soul and heart of the evening will be the prestigious Mimmo Polizzano Memorial International Tournament under regulation K1 for the -67kg category.

Protagonists of the long-awaited event will be the home favorite, Team Polizzano Perlungher standard bearer of the Italian flag Serenile THE DOGO Tarditi, for Romania the athlete Daniel Gherciou Rome's Team XC-1 Gym, Arthur Klopp of the Nakmuay Gym team from Cannes representing France and the Italian-Moroccan Zakkaria Zourki Of Team Olimpia of Albenga.

For the full-contact matches they will enter the ring for the Team Polizzano Perlugher the athlete Ferrari Filippo for the -67 kg category, Ventura Italo for the -71kg, Politano Gian Maria for the -75kg category, Marine Paul for the -75kg and Davide Giachero -65kg representative.

The evening event, which will kick off at 20.30, will open with the light contact match of the Perlungher team mascot Sasha Mosso opposite to Sasha Ruffinelli of the Momo Genova team for the -25kg category. Then they will compete in the ring, kicking off the Professional night, the athletes: John Spanu of Alassio's Kombat Team opposed to the experienced John White Of the Elite Boxing Team of Arenzano, David Cavarra Of Team Narayan Di Genova vs. Team Muay Thay Club Torino athlete. Stephen Prota, Roberto Strafallaci of Team Perlugher opposed to Damien Madier Of the Nakmuay Gym Cannes team, Madelen Softeland Of the Brison Gym team vs. Isabella Ratti Of the Little Dragon Dojo, Simone Giannattasio Elite boxing team will challenge Christian Macciocchi Of XC-1 Gym Rome, Melissa Landini Of the body and dream Kombat vs. Eleonora Fornassieri Of the Badger team, Simone Iacovelli of Team Olympia vs. Rocco Castriotti Muay Thay Club Torino, Paul Rovelli Team Polizzano Perlugher bishop opposed to the Nakmuay Gym Cannes team represented by athlete Elyess Redzgui, Riccardo Caretti of Team Fight Club La Spezia for the time being in T.B.A (opponent yet to be determined), Luke Emmanuel of the Kombat Team of Alassio opposed to Luca Fasano of Team Thay Boxe Torino and finally the Ligurian darling. Chiara Vincis of Team Kick Boxing Savate Savona opposed to the Sardinian Donatella Panu Of the Real sports Gym team.

There is a charge for admission. The cost of the ticket is 40.00 euros (parterre), 15 euros (upper grandstand), 20 euros (lower grandstand)

 The Team Polizzano-Perlungher, is a sports association founded in 2002 by the passion and professionalism of Domenico Polizzano, a great master in combat sports, and Giovanni Perlungher, an athlete who won the European title and later the world title in professional Kick Boxing.

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