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On Friday March 29, Ermano Fegatilli (27-5-0 5 KO’s) needed to make a statement, and boy did he deliver with a lopsided eight round thrashing of French veteran Karim Chakim (25-9-0 11 KO’s) at the Topsporthal in Liege, Belgium.
Chakim lied on the retreat from the opening bell, eating Ermano’s sharply angled punches at will. After the final bell went off, Chakim looked a defeated man, unable to land any substantial blows on the actively adjusting Fegatilli.
For Fegatilli this finally exerted revenge. Chakim beat Fegatilli in a 2006 bout, which Fegatilli did later avenge with an edgy split decision verdict. This third bout was conclusive, and it illustrated the massive improvements “I’ll Dottore” has made in the last near-decade.
It’s a new era for Ermano Fegatilli, he is reaching for the stars. To fully embrace the fighting spirit, he has already scheduled his next three bouts. The first fight will be a six rounder on May 31st in Antwerp, Belgium.
The next will be on June 22nd in Grammont, Belgium, scheduled for eight rounds. Finally, on the 23rd of August in Ostend, Belgium, he is set for another eight-rounder.
After this phase of vigorous activity, Fegatilli will be ready to participate in the WBC tournament sometime in the middle of fall.
Not much can be released on that subject as of now although it is known his first opponent will be Benin-based Justin Savi (27-2-0 18 KO’s).
If Fegatilli would win this tournament he’d but at the doorstep of titlist Gamaliel Diaz and mandated for a world title shot.
Ermano Fegatilli realizes that, at 28 years of age, he is likely to hit his physical peak. With an intelligent boxer-puncher craft, he may not always spark the highlight reel but he will show his opponent who the best man in the ring is.
When it is all said and done – all that matters for him is to rise to greatness.
Ermano wants to thank his manager Mirco Giuliani, he really does a great jobi, his promoter Claude Van Heede and Olivier Orlans, who organize great fights with him, and of course his coaches, Albert Syben, Renald de Vulder and Sandro Menconi.
Ermano will be returning from a short vacation in Cuba very soon to begin training camp for his May 31st bout.
