Fight:1932449
Giovanni De Carolis 167 lbs beat Geard Ajetovic 167 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2014-11-01
- Location: PalaOlgiata, Roma, Lazio, Italy
- Referee: Massimiliano Bianco
- Judge: Sreten Jabucanin 114-113
- Judge: Francesco De Ruvo 115-112
- Judge: Grzegorz Molenda 115-111
Bout Summary
After a good and hard bout, at the Pala Olgiata in Rome, Giovanni De Carolis conquests the Super middleweight IBF Intercontinental title, winning by a unanimous decision versus the Serbian Geard Ajetovic. The fight starts well for the Italian boxer wich, yet in the first round, knocks out the Slav with a beautiful left hook. However, Ajetovic does not seem to particularly suffer the knockdown and, after having withstood the onslaught of the Roman in the second round, goes on the offensive in the third and fourth, bringing De Carolis to fight on short distance and set a very closed defense from which he often comes out, always landing power punches for the knockout. In particular, just in the fourth round, hitting De Carolis with a lovely short uppercut. Along the lines of the short distance continuing the fifth and the sixth round, with the two boxers which, after brief periods of rest, let reciprocally themselves go to dangerous offensive outbursts. Although in the sign of a substantial equilibrium, De Carolis seems, however, more effective, being able to take advantage of his great technical knowledge that, supported by good preparation, allows him to bring a greater number of punches than the opponent by performing complete figures, like in training, and making himself dangerous with insidious uppercut to the liver. Nevertheless, the reactions of Ajetovic, though stylistically less elegant, are always dangerous and far from sporadic. Specifically, the sixth round, although not the most spectacular, was crucial, in our opinion, since De Carolis has found the tactics key of the short distance and began to send out of measure Ajetovic thanks to fast rights landed in step out, not decisive power punches, but destabilizing at the tactical level, as they have called into question for the Serbs, the ground on which he felt safer. The seventh and eighth rounds continue with Ajetovic that hits with a nice set of punches to the face and De Carolis, which responds with straights and uppercuts to the body. The ninth round was another crucial one, with Ajetovic who began to take the initiative, still hitting De Carolis, up to become overconfident, beginning, at the end of the round, to drop his guard . But, exactly at this topic moment that, psychologically, could brings the inertia of the bout on the side of the Serbian, De Carolis has reacted immediately, punishing his opponent with a stunning right straight, which make him more careful. In the last three rounds, the Italian boxer did what, theoretically, many insiders expected from the beginning, that was fighting on the medium and long distance, taking advantage of his greater reach, to bring home the result, without too much trouble.