Armando Casamonica vs Francesco Acatullo (05-05-2023) Full Fight
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Transcript
00:00 [speaking Italian]
00:02 [speaking Italian]
00:04 [speaking Italian]
00:06 [speaking Italian]
00:08 [speaking Italian]
00:10 Instructions given.
00:12 We're about to get things underway tonight
00:14 from the Palace Sport Arena in Rome.
00:16 [crowd chatter]
00:18 [crowd chatter]
00:20 Mouth guards in.
00:22 And we are about to get underway.
00:24 [crowd chatter]
00:26 [crowd chatter]
00:28 [bell dings]
00:30 [speaking Italian]
00:32 Jason Abelson, glad to be joining you tonight
00:34 on ESPN+.
00:36 Terrific night of fights ahead for you.
00:38 The European
00:40 featherweight title between
00:42 Mauro Forte and Francesco Grandelli
00:44 will be topping up tonight's main event
00:46 and it is going to be a good one.
00:48 Be sure you stick around for that.
00:50 Until then though,
00:52 two other European title fights
00:54 on tap for you.
00:56 We'll see when we kick things underway.
00:58 With this eight round contest,
01:00 [crowd chatter]
01:02 Casamonica
01:04 in the white threads
01:06 with the, in the red threads with the white belt
01:08 and Francesco
01:10 Acatullo in the black and gold.
01:12 [crowd chatter]
01:14 [crowd chatter]
01:16 [crowd chatter]
01:18 Jab right hand
01:20 and flurry connecting for Acatullo.
01:22 Counter left
01:24 by Casamonica.
01:26 [crowd chatter]
01:28 [crowd chatter]
01:30 [crowd chatter]
01:32 [crowd chatter]
01:34 Good right to the body by Casamonica.
01:36 He likes getting in close. He stands fairly square.
01:38 [crowd chatter]
01:40 So he presents a wide target
01:42 but he throws
01:44 very hard, intense punches.
01:46 Might not be, you know,
01:48 it doesn't translate to his knockout record.
01:50 But he puts a lot of pace
01:52 in those shots, especially the right and left
01:54 to the body as evidenced so far here
01:56 in round one.
01:58 More right and left to the body
02:00 by Casamonica.
02:02 And Acatullo actually backing up
02:04 as a result of those shots.
02:06 Good work so far for the
02:08 undefeated Casamonica here in round one.
02:10 [crowd chatter]
02:12 More body work
02:14 by Acatullo.
02:16 On Acatullo by Casamonica.
02:18 [crowd chatter]
02:20 [crowd chatter]
02:22 And it's been a one way
02:24 a one way show here
02:26 so far in round one.
02:28 Casamonica doing great work
02:30 through two minutes.
02:32 [crowd chatter]
02:34 Acatullo
02:36 working some shots up top.
02:38 Casamonica again
02:40 settling down to the body
02:42 with the right and left.
02:44 [crowd chatter]
02:46 [crowd chatter]
02:48 Overhand right
02:50 by Acatullo.
02:52 Maybe his best moment of the fight so far.
02:54 [crowd chatter]
02:56 Right hand over the top
02:58 blocked by Casamonica.
03:00 Left right by Acatullo
03:02 who's beginning to turn the gas up just a little bit.
03:04 [crowd chatter]
03:06 But up until this past fury
03:08 it's all been Casamonica.
03:10 [crowd chatter]
03:12 But Acatullo putting in some good work
03:14 here in the final 30 seconds
03:16 seconds of Round 1. Wild left miss by Casamuneca. Left right combination up top countered by
03:24 great work by Casamuneca to the body and to the head. Round 1 is in the books.
03:32 [applause]
03:46 And there you see the body work by Casamuneca. The left to the right told to keep it up but a lot of those shots were clean and effective body blows.
03:54 Right there a little shoeshine action to both sides of Akatullo's ribcage.
04:02 And good work up top and then again the left and right to the body. Terrific work from Casamuneca so far tonight.
04:12 [speaking Italian]
04:30 Round 2 underway here tonight for Rome. Jason Abelson heading up our coverage on ESPN+ of this terrific fight night from Rome, Italy and the Palace Sport Arena.
04:42 Eight rounds super lightweight action going under ways right here Casamuneca, Armando Casamuneca in the red and white going up against Francisco Akatullo in the black and gold.
04:54 Really good showing so far for Casamuneca. Good body work. Really paid dividends in round 1 and you see the ribcage from Akatullo showing the effects of all that work to the body by Casamuneca in round 1.
05:08 There's more body work by Casamuneca.
05:14 Again you know his knockout rate only won a 9 pro fight for Casamuneca but he throws with the fury that belies that knockout rate.
05:28 He really settles down on his shots and seems to really mean business in there.
05:34 Big right hand just missed but the second one clipped. Akatullo right on the chin and down he goes face first.
05:44 Wow great right hand power by Casamuneca.
05:48 And as mentioned that knockout rate really misleading. He throws with serious pop in his punches.
05:56 Big right hand by Casamuneca. Body work too. Akatullo is ready to go and the referee agrees and stops the fight.
06:06 Good stoppage there. Armando Casamuneca. Tremendous showing here in his 10th pro fight.
06:14 Fighting with the fury and intensity that fight fans love to see.
06:22 Good class of sportsmanship between these two Italian warriors.
06:34 Akatullo just absolutely outgunned tonight by Casamuneca.
06:40 Let's take a look at how he's finished. There's that clipping right hand that began the end for Akatullo.
06:50 Follow up just intense left right right combination planted Akatullo.
06:58 There's that clipping right hand again. Boom that right hand left hook right hand combination.
07:06 That put Akatullo down for the first time. Again we see that sequence. Boom.
07:18 And here's what ended the fight. Another right hand. I think it's the same sequence that started things off.
07:28 Pitch forward. Amazingly the referee waves them together.
07:36 So it wasn't over then but it was pretty much the end there.
07:42 As Armando Casamuneca goes to 10-0 with two KOs. I suspect that KO rate is going to rise as his career continues.
07:52 That was a terrific showing by the Rome fighter.
07:58 Great start to tonight's action.
08:18 We've got three European Championship fights ahead for you capped by that terrific rematch.
08:26 Featherweight champion Mauro Forte and his compatriot Francesco Grandelli.
08:32 Let's go to ring announcer.
08:34 Ladies and gentlemen we have time of 1 minute and 35 seconds into the round number two.
08:39 When our referee in charge Francisco Ramachelti calls a halt to the contest.
08:45 Your wiener by TKO Armando Casamuneca.
08:55 Armando Casamuneca.
08:57 It's also here for Francisco Acatullo.
08:59 Throwing bombs throughout this fight.
09:01 It was his body work I think in round one that set up the decapitation in round two.