The distaff facet hardly ever disapppoints on Boxing Insider’s reveals at Sony Hall, and on Thursday evening, the six-rounder between New Yorkers Chiara Dituri and Jaica Pavilus ought to be no exception. In truth, it might provide an additional deal with, as “Speedy” is getting her hardest profession take a look at…. by far.
We hope you may come, however in case you may’t, the bout, in addition to the others on the March 7 card, can be found LIVE and on demand on Boxing Insider’s streaming platform.
CHIARA DITURI (Weight: 127-1/2)
The 29-year-old Chiara Dituri, who is called “Speedy,” resides in Brooklyn and sports activities a document of 7-0 with three KO’s.
She comes from the world of martial arts, the place she has been a practitioner for the reason that age of six. Her space of experience was karate, and particularly level karate, the place she explains that she competed at a world degree. But boxing supplied higher rewards. She informed Boxing Insider, “I wanted to challenge myself to a higher degree, turning pro in boxing and winning a world title is exactly that.”
She started her profressional journey with a four-round resolution over Claudia Vargas Ramirez in Mexico, scoring a shutout on two of the judges’ scorecards.
She’s been the six-round distance as soon as, profitable a majority resolution over Michelle Cook to seize the American Boxing Federation USA Super Featherweight crown in Queens in February 2022. But then she needed to take a break as a consequence of accidents, and was out for 17 months. She stated she turned to God and informed him that if He gave her one other probability, she can be a very totally different, extra devoted boxer – mentally, bodily and spiritually. “A completely different Speedy,” as she put it.
So we’re wanting ahead to that.
Dituri gained a four-round resolution over Julie Metzner final trip, and that was again in August.
Even although she’s had solely seven fights, she’s already compiled fairly the journey log, competing in three totally different international locations to this point.
Checking IMDB, she’s acted in two films – Blood Mixed (2019) and The Genesis Project (2014).
She takes a really recent, philosophical angle towards boxing.“There’s something beautiful at the end of struggle and suffering. Something rewarding. And that’s what I chase.”
When she’s not boxing, Chiara is a highschool instructor. And there’s little doubt she is passing alongside some priceless life classes to her college students.
JAICA PAVILUS (Weight: 127)
Jaica “The Hitmaker” Pavilus (3-6-1, 1 KO) is a tough veteran who hopes to offer a dfficult opposition for undefeated Chiara “Speedy” Dituri at Sony Hall on Thursday evening.
Pavilus is a local of Port-au-Prince, Haiti who now calls New York her residence.
One factor you may say she has that Speedy doesn’t is an beginner background. Pavilus made it to the finals of the 2019 New York Golden Gloves and likewise to the semi-finals of the 2019 USA Eastern Elite Qualifier semi-final.
She started her professional profession with three losses in her first 4 bouts, however she was not stopped. In truth, she has by no means been overwhelmed inside the space in her professional profession.
She could also be one of many few feminine professionals who has fought three-minute rounds, having finished so in August of 2021, when she boxed to a four-round draw with undefeated (8-0) Amanda Pavone. That bout came about in New Hampshire.
She has not fought since June 2022, when she misplaced a six-round resolution in California to Aida Satybaldinova. That was the one battle in her final six through which she was not going through somebody with an unbeaten document. All three of her wins have come towards undefeated fighters (okay, considered one of them was a professional debut). But the purpose is, she is totally at residence with opponents who’ve a spotless mark. And she can be used to preventing opponents which might be a lot larger than Chiara “Speedy” Dituri.
Perhaps her most notable win got here in February 2022, when she scored a majority six-round resolution victory over Miranda Reyes, who only one month in the past fought for the IBO world light-weight title on the Wembley Arena (within the UK).
Pavilus has additionally saved herself busy preventing one-round bouts in Team Combat League (placing collectively a 6-3 document).
Pavilus tends to maintain her fingers a bit low, however she is fast and able to counter an opponent, significantly one which doesn’t have a world of expertise.
Tickets are priced at $150, $200 and $325, and can be found at Ticketweb (https://www.ticketweb.com/event/boxing-insider-live-professional-boxing-sony-hall-tickets/13430053). Sony Hall is situated at 235 W forty sixth Street in Manhattan.
For those that can’t expertise the occasion at Sony Hall, the March 7 present will likely be proven, freed from cost, LIVE and on-demand on BoxingInsider’s steaming platform (https://videos.boxinginsider.com).
