Blake Caparello (born 30 August 1985) is an

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Professional Boxer. Challenged formidable Sergey Kovalev for his first World Title in 2014.

Professional career

Caparello made his professional debut at the age of 22 on August 16, 2009, with a unanimous decision against Aaron Ross at Shed 14 Central Pier Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria On 27 November 2009, in Caparello's 3rd professional fight he won the Vacant Victoria State Light Heavyweight Title against Dennis Okcal. He went on to retain the Title against Joel Casey on 9 April 2010. On 5 August 2011, Caparello defeated

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by UD and won the Interim

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Light Heavyweight Title. On 18 November 2011, Caparello defeated Michael Van Nimwegen by TKO to win the Vacant Australian Light Heavyweight Title. On 18 April 2013, Caparello defeated Jorge Rodriguez Olivera by UD and won the PABA Light Heavyweight Title. He went on to retain the title against

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on 25 July 2013. On 17 October 2013, Caparello defeated

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by twelfth round UD to win the vacant

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title. Green failed to make weight for the bout, so the title was at stake for Caparello only and would have become vacant had Green won. The win against Green caught the eyes of U.S Promoter DiBella Entertainment and signed Caparello to a 3 fight deal. Caparello would go on to make an impressive U.S debut on 31 January 2014, against

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at Richard J. Codey Arena, West Orange, New Jersey. Where he would become victorious by Unanimous Decision after a 10 round bout. Caparello challenged for his first world title on 2 August 2014, against

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champion

Sergey Kovalev Sergey Alexandrovich Kovalev (russian: Сергей Александрович Ковалёв (Ko-va-LYOV); born 2 April 1983) is a Russian professional boxer. He has held multiple light-heavyweight world championships, including the WBA (Undi ...

. Caparello, undefeated before the bout, shocked Kovalev in the first round, knocking him down with a straight left hand but lost by second-round technical knockout. On 13 December 2014, Caparello would bounce back from his loss against Kovalev, with a UD win against Maximiliano Jorge Gomez and won the

Asia Pacific Light Heavyweight Title. On 5 June 2015, Caparello made his long awaited Super Middleweight debut and defeated Affif Belghecham by UD and won PABA and

Oriental Super Middleweight Titles. On 14 July 2017, Caparello defeated Jordan Tai by TKO and won WBA Oceania Light Heavyweight title. He retained the title with a TKO win against Fabiano Pena on 13 October 2017. On 16 March 2018, Caparello was a defeated by Isaac Chilemba for the WBC Light Heavyweight Title. On 22 February 2019, Caparello defeated Reagan Dessaix by UD and won WBA Oceania Light Heavyweight Title.

Professional boxing record

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Isaac Chilemba Miguel Isaac Chilemba Zuze (born 17 May 1987) is a Malawian professional boxer who held the IBO super-middleweight title from 2010 to 2011, and challenged for the WBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight titles in 2016. Early profe ...

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Robert Berridge Robert Berridge (born 22 November 1984) is a retired New Zealand professional light heavyweight boxer. Berridge is a boxer who has had over thirty fights, five boxing titles and has peaked at ninth on the World Boxing Organization and twelfth ...

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Togasilimai Letoa Togasilimai Letoa (born 16 April 1982) is Samoan professional boxer. Letoa has fought for six regional belts in his career, including winning the WBC – OPBF Light Heavyweight title against Manny Vlamis. Letoa is the first Samoan National Li ...

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