Salvatore Cavallaro’s glass is still almost full. A world bronze after 8 years of abstinence of the entire Italian movement, is a significant and encouraging. All this, of course, with the hope of going further in the evening, when in the 92 kg category will play the access to the final the Irpinian-Moroccan Abbes Mouhiidine. Cavallaro in the semifinal against Yoenlis Hernandez Martinez confirmed his alias, ‘tiger eyes’. He was not afraid to go for it despite knowing that the weapons to scare his opponent were not many. The problem for Cavallaro was Hernandez, who confirmed his superior level: technical, fast and, if necessary, quite powerful.
All qualities that Hernandez showed in three rounds in which he did not walk, forced to the maximum attention by the constant advance of the Sicilian. The Cuban’s left jab, moreover superior in extension, has been the blow that during the first two rounds has made the difference. Down 20-18 on all the 5 cards, Cavallaro has however wanted to leave the world championship with his head held high trying the impossible in the third round. He didn’t succeed, on the contrary it was Hernandez who, starting to use more frequently his right hand, in some cases even at first sight, legitimized his victory. In the end, a severe but fair verdict: 5-0, four 30-27 and even a 30-26. But no regrets: for a boxer who had hoped for a long time in the Olympics through the complicated calculations of the ranking to then be mocked for a fistful of points, and who last August had been operated on the elbow of his left arm, this bronze has a special weight.
