Carmarthen’s Angelo Dragone (7-3-0) was scheduled to face Dale Arrowsmith this Saturday at the Selwyn Samuel Centre in Llanelli, but due to illness has pulled out.
On the unfortunate event of not fighting this weekend, Dragone said: “Training hasn’t been the best if I’m honest because I’ve been ill for the last two weeks.
“This Saturday isn’t going to happen, so I’ve actually pulled out of the fight as you can hear by the sound of my voice.
“I’m still recovering and it’s s a bit of a disappointment, but I am pushing through but ain’t going to be well enough to fight, I’m still training but I have to pull out of Saturday night,” he added.
Dragone who is coming off the back of a dominant points decision win over Kasey Bradnum last time out at Brangwyn Hall, he stated: “After this fight, I was planning on going on the road and becoming a journeyman, but obviously every fight I get I’ll go into win.
“It’s because of the way things are going at the minute with the cost of living and just being a prospect in general, it is hard to sell tickets.
“People haven’t got the money like they used to, I had two or three dates pencilled in, one at the end of April the other in May and possibly one in June,” he stated.
The 34-year-old on two occasions fought for the BBBofC Welsh super featherweight and featherweight titles. However, he was unable to pick up a win on either occasion.
His first attempt came back in 2019 against Swansea’s Kristian Touze at LC2 Swansea, where he lost 97-94 on the referee’s scorecard.
Then after over a year out of the ring, ‘The Italian Stallion’ made his return on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders World title fight against Martin Murray at Wembley Arena.
He was yet again in a close contest where he lost 58-56 on the scorecard against Donte Dixon.
Dragone in the final round of the fight also broke his jaw, which kept him out of ring action for the best part of seven months.
After that he again challenged for the Welsh title against Jacob Robinson at the Vale Sports Arena, but again lost out as the scorecard read 95-94 in favour of Robinson.
In that fight, Angelo suffered a cut on the bridge of his nose and right eye, also Robinson got deducted a point for holding. On a potential third attempt at gaining the Welsh title, he said: “I had some big news last night, which is that I will be fighting for a title in June.
“I’m obviously going to aim for that title shot first and then obviously put everything into that training camp, and then I’ll see where it takes me.
“I didn’t expect it if I’m honest and I wasn’t even planning on fighting for a Welsh title again, but when the opportunity knocks you have to grab it with both hands.
“I am 34 now and I will probably not have another chance to fight for it again, this will be my third time fighting for it and this time around it is there for the taking,” he insisted.
On who he wants to fight, ‘The Italian Stallion’ concluded: “I’ve always wanted to fight a Mexican because of my style and as I like a good tear-up and a trade-off.
“A tough Mexican opponent would be it, not a World Champion or anything, just someone who will stand there and go toe-to-toe with me.”
Words By Harry Tovey
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