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25-year-old Italian heavyweight prospect Guido Vianello has signed a co-management deal with MTK Global ahead of his scheduled June 15 return on the Tyson Fury-Tom Schwarz card in Las Vegas.
Vianello, a 2016 Olympian, will be co-managed by MTK and S-Jam Boxing.
“I’m very excited my team at S-Jam Boxing and MTK Global have come together to support me. This is only going to help elevate me to the top and to become world heavyweight champion,” he said.
“I want to fight in my home country very soon and make my country proud and with S-Jam Boxing and MTK Global working together, I know this can happen. I’m excited to see where my passion and the dual forces of S-Jam and MTK Global can take me. Watch this space!”
Vianello (3-0, 3 KO) turned pro in December and is promoted by Top Rank. He’s already fought on the Lomachenko-Pedraza, Ramirez-Zepeda, and Lomachenko-Crolla cards, so he’s seen the bright lights of boxing’s bigger stages, at least from a spot on the prelims. He’s been working with Fury ahead of their June 15 returns. Fury has been complimentary of Vianello in...several respects:
Tyson Fury is back sparring with @vianello_guido
— Boxing on BT Sport (@BTSportBoxing) May 29, 2019
Throwback to his reaction when he first met him in Big Bear...
"He's good looking. He's got the body of a Greek god. He's tanned. He's got a large corey on him!" pic.twitter.com/I9IZk74pEs