Guido Vianello shares his ambitions on building the perfect heavyweight

Unbeaten Guido Vianello talks about his team's plans to build the perfect heavyweight

A former police officer in Rome, who relocated to Las Vegas to fulfil his childhood dream with the help of S-JAM Boxing and Top Rank, the 6-foot-6 Guido Vianello (6-0, 6KOs) has been good as advertised so far, winning all six of his professional bouts by knockout against six winning fighters, with a combined record of 33-8-5.

During that journey, 'The Gladiator' sparred with the likes of Tyson Fury, the reigning heavyweight king; ex-Olympian Joe Joyce and former world titleholder Joseph Parker. These experiences have given him an up-close look on what it takes to take himself to the next level.

Vianello told Standard Sport: “We are thinking about building the perfect heavyweight. I work with Tyson Fury, I work with Joe Joyce, I work with Joseph Parker.

“I look at everybody because I want to become a mix of all of them. I love watching Vasyl Lomachenko. I try to make his movements in the ring.

“Sam Jones is exceptional, he knows what I want to do. He understood everything when we met in London. He understands that I want to become world champion, but now I need to build myself.

“I can’t think about that yet – my moment will come. I think after three years in my career I can start thinking about those big fights.

“In Italy, we have the army and the police. I left the police to come here because you cannot have a professional career if you are a police officer. I hope with me, we can restart everything. Italy has very good stories in boxing. I want to try to create new stories.”

It was during a sparring session with The Ring Magazine and WBC World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury that Vianello impressed so much that led to him signing with MTK Global last July .

S-Jam Boxing co-founder Sam Jones added: “Guido is already Italy’s biggest boxing star and is quickly making a name for himself on the world stage with a view to bringing big-time boxing back to Italy. With S-Jam and MTK Global in his corner, the future looks very, very exciting.”

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