By Steve Corbo

The “Gio Express” pulled out of Chicago on Wednesday Morning and landed Friday Night at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington where undefeated super featherweight Giovanni “Gio” Cabrera Mioletti (17 -0 – 0 with 8  wins by KO)  kept his perfect record intact by earning a unanimous decision, in a 10 round super featherweight bout, over previously unbeaten Luis Porozo (14-1-0 with 7 wins by KO). The official judges scores were 98 to 92 twice and 97 to 93. For Mioletti (129.5) this was the 11th time he fought on Promoter Brian Halquist’s Battle At The Boat. He and Porozo (129.5) opened the show as the first bout which was nationally televised on Showtime’s “Showbox: The Next Generation”.

In Porozo he faced an undefeated pro, who as an amateur was a member of the Ecuadorian Olympic Boxing Team and fought in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. And, for the first couple of rounds there was no doubt Porozo came to fight. He dominated the action, scoring almost at will with lead right hands to the head of Mioletti. But as the fight progressed Mioletti’s superior skills came to the forefront as he took control by making the necessary adjustments to dominate Porozo.  Despite his amateur pedigree and  undefeated pro record, Porozo was content to run, throw wide, awkward, punches, hold and often seemed more intent on surviving than winning the fight. From the third round on Miloetti took control and never looked back.

By Steve Corbo

The “Gio Express” made another stop, Saturday night, at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, in a 10 round main event presented by Brian Halquist Productions. This was Halquist’s “Battle At The Boat 120” and the feature bout pitted Super Featherweights Giovanni “Gio” Cabrera Mioletti (16-0-0 w/7 KOs) Chicago, Illinois taking on Recky Dulay (11-5-0 w/8 KOs) Philippines.

Although scheduled for 10 rounds “Gio” made it an early night, first picking apart Dulay with crisp jabs and counter punching, as Dulay tried to close the distance and landed some shots of his own. In the third round Gio began battering him with power shots, which resulted in Dulay remaining on the stool and not coming out for the fourth round. He had enough of the “Gio Express”. In another dominant performance by “Gio” this one goes down in the record books as his 16th win, via a TKO in the 3rd round.

By Steve Corbo

This boxing website dmboxing.com picked Giovanni “Gio” Cabrera Mioletti as one of 2018’s top prospects! On Friday, January 11, 2019 he showed us why! In a 10 round main event presented by Brian Halquist Productions, at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington, Gio took out former world rated veteran Antonio Escalante in just 3 rounds.

The undefeated Gio, fighting out of Chicago, Illinois tipped the scales 129.2 while Escalante, fighting out of El Paso, Texas, weighed in at 128.8, but that’s as close as the fight ever got! Before a packed house, Gio went to work from the opening bell. His movement and ring generalship clearly sent a message to Escalante, that this wasn’t going to be his night. In the second round Gio dropped the veteran with a crisp left hand on the button. Escalante got up and survived the round, but the writing was on the wall. In the third, southpaw Gio stepped on the gas and midway through the round used a right jab to set up a picture perfect combination, left uppercut followed by a right hook. Escalante staggered back and as he was about to hit the deck, Gio added another left hand for good measure. Escalante, again, managed to get up. However he was in no shape to continue and referee Bobby Howard  decided it was time to say goodnight to Mr. Escalente. The time was 1:48 of the third round. The win upped Gio’s record to 15-0 w/ 6 KOs while Escalante falls to 29-10 w/20  KOs.

By Steve Corbo  

On Saturday night, unbeaten Giovanni Cabrera-Mioletti (14-0 with 5 KO’s) scored an impressive 7^th round TKO over previously unbeaten Headley Scott (11-1 with 10 KO’s).  This was the featured main event on Brian Halquist Productions’, “Battle at the Boat 118”, at Tacoma, Washington’s Emerald Queen Casino.  This also marks the sixth time, in his short career, Cabrera-Mioletti has scored an impressive win over an undefeated fighter!  

The scheduled, 10 round, Super Featherweight (130 pounds) bout saw both fighters coming in trim and ready for action.  Cabrera-Mioletti tipped the scales at 129.9 while Scott weighed in at an even 130.  But from the opening bell, the superior skilled Cabrera-Mioletti dominated the tough, but awkward Scott.  For six rounds he battered, cut, and wobbled Scott. In the  7^th he backed Scott into the ropes and unloaded  a barrage of punches, forcing referee Jeff Macaluso to call an end to the bout at the 2:27 mark.  To Headley’s credit, he never gave up and true to his record of 11 wins with 10 by knockout, he tried to turn out Cabrera-Mioletti’s lights right up until the very end.

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By Steve Corbo

On June 30, 2018  dmboxing.com  ran an article about a young undefeated fighter, Giovanni  “Gio” Cabrera Mioletti, entitled “12  Questions for a 12 – 0 Fighter”.  Saturday night, in front of a packed house at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington,  Gio put his 12 – 0 record on the line in a scheduled 10 round Main Event against former WBA Super Featherweight Interim World Title Challenger Carlos Padilla of Colombia.  

To the delight of those in attendance,  Gio put on a boxing clinic before ending the affair and sending Padilla home early.  He decisively out boxed his opponent in the first three rounds, then opened up in the fourth, rocking Padilla near the end of the round.  Although hurt, Padilla managed to survive the round, but it would take more than a 60 second break for him to recover.  After being checked over by the ringside physician, and with no opposition from his corner, the Doc pulled the plug, keeping Padilla from coming out for the 5^th round.  For Gio it is his fourth win this year and ups his record to 13 – 0 with 4 KOs.  Padilla drops to 16 – 8 – 1 with 10 wins by KO.  

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