by Nicola Balice
The match between the former tissue and Rachele Muratori in Turin at the Reggia di Venaria. The influencer: “No, it’s just that I was hungry, when I’m hungry I’m confident”
The first time is never forgotten. And Elisabetta Canalis, this first time in the ring, will hardly be able to forget her. Not so much and not only for the blows taken, but above all for the blows given. But because the kickboxing match, held in the very elegant Reggia di Venaria Reale, is an event that goes even further. Also the concept of fear. After four years of training with a trainer like ex-world champion Angelo Valente, the first time was 3 rounds of 90 seconds each. It may seem little only to those who have never stood in such a ring. And in the end it’s just beaming grins, not because she won at the end of a match that everyone saw in attack (“Shoot slowly, I won’t repeat it again,” the referee had to scold her). But precisely because Elisabetta got into the ring: “I’m back, one hundred percent,” she declared at the end of the meeting. Who looked at her completely relaxed: “It was a lot of fun,” she admits. After surprising everyone with ease and aggression: «Did I look like a hyena? But no, I was just hungry, when I’m hungry I’m confident,” he jokes.
The match
On the other hand, the first words whispered to the opponent as soon as the mouthguard was removed were comforting, aware that she had not spared a second: “Are you okay, yes?”. Perhaps not too much for Rachele Muratori, herself a debutante with only one year of training behind her, but who, at 21 and in her second year at university (languages studies), dreams of following in Elisabetta’s footsteps with the aim of becoming fashion Become an influencer and enter the world of fashion. Elisabetta’s first time was as part of The Night of Kick and Punch-Black Tie Edition event, a name that clearly explains the context. The evocative and beautiful setting of the citronera designed by Filippo Juvarra inside the Royal Palace could not possibly have been otherwise. Around the ring dozens of gala bedside tables, on the long evening there were also two Italian and two world championship titles to be won. But all eyes could only be on the former fabric: in the room many tuxedos and long dresses, on their shin guards, shorts, gloves, helmets and surgical masks. They fly kicks and punches, fight, fight for real, don’t hold back. On the contrary, it attacks, from the sound of the bell it is she who sinks the first heavy blows. Until you win points.
The family in tow
However, she was not alone with so many friends present, along with her husband Brian Perri and little Skyler Eva: for her the first kisses and hugs, it could not be otherwise. There was also Federica Fontana, ring announcer for the event, but above all an Elisabetta fan: “A great friend, a great woman. How does being in a ring affect me? I’m scared, I’m very scared,” she says. Although for some time she has been pressured by Canalis to follow her in this crazy adventure: «You can’t improvise, I’m here to learn and to support. But I’ve already made an appointment to try it out,” Federica explained. Although Elisabetta who knows, maybe she’s already thinking about a second time: “Let’s do the first thing and then we’ll see what happens next,” she said in the days before the game. To see how much fun she had, maybe she really will be there. In the meantime, he will surely never forget the first time.
June 18, 2022 (change June 19, 2022 | 00:06)
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