The US and Italian teams met March 27 in Harvey, Ill., and the Italians won nine of the 12 matches. 
Friday, April 2, in Reno, Nevada at the Eldorado Hotel Casino, Convention center, there will be 11 fights, 10 male and one female. 
An Italian film crew is following the Italian team on its worldwide tour, compiling footage for a documentary on the life of a boxer.
Women's boxing will be contested for the first time in the 2012 Olympics in London.

USA vs. Italy BoxingWhen: 7 p.m. Friday; April 2, 2010 
Where: Eldorado Hotel Casino, convention center
        USA vs Italy 
132:Mikeala Mayer vs. Romina Marenda
112: Louie Byrd vs. Alex Feramosca
119: Rau'shee Warren vs. Vittorio Parrinello
125: Ernesto Garza vs. Alessio DiSavino
132: Adrian Martinez vs. Domenico Valentino
141: Jamela Herring vs. Davide Cencianelli
152: Eduardo Alicea vs. Diego Di Luisa
165: Jesse Hart vs. Luca Podda
178: Robert Brant vs. Simone Fiori
201: Javonta Charles vs. Clemente Russo
201+: Lenroy Thompson vs. Roberto Cammarelle

His official job is police officer. But he's a boxer at heart. And a very good one.
Roberto Cammarelle loves being an Olympic boxing champion so much that he'd rather remain an amateur and try to repeat in 2012 than turn professional.
Cammarelle, who is boxing Friday with the Italian team against Team USA at the Eldorado Hotel Casino in Reno, won the gold medal in the Super Heavyweight division at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Tuesday morning he was relaxing at the University of Nevada, Reno boxing gym on Fourth Street downtown.
The occasional passerby would peer in the window, little knowing an Olympic gold medalist sat inches away on the other side of the glass, along with 2008 Olympic heavyweight silver medalist and 2007 world champion Clemente Russo, who is also on the Italian team.
Both work as officers for the Italian State Police. Russo, 27, hopes to turn professional, maybe after the 2012 Olympics.
"I want a gold medal. Last time, a silver medal, second place. And I want first place," Russo said.
Cammarelle, 29, is adamant about remaining amateur.
"I have no interest in professional. I love amateur boxing," Cammarelle said in broken English with a thick Italian accent. "Amateur is the best."
As a police officer, he makes a decent wage and is given plenty of time to train for boxing. A pro boxer is responsible for earning his own living.
All the amateur boxers on the Italian team have jobs either as policemen or in the Italian Army.
"It's very difficult to make a living as a professional boxer," Cammarelle said.
Cammarelle, from Milan, Italy, wants to defend his Olympic title.
He also won a Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia. The southpaw also won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang, China.
Russo, from Campania, Italy, won the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 in Chicago as a heavyweight.
He said being world champions gives the pair some notoriety.
Both boxers were eager to praise the American countryside, Russo saying, "It's a very beautiful United States."
They spent some time training at the U.S. Olympic Boxing Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., prior to coming to Reno.
"Colorado Springs is a very beautiful place for training," Cammarelle said.
But they were a little disconcerted over the sudden change in Reno's weather, from a warm Monday to light snowfall Tuesday morning.
"Different temperature, day by day. Very strange," Cammarelle said.
The pair said the atmosphere at boxing events in the United States is different than in Italy.
"It's very strong, yet it's relaxed," Russo said. "It's fun. Everyone has a smile."
The U.S. and Italian teams met March 27 in Harvey, Ill., and the Italians won nine of the 12 matches. There will be 11 fights Friday, 10 male and one female. Women's boxing will be contested for the first time in the 2012 Olympics in London.
An Italian film crew is following the Italian team on its worldwide tour, compiling footage for a documentary on the life of a boxer.
Also on the Italian team is 2008 Olympic flyweight bronze medalist Vincenzo Picardi. The trio will be joined by flyweight Alex Ferramosca, bantamweight Vittorio Parrinello, featherweight Alessio Di Savino, lightweight Domenico Valentino, light welterweight Davide Cencianelli, welterweight Diego Di Luisa, middleweight Luca Podda, light heavyweight Fiori Simone and female lightweight Romina Marenda.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and fights begin at 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $75, $50 and $25 and can be purchased by calling the Eldorado at 800-648-5966, 775-786-5700 or online at eldoradoreno.com. A $75 ticket includes two beverages and a commemorative photo. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the University of Nevada, Reno boxing program through the Jimmy Olivas Foundation.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20100331/SPORTS/3310416/1018 
 

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