[7] In his next fight he moved up in weight to challenge Italian light-welterweight champion Renato De Donato on 21 June 2013 at the Centro Sportivo Crespi in Milan, Italy.
[8] After scoring six more wins in non-title fights, two by stoppage, he faced Francesco Acatullo for the vacant Italian light-welterweight title on 24 January 2015 at the Palasport Piscine Italcementi in Bergamo, Italy.
[15][16] He bounced back from defeat with two six-round PTS victories in 2017 – against Juan Ocura in May[17] and Giorgi Abramishvili in June[18] – before challenging the European Union light-welterweight champion Franck Petitjean on 20 January 2018 at the Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan in Paris.
[19] Following a six-round PTS victory against Luka Leskovic in May[20] he faced Joe Hughes for the vacant European light-welterweight title on 30 November 2018 at the Teatro Obi Hall in Florence, Italy.
[21] After a stoppage victory by corner retirement (RTD) against Ivan Njegac in April 2019,[22] he made a second attempt for the vacant European title, facing Sandor Martin on 27 July at the Pabellón Francisco Calvo in Barcelona, Spain.