Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City is a legendary boxing venue, especially for fighters from New Jersey and nearby Philadelphia who all want a victory there on their resumes. Vito Mielnicki Jr. notched his on Saturday in the ProBox main event.
“White Magic” Mielnicki Jr. of Roseland, New Jersey (23-1, 13 KOs) won a unanimous 10-round decision and successfully defended his WBC USA, IBF USBA, and WBO Global Middleweight titles while dominating formerly undefeated Omar Huerta of San Ysidro, California (15-1-1, 13 KOs).
“The Homecoming: Mielnicki Jr. vs. Huerta” event was presented by Sampson Boxing and Paco Presents.
Mielnicki showed ever-increasing maturity and technical improvements as he continued to work and train in Houston with Ronnie Shields. He dedicated himself to a punishing body attack. Huerta is durable and handled it well. He put up a solid effort, but he was outworked and outmaneuvered by Mielnicki Jr. Scorecards read 100-90, 100-90, and 99-91.
Mielnicki Jr. landed 175 total power punches against just 60 for Huerta over 10 rounds.
Co-Main Delivers Action-Packed Fight
Yan Marcos of Cuba (15-0, 10 KOs) won a close split decision over formerly undefeated local favorite Dwyke Flemmings Jr. of Paterson, New Jersey (11-1, 10 KOs) to win the WBA Intercontinental & USBA Super Welterweight Championships.
It was a fight full of surprises. With both fighters working to establish themselves, Marcos dropped Flemmings with a big left hand in round four that seemed to come out of nowhere.
In the next round, Flemmings returned the favor, dropping Marcos with a strong right hand along the ropes.
HE RETURNS THE FAVOR 💥🥊
Dwyke Flemmings Jr. drops Yan Marcos in round 5!
This one is a war.
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Flemmings had a good round nine, landing a series of three strong right hands, but it was not enough to overcome the slightly better work in most of the rounds by the elusive Marcos.
The scorecards read 97-91 and 96-92 for Marcos, with one 96-92 for Flemmings.
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Undercard Results From Atlantic City
Dominican super lightweight Heidan “Sugar” Martinez (18-0, 17 KOs) went the distance for the first time in his career with a unanimous decision over Daiyaan “Badshah” Butt of Philadelphia (20-4, 10 KOs). Scorecards were 100-0, 100-90, and 99-91.
Martinez couldn’t score the knockout, going the distance for the first time. With just 30 seconds left in the tenth and final round, he shook up Butt with a vicious uppercut, but Butt held on through to the final bell.
Light heavyweight prospect Arjan Iseni of Staten Island (6-0, 5 KOs) won by decision over six rounds against Christian Figueroa of Galloway, New Jersey (2-1, 2 KOs). Both men fought well with good technique. Iseni did enough each round to earn scores of 60-54, 59-55, and 59-55.
In the televised opener, lightweight Michael Harris of Trenton, New York (5-0, 1 KO) won by majority decision in a four-round bout over La’Vay Lawrence of Washington, D.C. (4-3, 3 KOs).
Gayle Falkenthal is an award-winning boxing journalist with more than four dozen awards for both written and video coverage from the Boxing Writers Association of America, Society of Professional Journalists, and San Diego Press Club, where she is the past president. She is the only woman journalist who is a full voting member of the BWAA. She is the Boxing Editor for NY Fights based in San Diego, California.
