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Knockout Artist Sugar Martinez (17-0, 17 KO's) Makes US
Debut Against Daiyan Butt April 11
Power-punching Dominican super lightweight knockout artist
Heidan Martinez Morillo, aka “Sugar Martinez,” will make his
United States ring debut against tough Philadelphian Daiyaan
“Badshah” Butt on the ProBoxTV-televised “Homecoming” event,
Saturday, April 11, from the Adrian Phillips Theater at Jim
Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and broadcast live on
ProBoxTV (7:00 pm ET).
Presented by Sampson Boxing, in partnership with Paco
Presents and ProBoxTV, in the 10-round main event, WBO 5-,
IBF 9- and WBC 11-ranked Vito “White Magic” Mielnicki Jr.
(22-1, 13 KOs) of Roseland, New Jersey, will defend his WBC
Continental, IBF USBA & WBO Global Middleweight
Championships in his home state of New Jersey against
undefeated Omar Ulises “La Bala” Huerta (15-0-1, 13 KOs) of
San Ysidro, California via Tijuana.
Tickets for ProBoxTV’s “The Contender Series: The Homecoming
Mielnicki vs. Huerta” start at $65 and are available now
through Ticketmaster or at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Box
Office: (609) 348-7512.
In the 10-round co-featured bout, undefeated Cuban Yan
Marcos (14-0, 10 KOs) of Miami via Havana takes on also
undefeated local favorite Dwyke Flemmings Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs)
Paterson, New Jersey, for the WBA Intercontinental & USBA
Super Welterweight Championships.
The intriguing 10-round rumble between 21-year-old
sharpshooter Martinez (17-0, 17 KOs) of Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, and rugged Philly veteran Butt (20-3, 10
KOs) will serve as the toughest test of young Martinez’s
career and help gauge his talent on the international stage.
From a neighborhood called La Isabelita in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, Martinez grew up near WBC World
Middleweight Champion Carlos “Caballo Bronco” Adames, top
super lightweight contender Elvis Rodriguez and undefeated
former Olympian Rohan Polanco.
Originally from Los Angeles, the 6-foot-tall 28-year-old
Butt has won 10 of his last 11 bouts dating back to 2022 and
will be looking to spring the upset against the unproven
Dominican slugger.
WBO 2-, IBF 4-, and WBC 11-ranked light flyweight Erick
Badillo (19-0, 8 KOs) of Distrito Federal, México, Mexico,
is also scheduled to appear against an opponent that is TBA.
Several more bouts featuring local and international talent
will be announced shortly.
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