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Vito Mielnicki Jr. Dominates Omar Huerta
Vito “White Magic” Mielnicki Jr. (23-1, 13 KOs) of Roseland,
New Jersey, won a unanimous 10-round decision and
successfully defended his WBC USA, IBF USBA and WBO Global
Middleweight Championships while dominating formerly
undefeated Omar Huerta (15-1-1, 13 KOs) of San Ysidro,
California.
Fighting in the main event of “The Homecoming: Mielnicki Jr.
vs. Huerta” event, presented by Sampson Boxing and Paco
Presents, in partnership with Pro Box Promotions, from the
Adrian Phillips Theater at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in
Atlantic City and broadcast live on ProBoxTV, Mielnicki
showed the maturity and technical improvements from his
relationship with super-trainer Ronnie Shields, while
dismantling the brave but outclassed Huerta.
Looking like a contender ready for a title shot, Mielnicki
used his confident, slashing fists to control the action and
cruise to scores of 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 while enjoying
a 175-60 edge in power punchers over the 10 rounds.
In the night’s co-featured bout, Cuba’s Yan Marcos (15-0, 10
KOs) won a close split decision over formerly undefeated
local favorite Dwyke Flemmings Jr. (11-1, 10 KOs) of
Paterson, NJ, to win the WBA Intercontinental & USBA Super
Welterweight Championships.
The Cuban Marcos dropped Flemmings with a big left hand in
round four. Flemmings returned the favor, dropping Marcos
with a strong right hand along the ropes in round five.
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.
A score of 97-91 Marcos and 96-92 Flemmings was overcome by
a deciding 96-92 score for Marcos.
Power-punching Dominican super lightweight Heidan “Sugar”
Martinez (18-0, 17 KOs) went the distance for the first time
in career with a dominant unanimous 10-round decision over
Philadelphia’s Daiyaan “Badshah” Butt (20-4, 10 KOs).
Making his United States fighting debut, the dominant
Martinez never found the switch-flipping KO shot he is known
for until a wicked Martinez uppercut shook Butt to his heels
with about 30 seconds remaining in round 10.
The scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91.
Power-punching light heavyweight prospect Arjan Iseni (6-0,
5 KOs) of Staten Island put in a mature performance in
scoring a “closer than the cards” six-round decision over
Christian Figueroa (2-1, 2 KOs) of Galloway, NJ. The two
175-lb fighters showed their mettle in this one, as both
fought well with obviously high levels of schooling and
technique, however Figueroa maintained enough advantage to
take the W by scores of 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55.
In the televised opener, lightweight Michael Harris (5-0, 1
KO) of Trenton, NY, showed his advantage in conditioning
while winning a high-level four-round majority decision over
La’Vay Lawrence (4-3, 3 KOs) of Washington, DC. In a good
scrap that could have gone either way, both men had their
moments, however, Harris came on strong in the later rounds
of the entertaining matchup. The scores were 38-38,
overruled by two scores of 39-37 for Harris.
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