Vito Mielnicki Pitches Shutout

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Middleweight contender Vito Mielnicki Jr. (21-1-1, 12 KOs) of New Jersey returned to his home state with a 10-round unanimous decision over Poland’s previous undefeated Kamil Gardzielik (19-1, 4 KOs) Saturday night at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Mielnicki scored a knockdown in the second and outboxed Gardzielik in route to the decision win. All three judges scored the bout 100-89.

Jahi Tucker (15-1-1, 6 KOs) settled his beef with Lorenzo Simpson (15-3, 9 KOs) with a 10-round points victory (96-94 and 97-93 2x)

The bad blood carried into the ring, as both wasted no time trading at close range. Simpson succeeded with left uppercuts to the body and straight lefts to the head, but Tucker landed more consistent power shots.

In rounds four and five, Tucker turned up the pressure, walking Simpson down and unloading combinations while ignoring return fire that connected often. By the sixth and seventh, Tucker changed tactics, boxing from the outside and connecting with right hands and left uppercuts before moving again.

He continued switching styles down the stretch, outpointing a game Simpson in the exchanges.

Undefeated heavyweight Damian Knyba (16-0, 10 KOs) scored an eighth-round stoppage over Marcin Siwy (25-1-1, 12 KOs) in an all-Polish showdown.

Knyba, a six-foot-seven behemoth with a six-inch height advantage, used an extended lead hand to keep Siwy at range while the shorter man lunged forward headfirst, looking to work on the inside.

The early rounds were filled with clinches, but Knyba found his rhythm in the fifth and sixth, digging to the body and landing around the guard.

By the seventh and eighth, he easily landed the right on a bloodied Siwy, who offered less and less in return. Siwy made it back to his corner after the eighth but was ruled unable to continue.

In undercard results:

Junior Welterweight: Brandun Lee (30-0, 23 KOs) UD 8 Elias Araujo (22-6, 9 KOs), Scores: 80-72 3x.

Junior Middleweight: Dwyke Flemmings Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) TKO 1 Demian Fernandez (15-7, 5 KOs). Time: 2:09.

Junior Featherweight: Lisandra Contreras (1-0) UD 4 Montana Weems (1-1, 1 KO), Scores: 40-35 3x.

Heavyweight: Norman Neely (16-1, 11 KOs) TKO 1 James Willis (6-2-1, 5 KOs), Time: 2:08.

Welterweight: Muadh Abdus-Salaam (1-0) MD 4 Roberto Cantos (1-4), Scores: 38-38, 39-37, and 40-36.

Junior Middleweight: Kahshad Elliot (5-0, 4 KOs) UD 4 Titus Ashe (1-1, 1 KO), Scores: 38-35 and 38-36 2x.

Heavyweight: Jamar Talley (3-0, 3 KOs) TKO 2 Kurt Fleming (3-1, 2 KOs). Time: 1:08.

Light Heavyweight: Arjan Iseni (4-0, 4 KOs) TKO 2 Kaine Tomlinson Jr. (1-1, 1 KO). Time: 1:03.