
Jersey boy Vito Mielnicki Jnr headlining at home on June 21
Mielnicki will be fighting for the first time since his draw with Connor Coyle in February at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Damian Knyba: record, next fight and profile →

Mielnicki will be fighting for the first time since his draw with Connor Coyle in February at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Shaun George, who has been the trainer for Damian Knyba for the past two years, has been preaching patience for the 6ft 8in fighter. That’s exactly what the trainer got out of his fighter on Saturday night at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Damian Knyba and Andrzej Wawrzyk have made no secret about the fact that they don't like each other, which adds a degree of intrigue to their heavyweight crossroads fight.

Damian Knyba, an unbeaten heavyweight from Poland, puts on a brief pad-work demonstration at his gym in New Jersey.

BoxingScene Staff

Damian Knyba went the eight-round distance for the second straight time. The unbeaten Polish heavyweight settled for a lopsided unanimous decision win over Michael Polite Coffie. Scores were 80-72, 80-72 and 79-73 for Kynba in a modestly paced affair.

Robeisy Ramirez is set for the first career fight in the state from which he sought freedom. The 29-year-old southpaw was a rock solid 125.6 pounds for WBO featherweight title defense versus Guadalajara’s Rafael Espinoza in their ESPN-televised main event. Espinoza effortlessly packed 125.3 pounds across his 6’1” frame for his first career title fight, which takes place this Saturday from Charles F. Dodge City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

In the main event, Cuban WBO featherweight king Robeisy “El Tren” Ramirez puts his belt on the line against unbeaten Mexican contender Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza.

NEW YORK – Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington recorded another victory Saturday night at the venue where he hopes to headline in the foreseeable future.

Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez were kept completely apart again Friday after they made weight at Madison Square Garden. Taylor talked trash and pointed at his head to indicate that he is mentally stronger than Lopez. A calmer Lopez looked directly at Taylor from across the stage, but the former unified lightweight champion didn’t say anything to his opponent before they went their separate ways.