Vito Mielnicki: record, next fight and profile →
Vito Mielnicki Jr. has a new fight date—and this time under the auspices of a state commission who will have him. The rookie welterweight from Roseland, New Jersey will return to the ring on September 20, on the non-televised portion of Showtime's recently announced ShoBox tripleheader in Midland, Texas. An opponent has yet to be named for the occasion, which will mark his second pro bout.
Vito Mielnicki Jr. will have to wait a little longer—nine months, to be exact—to take his act west to California. The unbeaten welterweight rookie boldly announced through his social media channels his plans to appear on the undercard of the Sept. 28 Fox Sports Pay-Per-View headliner between welterweight titlists Errol Spence and Shawn Porter.
Vito Mielnicki Jr. still doesn’t have his full schedule for his upcoming senior year of high school, but he already has his next fight assignment. Barely 24 hours after announcing to the world that he’s signed with Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), the 17-year old rookie welterweight from Roseland, New Jersey will make his first appearance under its banner on September 28 in Los Angeles, Calif.
While most athletes his age will have to wait until later this fall to formal announce their intentions to compete at the collegiate level, 17-year old Vito Mielnicki Jr. held his own National Signing Day. The rookie welterweight from northern New Jersey—who turned pro this past July in Newark—dropped a bombshell on Monday in announcing that he has joined the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) family.
Vito Mielnicki Jr.’s performance in the ring and at the box office for his pro debut has resonated with prominent promoters. Anthony Catanzaro, Mielnicki’s manager, told BoxingScene.com that the incoming high school senior has attracted attention from several promoters that want to work with the 17-year-old welterweight. That interest intensified once Milenicki made a spectacular pro debut July 13 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Vito Mielnicki Pro Debut Photos Gallery - Newark, New Jersey - Vito Mielnicki Jr., a 17-year-old high school senior from Roseland, New Jersey, knocked out Tamarcus Smith (2-3, 2 KOs) in 1:16 in his professional debut. (photos by Mikey Williams).
NEWARK, N.J. – Vito Mielnicki Jr. made a spectacular professional boxing debut Saturday night. The strongly supported, 17-year-old high school student knocked Tamarcus Smith unconscious barely a minute into their four-round welterweight fight. The highlight-reel knockout left Smith face-first on the canvas and sent a crowd full of Mielnicki’s supporters into a frenzy at Prudential Center.
By Keith Idec - NEWARK, N.J. – Vito Mielnicki Jr. just might have the most dangerous, unusual summer job of any high school student in America. Three months removed from attending his junior prom, Mielnicki will make his pro boxing debut on Shakur Stevenson’s undercard Saturday night at Prudential Center in downto...