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1 week ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
FOLLOWING a draw last time out, 23-year-old Vito Mielnicki Jr. will be keen to return to the winner’s column as he headlines on home soil against Kamil Gardzielik. As a four-time Golden Gloves champion, a lot was expected of Vito Mielnicki Jr., 20-1-1 (12 KOs), when he switched to the professional ranks back in 2019. However, a shocking defeat to James Martin in his ninth contest left some questioning his skills.
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1 week ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
CONAH Walker has come on leaps and bounds in recent years but is now tasked with a tough test in his first outing as British champion, where he meets the fast-starting Liam Taylor. Walker, 15-3-1 (6 KOs), bounced back from defeat to Kane Gardner to pull off the upset and halt Cyrus Pattinson in 2023, before stopping Lloyd Germain and then losing a controversial decision to Lewis Crocker last June.
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1 week ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
BRIAN NORMAN JR will be left with a bittersweet taste if, as expected, unified welterweight champion Jaron Ennis moved to super-welterweight. Norman had been linked to a lucrative clash with his countryman but now could be left as the man to beat at 147lbs. Before Norman can look towards unifications and facing the best of the rest, the WBO world champion must defend his crown overseas.
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1 week ago | 
buff.ly | Tom Eaton
BRIAN NORMAN JR will be left with a bittersweet taste if, as expected, unified welterweight champion Jaron Ennis moved to super-welterweight. Norman had been linked to a lucrative clash with his countryman but now could be left as the man to beat at 147lbs. Before Norman can look towards unifications and facing the best of the rest, the WBO world champion must defend his crown overseas.
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1 week ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
JAIME MUNGUIA failed a drug test for testosterone after his recent rematch with Bruno Surace, claiming the sample was contaminated. However, his B-sample has now also tested positive. Munguia, 45-2 (35 KOs), was dramatically knocked out by Bruno Surace, 26-1-2 (5 KOs), six months ago in one of last year’s biggest upsets, derailing plans for a second challenge at the super-middleweight world titles.
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1 week ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
SOUTH AFRICAN heavyweight Kevin Lerena is hopeful of an upset win when he faces Lawrence Okolie at Wembley Satadium next month. Okolie, 21-1 (16 KOs), knocked out Krzysztof Glowacki in 2021 to claim the WBO cruiserweight world title and made three title defences before a surprise defeat to Chris Billam-Smith ended his reign in 2023.
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1 week ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
FORMER super-featherweight world champion Joe Cordina hasn’t had any luck since moving to lightweight but hopes that can change with a shot at the WBO title. Cordina, 17-1 (9 KOs), beat Kenichi Ogawa in dramatic fashion to win the IBF’s 130lbs strap in 2022 before going on to make two successful defences against Shavkat Rakhimov and Edward Vazquez.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
WITH seven knockout wins in seven professional fights, Teremoana Teremoana has emerged as a heavyweight to keep an eye on in recent months. The Aussie will look to continue his impressive run on Saturday night against Aleem Whitfield. Despite receiving recognition only recently, Teremoana, 7-0 (7 KOs), debuted in 2020 and scored four stoppage wins in a combined six rounds to begin life as a professional.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
LESS than two years into his professional career, Cuba’s Andy Cruz is now within touching distance of a world title shot. Victory against Japan’s Hironori Mishiro this Saturday will set up a challenge for the IBF crown. When Cruz, 5-0 (2 KOs), turned over in July 2023, fans were left questioning how aggressively the three-time amateur world champion would be moved and how many fights it would take for him to rise to the cream of the crop. The answer? Very aggressively and in just six fights.
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2 weeks ago | 
boxingnewsonline.net | Tom Eaton
IPSWICH played host to one of the most dramatic moments of the boxing calendar thus far, as Fabio Wardley delivered a shot-stopping shot to halt Justis Huni whilst behind on the cards. Now, the Aussie has admitted that he would ‘love a rematch’. Following Jarrell Miller’s withdrawal from the contest, Huni, 12-1 (7 KOs), accepted a showdown with Wardley, 19-0-1 (18 KOs), on five weeks’ notice. The Queensland man travelled around the world and into Wardley’s backyard in search of an upset win.
