Top Rank Boxing Mielnicki Jr v Gardzielik

New Jersey-born middleweight phenom Vito “White Magic” Mielnicki Jr. is returning to Brick City.

The Roseland product will face unbeaten Polish-born, Queens-based contender Kamil Gardzielik in the 10-round main event for the vacant WBO Global, USWBC, and USBA titles on Saturday, June 21, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

In the 10-round all-Polish heavyweight co-feature, Damian Knyba takes on fellow unbeaten Marcin Siwy.

Baltimore middleweight Lorenzo “Truck” Simpson (15-2, 8 KOs) looks to impress in an eight-rounder against William Townsel (8-2, 6 KOs).

The undercard will also showcase East Orange bantamweight Mannie Chance (1-0) in a four-rounder, Connecticut-born heavyweight Ali Feliz (5-0, 4 KOs) in a six-rounder, and Philadelphia’s Daiyaan Butt (20-2, 10 KOs) facing Jersey City’s Mike Lee (11-3, 7 KOs) in an eight-rounder at welterweight.

Heavyweight Norman Neely (15-1, 10 KOs), who hails from Paterson, New Jersey, comes back from a 15-month layoff to fight James Willis (6-1-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-rounder.

Newark’s Muadh Abdus-Salaam makes his long-awaited professional debut in a four-round welterweight tilt against Roberto Cantos (1-3).

Mielnicki (20-1-1, 12 KOs) turned pro on a Top Rank bill at Prudential Center in July 2019, drawing several thousand Garden State supporters to watch his devastating first-round stoppage of Tamarcus Smith. He’s fought at Prudential Center three times since, including main event knockouts over Nicholas DeLomba in 2021 and Salim Larbi in 2023. Mielnicki signed a long-term promotional contract with Top Rank in early 2024 and kept busy with three fights that year, extending his unbeaten streak to 13. Gardzielik (19-0, 4 KOs) will be fighting for the first time outside of Poland and looking to build off a 2024 campaign that saw him tally a pair of victories.

*All bouts are subject to change*