![]() He’s spent the majority of this training camp on strategy, other than getting himself into condition. Mielnicki says he’s right on with his weight as the fight nears. He’s made me a better person and a better fighter.” He’s helped pay extra attention to my conditioning, and he’s really big on nutrition. “He’s been in the ring with every top guy. “Everything Lamont says is knowledge, and the little and major tweaks he’s given me has added to my game,” Mielnicki said. ” Welterweight Prospect - Vito Mielnicki Jr. Muhammad Salaam remains Mielnicki’s trainer, though he’s added a new addition to his corner, former two-division world champion Lamont Peterson. ![]() Everything I’ve learned will show in the ring on Saturday night.” “That loss helped me think differently inside and outside the ring. “Me having time in the gym over the last four months, I’ve matured mentally and physically,” Mielnicki said. It helped Mielnicki begin to pick up the pieces. He didn’t think the fighter he saw was him. His face distorted into a thousand expressions, pounding the mouse to rewind and go. He sat there talking to himself, and he freely admits it was not easy to absorb. Mielnicki watched the replay off the DVR. I had to get back up, and losing is important to learn from the mistakes you make.” I knew as soon as I got out the ring that night there would be a rematch. Some people run away from bad nights, I don’t. I woke up, I had breakfast and I had to watch the fight again. “It took me some time to watch a replay of the fight. I don’t want to take anything away from how he fought that night. “What I also have to say is that James Martin beat me-and he deserved to have his hand raised. “Before I go into anything, I have to say the one to blame for losing that fight was me, and no one else but me,” said Mielnicki, showing refreshing candor and a maturity that belies his age. But what Mielnicki experienced back on April 17 is something he never encountered before in the ring. He grew up in Roseland, N.J., which served as his proving ground as he grew through the amateur ranks. The fight takes place almost literally in Mielnicki’s backyard. PT) from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. On Saturday, July 31, Mielnicki (8-1, 5 KOs) plans to correct them in an eight-round rematch against Martin (7-2) in the co-main event of FOX PBC Fight Night (8 p.m. The 6-foot welterweight is appreciative of the lessons he learned that night. His head would lean sideways over punches he failed to dodge his hands would raise over the times he should have had them up. He wheeled his desk chair over to his computer and watched, cursing himself out over what were myriad faults. So, on Thursday morning, five days after suffering his first professional loss, an eight-round majority decision to Philadelphia’s James Martin in April, Mielnicki found the gumption to roll out of bed and watch a replay of the fight. His feet moving like they were shuffling in sand. It rattled around in his head for five days. ![]()
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