Joshuah Lupia can rely his current success on the standard of sparring he has obtained.
Lupia scored a primary spherical knockout victory over Bartlomiej Wanczyk Sunday night time in a welterweight conflict on the Insurgent Leisure Heart in Toronto, Canada. Lupia, who grew up in Niagara Falls, Canada, improved to 14-0, 12 knockouts.
Marco Contreras, who trains Lupia, has been impressed with the current improvement and development of Lupia.
“He has been progressing and bettering with every coaching camp,” Contreras informed The Ring Monday morning. “He’s now holding his personal towards prime fighters he has sparred towards.”’
Apart from coaching Lupia, Contreras additionally trains former WBO world welterweight titleholder Egidijus Kavaliauskas and former WBC world gentle heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
In preparation for the Wanczyk struggle, the 26-year-old Lupia sparred towards Kavaliasukas and the once-beaten welterweight Vlad Panin. Lupia at present trains in Oxnard, California and resides in close by Ventura.
In his earlier struggle on December 10, Lupia stopped Ismael Urieta within the sixth spherical. Three months previous to the win over Urieta, Lupia knocked out Victor de Lira Quezada in a conflict of unbeaten welterweights.
Lupia has stopped his final 5 opponents and 6 of his final seven.
Wanczyk, who resides in Nowy Sacz, Poland, falls to 15-3, 7 KOs. In his earlier struggle on March 22, the 36-year-old Wanczyk misplaced by unanimous resolution to fringe contender Lukasz Wierzbicki.
Arduous-hitting gentle heavyweight Mohamed Zawadi of Barrie, Canada improved to 9-1, 8 KOs, stopping Gi Sung Gwak (5-2, 3 KOs) within the third spherical.
In a lightweight heavyweight conflict between 37-year-old fighters from Toronto, Nick Fantauzzi defeated Mikhail Miller (3-9-2) by majority resolution. Fantauzzi improved to 13-1, 5 KOs.
The Lupia-Wanczyk struggle was a part of a card promoted by Lee Baxter.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]