Undefeated local powerhouse Deonte Walker (20-1, 19 KOs) returns to the Sioux City Convention Center this Saturday, poised to defend his UBO International title against Argentina’s battle-hardened Juan Manuel Witt (33-3-2, 25 KOs). Dubbed Sioux City Fight Night 9, the show promises the loudest punches the city has ever heard - and the first WBA-sanctioned title bout in Sioux City history.
Walker’s rise from Bishop Heelan multi-sport standout to one-punch phenom has been meteoric. Polishing his craft at 15th Round Boxing Gym, the 28-year-old has flattened all but one foe and welcomes Witt’s 43-fight résumé as the acid test he’s craved. “Facing a seasoned vet fires me up,” Walker said. “I’ll learn something—and keep my belt.”
Witt, a crafty Argentine puncher with thirty stoppages of his own, views the Midwest trip as the perfect launchpad back into the world-rankings conversation. Stylistically, it’s classic youth and explosiveness versus experience and guile; fans should buckle in early.
Historic stakes stretch beyond the main event. A WBA Gold world-title clash—the first of its kind in Sioux City—co-anchors the bill, underscoring how far the local scene has progressed. Rising prospects Savion Kent, Solomon Okoronkwo, and Johnathan Torres round out a card tailor-made for local bragging rights and international ambition.
Fight card:
▪️Deonte Walker vs. Juan Manuel Witt, 8 rounds, for the Universal Boxing Organization International welterweight title
▪️Stevie Morgan vs. Crystal Garcia Nova, 10 x 2 rounds, lightweight
▪️Jonathan Torres Ramirez vs. Rudy Reveles, 6 rounds, middleweight
▪️Savion Kent vs. Leonidas Fowlkes, 6 rounds, super lightweight
▪️Solomon Okoronkwo vs. Anthony Michael Linenfelser, 6 rounds, super welterweight
▪️Joana Nwamerue vs. Simone Aparecida da Silva, 6 x 2 rounds, lightweight
▪️Jermont Reece vs. Thomas Allen, 4 rounds, welterweight
▪️Wytama Faulk vs. Steven Brabson, 4 rounds, super lightweight
