Junior welterweight Brandun Lee will end a nearly year-long layoff on June 21 when he competes in an eight-round fight at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Lee, 29-0 (23 KOs), of La Quinta, California, will face Elias Araujo, 22-5 (9 KOs), of Fresno, California, on the undercard of a 10-round middleweight headliner between Vito Mielnicki Jnr and Kamil Gardzielik.
The show is promoted by Top Rank and Rising Star Promotions, though Lee is signed to Queensberry Promotions, which is placing him on the card in a stay-busy fight.
The 26-year-old Lee, who is managed by Split-T Management, last fought in July 2024, defeating Colombia’s Juan Anacona on points on the Joe Joyce-Derek Chisora card in London.
Araujo, 37, is coming off a second-round knockout win over Angelo Arguello in Bogota, Colombia, in March. He had lost four of his previous five fights to tough competition, including unbeaten prospects Giovanni Cabrera, Omar Juarez and Yeis Solano. His lone stoppage defeat came in 2021, to Raymond Muratalla – though that stoppage was panned as being premature.
The rest of the ESPN+ televised card will feature a 10-round clash of unbeaten Polish heavyweights when Damian Knyba, 15-0 (9 KOs), meets Marcin Siwy, 25-0-1 (12 KOs); the home-state debut of Camden-based cruiserweight Jamar Talley, 2-0 (2 KOs), against Kurt Fleming, 3-0 (2 KOs); and New Jersey prospects Emmanuel Chance, Dwyke Flemmings Jnr, Lisandra Contreras and Kahshad Elliot in separate fights.
Ryan Songalia is a reporter and editor for jeetwin24.com and has written for ESPN, the New York Daily News, Rappler, The Guardian, Vice and The Ring magazine. He holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter at .