By Bob Smith – 21/09/2024 – Commentary
2020 Olympic silver medalist heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) beat veteran veteran Joey Dawejko (28-12-4, 16 KOs) in a one-sided contest, winning by fifth-round disqualification on Friday night. at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Dawejko kept losing his mouthpiece, causing the referee to lose patience with him and disqualify him in the fifth round of their co-fight. It struck out four times in the fourth after he was tagged hard by the hard-hitting 25-year-old Torrez Jr.
The referee docked Dawejko’s pints twice in the fourth round and warned him that he would DQ him if he lost it again. Sure enough, one minute into the fifth, Dawejko lost his mouthpiece after being hit hard by Torrez Jr. The referee then stopped the fight at 2:02 of the fifth.
It wasn’t much of a fight as the southpaw Torrez Jr. the out-of-shape Dawejko tagged with shots at will, connecting with some big shots in each round. By the fourth, Dawejko was bleeding from the nose and looked like he didn’t want to be there. He didn’t throw many punches and only took big shots.
After losing points twice in the fourth, Dawejko came alive in the fifth round and nailed Torrez Jr. several times with big right hands that had the crowd cheering loudly. However, just as the fight got interesting, the referee stepped in and stopped it after Dawejko lost his mouthpiece for the fifth time.
Last updated on 21/09/2024
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