Junior lightweight contender Andres “Savage” Cortes suffered a training injury and was forced to withdraw from his ESPN-televised co-feature against fellow unbeaten Charly Suarez underneath the Jaime Munguia-Erik Bazinyan main event on Friday, Sept. 20, at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
The new co-feature will be the eight-round heavyweight showdown between Olympic silver medal standout Richard Torrez Jr. (10-0, 10 KOs) and Philadelphia-born veteran Joey Dawejko (28-11-4, 16 KOs).
In the eight-round televised opener, undefeated junior welterweight Emiliano Fernando Vargas (11-0, 9 KOs) steps up in class against upset-minded Irishman Larry Fryers (13-6-1, 5 KOs).
Suarez (17-0, 9 KOs), a world-rated contender from San Isidro, Philippines, will now fight Jorge Castaneda (17-3, 13 KOs) in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBO Intercontinental junior lightweight belt on the ESPN+streamed undercard.
– Joey Dawejko (28-11-4, 16 KOs) is a Philly club fighter who is going up against an Olympic “standout”.
– He reminds me of former MMA fighter Tank Abbott.
– I wish him well…………..
This by means is no easy out for torrez. Big joey can hang with some of the best.
Killa, you are right on point. Dawejko is the right kind of opponent to test Torrez. I am interested in how Richard will handle trouble.
Those of us in Tulare County, Ca. Are very proud of him. He and Jose Ramirez are role models to the young boxers trying to make it.
Hey Tex, this is a step up which is needed for him. Top rank has a lot of good heavyweights, so he will be moving forward. First things first, he has got to get past joey. I’m telling you it won’t be like his other fights. Tulare county should be proud, both of these guys are real role models. Agreed.
Def not easy, I put some $ on Tank is way more of a dog than I expected. Tank has also actually trained for this and looks in his best shape in years. 2 things he’s struggled with in the past
Joey can box. He can’t stop moving or let his guard down for a minute though. Torres can punch. Joey has to make him work to try and slow him down.
Eh, I wouldn’t really consider him a club fighter. Hes fought all over the place and a lot of tough opponents. Moreso a gate keeper, like he says he’s there to test Torres. If Torres beats him up he’s ready for top comp, if he struggles or gets upset he ain’t ready. Dawejko is a huge underdog but also a Top 25 North American HW
When is Torrez going to fight a live fighter. This guy is an Olympic silver medalist, and is fighting a load of fat guys,that they, his people knows there is no risk of him losing. When Andersson was fighting the same guys after 10 matches, the haters were asking when he will fight a live body, and he was not even an olympia.
Big difference dumass, torrez doesn’t talk shite like Anderson. Anderson opened his mouth about being the best then got lite up by martin. He scaled back a few and then stepped up and got squished by bakole. Willing to bet, he is done by the next few fights then he will land in prison. Matter of time. We see where you are going with this.
Joey is no easy out. He has quick hands and can punch with the best of them. He does tend to tire after round 4.
I think Torres is going to rematch with Uzbek gold medalist Jallolov in the pros. Torres will be an underdog – but hopefully improves before the fight takes place
Torrez gonna be blasting. Good luck, Joey.