Joey Dawejko: record, next fight and profile →
Universum Box Promotion is back once again with another bumper card in Hamburg this Saturday night. The German based outfit continue to keep their large stable busy with a 14 fight card from the Universum Gym, with two heavyweight title fights topping the bill.
Bridgerweights Big Joe Tambwe Djeko (17-3-1) and Devin Vargas (22-7) clash for the vacant WBC International Silver title in what is now the main event for Only O1ne Boxing Managements second All Eyez on Brussels show.
An intriguing 10-round heavyweight clash between Philly-Favorite Joey Dawejko and former U.S. Olympian Devin Vargas will headline a big night of professional boxing at the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia.
The co-main event of the evening is a women’s featherweight world title bout between WBA World Champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (41-10-2, 19 KOs) of Edmonton, Canada, and world ranked contender Erika Cruz Hernandez (12-1-0, 3 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico, scheduled for ten rounds. Also featured on the NBC Sports Network main card is a highly anticipated clash between top undefeated junior welterweight prospects Juan Pablo ‘El Pivi’ Romero (13-0, 9 KOs) of Villa del Carbon, Mexico and Jonathan ‘Thunder’ Navarro (17-0, 9 KOs) of East Los Angeles, Calif., scheduled for ten rounds.
Heavyweight favorite Joey Dawejko will now take on veteran Joe Jones in the headline bout of big night of boxing on Saturday, April 3rd at The 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pa.
Frank "The Cuban Flash" Sanchez (15-0) fought 4 times in 2019 with 3 of those victories coming by way of knockout. He fought for the first time in 2020 on March 7th when he dominated Joey Dawejko over 10 rounds. The fight was aired by FOX as part of a tripleheader that was headlined by Robert Helenius' upset knockout victory over Adam Kownacki. The final scores were 100-90 twice and 98-92.
The viewership for FOX’s broadcast of Adam Kownacki’s first defeat was almost as high as the network’s audience for Kownacki’s fan-friendly slugfest with Chris Arreola. Figures released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research showed viewership for Kownacki’s fourth-round, technical-knockout defeat to Robert Helenius on Saturday night peaked at 1,681,000. The average audience for their short heavyweight bout, the main event of a tripleheader, was 1,675,000.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn - Rising heavyweight Frank Sanchez (15-0, 11 KOs) scored a 10-round unanimous decision over Joey Dawejko (20-8-4, 11 KOs) to remain unbeaten.
NEW YORK – Frank Sanchez scoffed at Joey Dawejko’s knockout prediction because the unbeaten Cuban believed he had every advantage imaginable over Dawejko. Sanchez displayed those advantages throughout their unremarkable, 10-round heavyweight fight Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The 6-feet-4, 222½-pound Sanchez skillfully out-boxed the durable Dawejko and won a unanimous decision in the first of three fights FOX televised as part of a tripleheader that featured heavyweights Adam Kownacki and Robert Helenius in the main event.
Sanchez, Dawejko Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Undefeated Polish star and Brooklyn native Adam Kownacki and Robert Helenius will collide in a WBA Heavyweight title eliminator headlining FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes this Saturday, March 7 from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. (photos by Sean Michael Ham).