Several times, Joey Dawejko’s mouthpiece came out in his fight with heavyweight prospect Richard Torrez Jr. last week. And several times, Dawejko was warned, then docked points, then ultimately disqualified, giving Torrez the fifth-round victory.
Richard Torrez Jr. kept letting his hands go, and Joey Dawejko kept losing his mouthpiece, leading to 2021 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Torrez recording a victory by disqualification Friday night in Glendale, Arizona.
Richard Torrez Jr., who fights Joey Dawejko on Friday in Glendale, Arizona, on the undercard of Jaime Munguia-Erik Bazinyan, checks plenty of the usual boxes of an upwardly mobile U.S. boxing prospect, but he is full of surprises...
Heavyweight prospect Richard Torrez Jr. said he’s trying not to pay too much attention to his knockout streak ahead of Friday’s clash with tough Philadelphian Joey Dawejko. Torrez is 10-0 (10 KOs) and the 25-year-old from California has already st...
It was the worst retirement ever. Joey Dawejko laughs, knowing that statement is correct, considering that since he walked away from the sport in 2022, he’s had eight fights and eight one-rounders for the Team Combat League.
Richard Torrez Jr.’s left-handed power-punching is repetitive and damaging at its best — and his heavyweight opponent Brandon Moore could do nothing to stop that power as it went fully unleashed Saturday night at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.
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