Richard Torrez Jr. had little trouble dealing with his most experienced opponent to date on Friday, defeating Joey Dawejko by fifth round disqualification at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Az. Torrez (11-0, 10 knockouts) was moments away from his eleventh straight knockout win to begin his career when Dawejko (28-12-4, 16 KOs) was disqualified for losing his mouthpiece five times in two rounds, resulting in two point deductions before the fight was waived off.
“Joey was a vet, just like I said. He didn’t give up. That mouthpiece came out a little too much.
That’s a veteran move, but at the end of the day, congratulations to him. He put up a good fight. I think we were able to show more boxing ability that I was telling you about,” said Torrez, the 2020 Olympic super heavyweight silver medalist from Tulare, Calif.
Torrez utilized superior footwork and combination punching to overwhelm the 34-year-old Dawejko early on. Dawejko began to increase his output in the second, landing several counterpunches in an attempt to slow down the 25-year-old Torrez. Joey Dawejko is DQ’d for excessive loss of his mouthpiece 😯 pic.
twitter.com/WUHO9dPBuB — Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) September 21, 2024 The outcome was becoming more apparent in the fourth as Torrez’s busy right hand blinded Dawejko to the southpaw left hands that were crashing into Dawejko’s head with greater regularity. With his nose a bloodied mess, Dawejko proceeded to lose his mouthpiece four times in the.