{"id":102654,"date":"2021-04-09T16:34:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T21:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102654"},"modified":"2021-04-09T16:34:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T21:34:46","slug":"joey-dawejko-stops-joe-jones-in-1st-round-in-philadelphia-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102654","title":{"rendered":"Joey Dawejko Stops Joe Jones in 1st Round in Philadelphia &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102654\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102654\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-102655 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mail-1-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mail-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mail-1-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Photo by Darryl Cobb JR.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday night, popular heavyweight Joey Dawejko knocked out Joe Jones in the opening round of their scheduled eight-round heavyweight bout at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The bout headlined a card promoted by RDR Promotions.<\/p>\n<p>Dawejko was dominant in dropping Jones twice, with the final punch coming from a big left hook, and the fight was halted at 2:50.<\/p>\n<p>Dawejko of Philadelphia improved his record to 21-8-4 with 12 knockouts. Jones falls to 11-4.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the co-feature, surging lightweight Nahir Albright notched his third consecutive stoppage victory by stopping Dante Cox in round three of their scheduled six-round bout.<\/p>\n<p>Albright dropped Cox twice in round two, and finished him off at 2:13 of the third frame.<\/p>\n<p>Albright of Sicklerville, NJ is now 11-1 with five knockouts. Cox of Glen Burnie, MD is 6-2.<\/p>\n<p>Former National Golden Gloves champion Mike Hilton shrugged off a knockdown to win a six-round unanimous decision over Twon Smith in a cruiserweight fight.<\/p>\n<p>Smith put Hilton down for a flash knockdown in round three from a left. That was sandwiched around Hilton outboxing Smith, and Hilton took all three cards by 58-55 scores.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton of Trenton, NJ is 11-0. Smith falls to 3-5.<\/p>\n<p>Afunwa King scored a mild upset by taking a six-round majority decision over previously undefeated Benny Sinakin in a light heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>King took two cards by 58-56 tallies, while a third card read even at 57-57.<\/p>\n<p>King is now 3-1. Sinakin of Philadelphia is 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Gonzalez of Brooklyn, New York remained undefeated by taking out Luis Eduardo Florez in round five of a scheduled six-round junior welterweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>The time of the stoppage was 2:13 for Gonzalez, who is now 12-0 with eight knockouts. Florez is now 25-19.<\/p>\n<p>Rasheen Brown stopped late-replacement Christopher Nelson in round three of their four-round featherweight fight.<\/p>\n<p>Brown dominated with body shots, and the fight was stopped at 1:50 of round three. A West Philadelphia native, Brown is 7-0 with four knockouts. Nelson is 3-18.<\/p>\n<p>Tahmir Smalls remained undefeated by winning a four-round unanimous decision over Andres Abarca in a welterweight bout.<\/p>\n<p>Scores were 40-34 twice and 39-35 for Smalls, who is now 3-0. Abarca,is 2-4.<\/p>\n<p>Jahdon Ervin made a successful pro debut by taking a four-round unanimous decision over Kareem Gladney in a middleweight fight.<\/p>\n<p>Ervin of St. Clair, PA is 1-0. Gladney is 0-4.<\/p>\n<p>A limited number of seats were available due to Covid restrictions, and were filled to that limited capacity. The fights were streamed worldwide on BXNGTV.com<\/p>\n<p>RDR PROMOTIONS WILL BE BACK AT 2300 ARENA ON SATURDAY, MAY 8TH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Darryl Cobb JR. This past Saturday night, popular heavyweight Joey Dawejko knocked out Joe Jones in the opening round of their scheduled eight-round heavyweight bout at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. The bout headlined a card promoted by RDR Promotions. 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