After being stepped over as Joe Joyce’s next opponent, Philadelphia fan favorite Joey Dawejko is calling out the highly touted UK-based heavyweight for taking the easy road.

 

 

 

Since turning professional, Joyce, the outspoken 2016 Olympic Super-Heavyweight Silver Medal Winner and now Commonwealth (Império Britânico) Campeão peso-pesado, has made a habit of publicly calling out the division’s top contenders and champions.

 

 

 

But Dawejko says Joyce’s antics may be just for show, and in reality, his representatives are very protective of their charge.

 

 

 

Dawejko (19-5-4, 11 KOs) says he was offered and accepted the opportunity to face Joyce (5-0, 5 KOs) on the undercard of former welterweight champions Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter’s Saturday, Setembro 8, showdown at the Barclays Center – only to find out Joyce had instead chosen to face Ohio’s Devin Vargas.

 

 

 

Dawejko has spent his professional career as a respected gatekeeper in the division. The 28-year-old has had competitive battles with several of the division’s best and even gave top contender Jarrell Miller the only blot on his undefeated record when he held him to a draw in 2013.

 

 

 

Vargas was a successful amateur boxer, but the former Olympian has sputtered as a professional. He has lost five of his last eight fights and is coming off a first-round knockout loss.

 

 

 

“I got the call the other day from my manager saying we had an offer to fight him and we accepted,” explained Dawejko, “then I found out he took an easier fight. I’m kind of pissed off about it because it was a good opportunity for me. They chose the safe route because they’re definitely protecting him. They talk a good game, but at the end of the day they just want easy fights.”

 

 

 

Dawejko says exposing Joyce would have given him the chance to finally break through to the upper echelon.

 

 

 

“They’re building this guy like he’s something special and he’s not. I see nothing special about him. He has size, mas isso não importa. I don’t think he’s as good as people are making him out to be. I could definitely beat him. He’s big and slow and gets hit a lot and his defense isn’t there. I know I could beat him.”

 

 

 

Not giving up, Dawejko wants Joyce to know he’d be happy to face him in his next fight… if Joyce isn’t too timid.

 

 

 

“If he really wants to challenge himself, step up and fight me. I‘m ready to go at any time. I’ll fight him any day of the week.”

 

Sobre Greg Cohen Promotions

 

 

 

Um dos principais equipamentos promocionais do boxe, Greg Cohen Promotions (GCP) é um nome muito respeitado por realizar eventos de classe mundial de boxe profissional e promovendo lutadores profissionais de elite em todo o mundo.

 

 

 

Fundador e CEO Greg Cohen esteve envolvido com o boxe profissional em diversos cargos desde o final de 1980, aprimorando sua arte e estabelecer-se como um astuto homem de negócios internacional de boxe.

 

 

 

Distingue-se pela sua capacidade de detectar e desenvolver talentos em bruto, Cohen primeira fez manchetes promocionais para a sua orientação especializada de, entre muitos outros, ex-WBA júnior campeão dos médios Austin “Sem Dúvida” Truta, Cohen, que ajudou a guia de desconhecido New Mexico perspectiva de elite nível astro pay-per-view.

 

 

 

Além truta, Greg Cohen Promotions já trabalhou com nomes consagrados como o ex-campeão unificado e duas vezes pesado Hasim “The Rock” Rahman e todo-tempo grande de vários campeão mundial de peso classe James “Lights Out” Toney.

 

 

 

Cohen currently promotes undefeated WBO NABO Heavyweight Champion a top contender Jarrell Miller, top-rated middleweight contender Robert Brant, and former WBO NABO Lightweight Champion and world-rated contender Mason Menard, entre muitos outros.

 

 

 

Greg Cohen Promoções sediou eventos de classe mundial de boxe dos melhores locais em todo os Estados Unidos eo mundo e também tem o orgulho desde talento e / ou o conteúdo de várias redes de televisão, incluindo CBS Sports Network, HBO, Altura De Começar, ESPN, NBC Sports Network, CBS Sports Network, MSG e FOX Sports Net.

 

 

 

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