By Frank Bartolini

ATLANTIC CITY NJ 6/17/23: Bally’s Hotel and Casino hosted a night of boxing promoted by Sal Masumuci with Renee Atkins handling the matchmaking.
A crowd of four hundred spectators cheered on Philadelphia, PA heavyweight Joey “Tank” Dawejko,266.5 lb. as he starched Dennis Vance Jr., 277 lb. , West Branch,Michigan in under one round.
Dawejko started quickly and scored solid jabs to Vances face. A well placed left hook by Dawejko to Vances body had a delayed effect. Moments after the blow landed Vance took a knee. Upon rising Vance went down two more times from left hooks to the mid section. Showing a huge heart Vance rose and continued to trade punches. Finally after being allowed to continue after three trips to the canvas, the coup de grace came when Dawejko fainted a left to the body and scored a booming left hook on Vances chin. After Vance hit the deck for the fourth time and attempted to regain his footing as referee Shadi Murtag waves things off at 2:01 mark of round one.
Raising his record to 25-10-4 14 Ko’s Dawejko is scheduled to fight on September 15 at the Live Casino in Philadelphia, PA. In a post fight interview Dawejko said he is staying in the gym to be ready if a bigger opportunity arises. Vance goes back to the midwest with a stomach ache and a record of 4-10 2 Ko’s.
Russell Peltz of Philadelphia is guiding Dawejko.s career