On Sept. 15th, heavyweights Joey Dawejko of the Tacony section of Philly and Colby Madison of Baltimore, meet in an eight-round rematch at the Live Casino in South Philadelphia. Dawejko won their May 2nd fight by decision in the same venue and while I really didn't want to accept this rematch for Joey, if I had turned it down I'd be like all those other 21st century managers, who say: "We beat him once; why do we have to fight him again?" Sugar Ray Robinson fought Jake LaMotta six times; Archie Moore and Harold Johnson five times; Jack Britton and Ted Kid Lewis 22 times...oh, what's the use! I'm worn out trying to educate people about what boxing was like when it was a major sport.

 

Put yourself in Madison's shoes. He wants another shot at Joey and the first fight was solid. What if Joey had lost? Then I'd be asking for a second chance. Joey is 33. He has won four in a row since we reunited last year and he is 25-10-4, 14 K0s, since turning pro in 2009. If he wins, he's hoping for something big. Same for Colby, who is 40 years old and 11-5-2, 7 K0s, since turning pro in 2016. He must be aware time is not on his side and he figures to have his act together next Friday.

 

There are about seven or eight fights on the card and it is being promoted by Marshall Kauffman, who has been promoting fights for more than 25 years. Marshall lives in Reading, PA, and he is one of the few promoters on the East Coast who does not fill his card with PAID fights--those in which the manager of one fighter pays for an entire bout, often chooses his own opponent, and pays the purse, travel, hotel, meals, medicals for his fighter and the opponent, plus a fee to the so-called promoter for the right to be so stupid. Marshall also doesn't force fighters to sell tickets in order to "cover" the cost of an entire bout. Funny, but I always thought selling tickets was the promoter's job, not the fighter's job.