Photos by Darryl Cobb Philadelphia, PA (May 8, 2015) – It was the most anticipated local heavyweight showdown of the year and 2300 Arena easily sold out. Thirteen hundred people paid to see Amir Mansour (21-1, 16 KOs) exchange bombs with Joey Dawejko (14-3-2, 7 KOs) and few expected to see both fighters finish on their feet. But as fate would have it, with Mansour riding a 2014 “Knockout of the Year” candidate and Dawejko riding 4 consecutive 1st round KOs, nobody was knocked down, much less out. It was a very tense, high stakes chess match for 6 rounds where it felt like anyone could drop the hammer at any time, but it never...
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