Joey Abell

Joey Abell (born May 16, 1981) is an American heavyweight professional boxer from Minnesota, USA.

Personal life

Abell is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He played football at South Dakota State University, where he majored in Education and Human Science.

Professional career

The first fight of southpaw Joey Abell's professional career was marred when his opponent, Ritchie Goosehead, fell through the ropes and landed on the cement. The fight was ruled a no-contest.^[1] Abell knocked out Goosehead in his second professional fight about a month later.^[2] Abell remained undefeated through ten bouts, then he was KOd by Aaron Lyons at the Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abell later rematched Lyons and KO'd him. As of May 16, 2009, Abell's professional record was 24 wins (23 by knockout), 4 losses, no draws, and 1 no contest.^[2]

Abell defeated his first notable opponent in undefeated Teke Oruh of Nigeria, on points, in a fight televised on Showtime on November 16, 2007. Abell then defeated Billy Willis by third round TKO.^[3] In 2008 he went on to lose a string of bouts, including a loss to former world champion Alfred Cole. In January 2011 A distracted Abell was defeated in the first round by heavyweight contender Chris Arreola.^[4] Abell's last two losses came at the hands of #2 (Tyson Fury) and #3 (Kubrat Pulev). Both fights were taken with a couple of days' notice.

Professional boxing record

29 Wins (28 knockouts, 1 decisions), 7 Losses (5 knockouts, 2 decisions), 2 No Contests[2]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss		Tyson Fury	TKO	4 (10)	2014-02-15	Copper Box, London, England
Loss	27–6	Kubrat Pulev	TKO	4 (12)	2013-12-14	Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Germany	For IBF International Heavyweight Title.
Win	30-2	Emerson Chasing Bear	RTD	4	2012-01-28	Williston, North Dakota, United States
Loss	29-2	Chris Arreola	KO	1	2011-01-28	Temecula, California, United States	Abell knocked out at 2:18 of the first round.
Win	11-8	Arron Lyons	TKO	4	2010-07-17	St Paul, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:52 of the fourth round due to a cut.
Win	18-11	Josh "The Griz" Gutcher	TKO	2	2010-04-23	St Paul, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:52 of the fourth round due to a cut.
No Contest	25-4	Raphael "The Silencer" Butler	NC	1	2009-12-04	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	Minnesota Heavyweight Title. Referee failed to hear the bell and called the fighters together to continue fighting and Butler was knocked out by a punch from Abell prompting Butler's and Abell's corners to enter into a brawl which negated the bout.
Win	3-6	Larry White	TKO	2	2009-06-13	Mounds View, Minnesota, United States
Win	11-14-1	Billy "The Kid" Willis	TKO	3	2009-05-15	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:54 of the third round.
Win	32-10-1	Galen "Bad Boy" Brown	KO	1	2009-04-04	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	Brown knocked out at 1:43 of the first round.
Win	34-36-2	Marcus "Big Tuna" Rhode	KO	1	2009-02-13	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Win	15-26	"Hollywood" Derek Amos	TKO	1	2009-01-17	St Paul, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the first round.
Loss	17-25-2	"The Native American Nightmare" Jason Nicholson	DQ	1	2008-11-28	Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States	Abell disqualified for hitting Nicholson while he was down.
Loss	34-14-3	Alfred "Ice" Cole	SD	6	2008-09-05	Karlstad, Sweden	58-56, 57-58, 57-58.
Loss	13-20-2	Andrew Greeley	TKO	4	2008-04-26	Rochester, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the fourth round.
Win	10-11-1	Maurice Wheeler	KO	2	2008-04-11	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Referee stopped the bout after the second round.
Win	28-7-2	Ratko Draskovic	KO	2	2008-03-27	Gothenburg, Sweden
Win	14-0-1	Teke "African Prince" Oruh	MD	10	2007-11-16	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	98-92, 96-94, 95-95.
Win	8-8	Daniil "Shrek" Peretyatko	TKO	2	2007-09-15	Karlstad, Sweden
Win	6-4-2	Levon Warner	KO	1	2007-09-07	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Warner knocked out at 2:52 of the first round.
Win	10-6-1	Mike Sheppard	KO	1	2007-08-04	Rosemont, Illinois, United States	Sheppard knocked out at 2:10 of the first round.
Win	6-2-1	Harvey "Candy Man" Jolly	TKO	2	2007-04-25	St Paul, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:55 of the second round.
Win	11-3-2	James Gerstein	KO	1	2007-03-17	Hinckley, Minnesota, United States	Gerstein knocked out at 1:27 of the first round.
Win	10-12-1	Cornelius Ellis	RTD	3	2007-02-09	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Ellis failed to emerge from his corner for the fourth round.
Win	3-11-2	Ergin Solmaz	RTD	2	2007-01-27	Gothenburg, Sweden
Win	3-2	Larry White	TKO	6	2007-01-12	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:50 of the sixth round.
Loss	3-0	Arron Lyons	TKO	1	2006-12-01	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:17 of the first round.
Win	15-33-4	Louis "The Facelifter" Monaco	TKO	4	2006-10-13	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:30 of the fourth round.
Win	3-10-1	David Cleage	KO	2	2006-09-15	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Cleage knocked out at 2:51 of the second round.
Win	7-0	Mark "Oak Tree" Brown	KO	2	2006-07-07	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Brown knocked out at 2:14 of the second round.
Win	2-7-1	Douglas "Preacher Man" Robertson	KO	1	2006-04-07	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Robertson knocked out at 2:23 of the first round.
Win	1-6-1	Cornell Bradbury	TKO	1	2006-03-15	Merrionette Park, Illinois, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the first round.
Win	5-0-1	Dan Jambor	KO	1	2006-02-10	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Jambor knocked out at 1:15 of the first round.
Win	7-31-1	Marcelo Aravena	TKO	1	2005-11-19	Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:00 of the first round.
Win	--	Andrew Goodwin	TKO	2	2005-10-15	Carter Lake, Iowa, United States
Win	7-17-1	Ritchie Goosehead	TKO	2	2005-09-23	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	Referee stopped the bout at 1:58 of the second round.
Win	7-17-1	Ritchie Goosehead	NC	1	2005-08-27	Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States	Bout was stopped at 2:52 of the first round after Goosehead fell through the ropes and landed on the floor outside of the ring.

References

1. ↑ Fight:1001430 – BoxRec Boxing Encyclopaedia
2. 1 2 3 "Boxing record for Joey Abell". BoxRec.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23. 
3. ↑ http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/sports/20090516_Abell_uses_expanded_repertoire_to_halt_Willis.html
4. ↑ "Boxing News | Arreola stops Abell in one". fightnews.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23. 

External links

• Professional boxing record for Joey Abell from BoxRec