Philadelphia (September 7th, 2007)—Joey Abell scored two knockdowns and stopped Levon Warner in vicious fashion at 2:52 of round one of a scheduled eight round main event that highlighted an eight-bout card at The Legendary Blue Horizon..
After a first minute that was nothing more then a feeling out process, Abell landed a hard combination in the corner that crumpled Warner to the canvas. Warner courageously got to his feet but an excited Abell was on top of Warner and finished things up with another four punch combination for which the force of the thudding punches could be heard throughout the arena.
“I knew I was going to catch him with the combinations” said Abell after his sixteenth win. “I knew after the first knockdown that if I was hit him it was going to be over.”
With chants of “Joey, Joey, Joey” from the enthusiastic crowd, Abell has become an adopted Philadelphian with this being his eighth appearance at The Legendary Blue Horizon. “It’s better then being at home. It feels like when you come home from collage and your family and friends greet you.”
The co-feature saw Alex Perez and Darian Ford battle to a no-contest in the third of round of the scheduled eight round Jr. Middleweight bout.
The fight was a rough one for both as Perez was cut under the left eye from a head butt and the fight was halted when Ford fell on his shoulder as he and Perez was tangled up and Ford was unable to continue.
The Legendary Blue Horizon honored IBF Cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham for his recent title win and for being the latest fighter from Philadelphia to claim a world title. The end of the ceremony saw Cunningham joined in the ring by future hall of famer, Bernard Hopkins.
Video of the event will be up on www.legendarybluehorizon.com at the beginning of the week.
FULL RESULTS:
MAIN EVENT, 8 rounds Heavyweights …Joey Abell, 238 lbs, Minneapolis, MN (16-1, 16 KO) KO 1 at 2:52 over Levon Warner (6-5-1) 222 lbs, Philadelphia, PA
8 Rounds, Jr. Middleweights…Darian Ford, 147 lbs, New Orleans, LA (11-14) No-Decision 3 with Alex Perez, 150 ½ lbs (8-0), Newark, New Jersey.
6 rounds Jr. Welterweights…Steve Upsher Chambers, 143 ½ lbs, Philadelphia, PA (15-1) UD over Jason Jordan 142 ½ lbs, Akron, Ohio (4-13)…scores 60-54, 60-54, 59-55
4 rounds Heavyweights…Ran Nakash, 210 lbs, Haifa, Israel (9-0) UD over Samuel Brown, 230 ½ lbs, Fort Campbell Kentucky (4-3)…scores 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37
6 rounds Middleweights… Gee Culmer, 163 ½ lbs, Philadelphia, PA (11-1) UD over James North, 162 ½ lbs, Weston WV (8-18-2)…scores 60-54, 60-54 and 60-54
4 round Featherweights…Jules Blackwell, 124 lbs, Phoenixville, PA (5-0) UD over Joseph Rosa, 125 ¼ lbs, Bronx, NY (1-1-1)…scores 40-36, 40-36, 40-36
4 Rounds Middleweights…Naji Murray, 161 lbs, Philadelphia, PA (2-0, 1 KO) KO 1 at 58 seconds over Jeremy Lester, 162 ½ lbs, Akron OH (1-2)
4 round Jr. Lightweights…Paul Fernandez, 128 lbs, Philadelphia, PA (2-0-1, 2 KO’s) TKO 3 at 1:52 over Jonathan Ocassio, 127 ½. Philadelphia, PA (0-1)