Joey Abell (born May 16, 1981) is an American professional

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Personal life

Abell is a native of

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. He attended

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, and later played football at

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, where he majored in Education and Human Science.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Abell won a silver medal at the 1998 U.S. Junior Championships at 201 lbs, losing to

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in the final. He later won gold in the super heavyweight division at the 1999 Under-19 Championships.

Professional career

The first fight of 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. Abell knocked out Goosehead in his second professional fight about a month later. Abell remained undefeated through ten bouts, then he was KOd by Aaron Lyons at

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. Abell later rematched Lyons and KO'd him. As of May 16, 2009, Abell's professional record was 24 wins (23 by

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), 4 losses, no draws, and 1

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. Abell defeated his first notable opponent in undefeated Teke Oruh of

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on points, in a fight televised on

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on November 16, 2007. Abell then defeated Billy Willis by third round TKO.http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/sports/20090516_Abell_uses_expanded_repertoire_to_halt_Willis.html 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

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. 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. On May 17, 2016 Abell knocked out, then undefeated Wes Nofire and continued his winning streak with two more wins coming by way of KO.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abell, Joey 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Minneapolis Heavyweight boxers Boxers from Minnesota American male boxers