Joey Abell (born May 16, 1981) is an American professional boxer.
Early life Abell is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Champlin Park High School, and later played football at South Dakota State University, 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 Malik Scott 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.Fight:1001430 – BoxRec Boxing Encyclopaedia 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 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.
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.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 Chris Arreola. 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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes48LossMichael Polite CoffieTKO2 (8)Nov 7, 202047Win35–10 Quincy PalmerKO1 (6)Nov 2, 201846Loss34–10 Tomasz AdamekTKO7 (10)Apr 21, 201845Win34–9 Krzysztof ZimnochKO3 (12)Sep 9, 201744Win33–9 Raymond OchiengTKO2 (10)Feb 25, 201743Win32–9 Wes NofireTKO3 (8)May 17, 201642Loss31–9 Oscar RivasKO2 (10)Nov 28, 201541Win31–8 Juan Goode6Oct 17, 201540Win30–8 Travis FultonTKO3 (6)Apr 17, 201539Loss29–8 Tyson FuryTKO4 (10)Feb 15, 201438Loss29–7 Kubrat PulevTKO4 (12)Dec 14, 201337Win29–6 Maurenzo SmithRTD1 (6)Jul 26, 201336Loss28–6 Fres OquendoTKO9 (10)Dec 14, 201335Win28–5 Emerson Chasing BearRTD4 (6), Jan 28, 201234Loss27–5 Chris ArreolaKO1 (10), Jan 28, 201133Win27–4 Arron LyonsTKO4 (10) Jul 17, 201032Win26–4 Josh GutcherTKO2 (8), Apr 23, 20103125–4 Raphael ButlerNC1 (10)Dec 4, 200930Win25–4 Larry WhiteTKO2 (6)Jun 13, 200929Win24–4 Billy WillisTKO3 (6), May 15, 200928Win23–4 Galen BrownKO1 (6), Apr 4, 200927Win22–4 Marcus RhodeKO1 (6)Feb 13, 200926Win21–4 Derek AmosTKO1 (6), Jan 17, 200925Loss20–4 Jason Nicholson1 (8)Nov 28, 200824Loss20–3 Al Cole6Sep 5, 200823Loss20–2 Andrew GreeleyTKO4 (6), Apr 26, 200822Win20–1 Maurice WheelerKO2 (6)Apr 11, 200821Win19–1 Ratko DraskovicKO2 (6)Mar 27, 200820Win18–1 Teke Oruh10Nov 16, 200719Win17–1 Daniil PeretyatkoTKO2 (4)Sep 15, 200718Win16–1 Levon WarnerKO1 (8), Sep 7, 200717Win15–1 Mike SheppardKO1 (4), Aug 4, 200716Win14–1 Harvey JollyTKO2 (6), Apr 25, 200715Win13–1 James GersteinKO1 (6), Mar 17, 200714Win12–1 Cornelius EllisRTD3 (6), Feb 9, 200713Win11–1 Ergin Solmaz2 (4), Jan 27, 200712Win10–1 Larry WhiteTKO6 (6), Jan 12, 200711Loss9–1 Arron LyonsTKO1 (4), Dec 1, 200610Win9–0 Louis MonacoTKO4 (6), Oct 13, 20069Win8–0 David CleageKO2 (4), Sep 15, 20068Win7–0 Mark BrownKO2 (6), Jul 7, 20067Win6–0 Douglas RobertsonKO1 (4), Apr 7, 20066Win5–0 Cornell BradburyTKO1 (4), Mar 15, 20065Win4–0 Dan Jambor1 (4), Feb 10, 20064Win3–0 Marcelo AravenaTKO1 (4), Nov 19, 20053Win2–0 Andrew GoodwinTKO2 (4)Oct 15, 20052Win1–0 Ritchie Goosehead2 (4), Sep 23 200510–0 Ritchie Goosehead1 (4), Aug 27, 2005
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