“Lightning” Harry Joe Yorgey of Bridgeport, PA remained
undefeated and avenged the only blemish on his record by
pounding out a ten round unanimous decision over
Martinus Clay in a Jr. Middleweight bout to cap an eight
bout card at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
Yorgey was very consistent as he landed an assortment of
punches that kept Clay from gaining any kind of momentum
to mount a big comeback.
Yorgey landed shots to both sides of Clay’s body and was
precise with the right upper cut and seized control of
the fight in front of the pro-Yorgey crowd which
included the nationally-ranked Pop Warner football team
for which Yorgey is a coach for. The team walked Yorgey
into the ring.
“It’s a fight I been waiting for. I wanted to avenge
that draw” said Yorgey. “I won the first time. He
fights only the best in the world and you have to be
prepared to fight him.”
Scores
of the bout were 98-92, 98-92 and 96-94.
With
the win, Yorgey is 20-0-1 and Clay is 12-18-2
In other fights, Furuq Saleem won his thirty-seventh
straight bout by scoring a majority decision over
veteran trial horse, Sedrick Fields in a six round
Heavyweight bout.
Scores
were 58-56m 58-56 and 57-57.
Philadelphia based Jr. Welterweight, Henry Lundy was
explosive in taking out late replacement Starr Johnson
at 2:44 of round one of a scheduled four round bout.
Lundy dropped Johnson twice and the effect of the second
knockdown forced the referee to stop the fight after
Johnson was unsteady on his feet.
FULL
RESULTS
10 ROUNDS JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS –Harry Yorgey (20-0-1), 154
½ lbs, Bridgeport PA UD over Martinus Clay (12-18-2),
154 lbs, Wilson, NC…scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 96-94
6 ROUNDS WELTERWEIGHTS—Aaron Torres (15-6), 145 lbs,
Philadelphia, PA UD over Manuel Guzman (3-5), 147 lbs,
Lancaster, PA…Scores were 59-55 on all cards
6 ROUNDS HEAVYWEIGHTS—Furuq Saleem (37-0), 245 ½ lbs,
Newark, NJ MD over Sedrick Fields (22-35-2), 227 lbs,
Augusta, GA…Scores were 58-56, 58-56 and 57-57
6 ROUNDS WELTERWEIGHTS—Tommy Rainone (9-0), 148 ½ lbs,
New York, NY UD over Jaime Morales, (4-5), 149 lbs of
Philadelphia…Scores were 59-54, 58-54, 58-54
4 ROUNDS JR WELTERWEIGHTS—Henry Lundy (9-0, 6 KO’s), 140
lbs of Philadelphia TKO 1 at 2:44 over Starr Johnson
(3-17-1), 149 lbs of Killeen, Texas
4 ROUNDS LADIES JR. MIDDLEWEIGHTS—Kimberly Harris (5-9),
151 ½ lbs of Tampa, FL scored a UD over Olivia Fonseca
(1-1-1) 152 lbs of Philadelphia…Scores were 40-36, 39-37
and 39-37
4 ROUNDS FEATHERWEIGHTS—Jules Blackwell (6-0), 123 ½ lbs
of Phoenixville, PA MD over Arthur Parker (1-4), 123
lbs of Lancaster, PA…scores were 40-36, 39-37 and 38-38
4
ROUNDS LIGHTWEIGHTS—Louis Castro (1-0, 1 KO), 132 lbs of
Philadelphia TKO 1 at 52 seconds over Elias Castillo
(0-3), 130 ½ lbs of Brooklyn, NY
THE
FIGHTS WERE PROMOTED BY VERNOCA L. MICHAEL AND BLUE
HOTIZON BOXING PRMOTIONS
THE
NEXT CARD IS SLATED FOR December 7TH, 2007
10-12-2007
