YORGEY WINS AGAIN AT BLUE HORIZON: FULL RESULTS HERE
Posted on | June 3, 2007 | 1 Comment
Yorgey pounds Aguirre in front of packed house at The Legendary Blue Horizon
Philadelphia (June 1st, 2007)—“Lighting” Harry Joe Yorgey thrilled a sold-out crowd by pounding Edson Aguirre over eight rounds to win a unanimous decision in a Jr. Middleweight bout to highlight a nine bout card at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
Yorgey, 154 lbs of Bridgeport, PA Hit Aguirre with every punch imaginable but the Greensboro, North Carolina native shook off the punches and continued to come forward and take some more punishment.
Yorgey was never in any danger as he cruised to the unanimous decision by scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74 to remain undefeated at 19-0-1. Aguirre earned his paycheck but is now 12-7-1
“I stunned him with the counter right hand and I saw him stumble. I saw him get knocked down a few times against Joe Greene and he kept getting up and kept fighting so I knew he was tough.” said a victorious Yorgey.
It was a special night at The Legendary Blue Horizon as the star-studded crowd which included former heavyweight champion Michael Spinks, HBO’s Harold Ledderman, Charlotte Bobcat owner Bob Johnson along with a Philadelphia boxing luminaries Eddie Chambers, Chazz Witherspoon and Anthony Thompson was treated to a great night of boxing which will be seen all across the country on local Comcast Sportsnet.
FULL RESULTS
Harry Joe Yorgey (19-0-1) 154 lbs of Bridgeport, PA UD 8 over Edson Aguirre, (12-7-1) 154 lbs of Greensboro, NC…Scores 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74
Furuq Saleem (36-0, 32 KO’s), 248 lbs of Newark, NJ KO 1 (1:01) over Wallace McDaniel (8-18-1), 289 lbs of Augusta, GA
Derek Ennis (12-1-1, 9 KO’s) 154 lbs of Philadelphia TKO 1 (2:03) over Mike McGuire (5-17-1) 161 ½ lbs of Topkea, KS
Dave Brunelli (7-2), 218 lbs of Philadelphia UD 6 over Arron Lyons (5-1) 231 ½ lbs of Gulfport, MS…scores were 59-55-, 59-55 and 58-56
Henry Lundy (6-0), 136 ½ lbs of Philadelphia UD 4 over Reggie Sanders (12-40-2), 135 lbs of Fort Wayne, IND…scores were 40-34, 40-34 and 40-35
Michelle Garland, 148 ½ lbs of Philadelphia and Akima Stocks, 153 lbs (1-0) of Newark fought to a no-contest after two rounds due to a cut suffered by Garland after round 2
Jacob Rodriguez, (8-16), 174 lbs of Philadelphia UD 4 Over Juergan Hartenstien. 175 lbs (11-12-1) of Germany
Bryheim Douglas (1-0-2), 134 lbs of Philadelphia and Mondre Pope (0-0-1), 133 of Norfolk, VA fought to a four round draw…Scores were 39-37 for Douglas, 38-38, 38-38
Najee Murray (1-0), 160 lbs of Philadelphia UD 4 over Jason Collazo (0-2), 157 lbs of Patterson, NJ…scores were 40-34 on all cards