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Bridgeport, PA´s Harry Joe
Yorgey captured the vacant World
Boxing Federation North American
Middleweight title on Saturday
night, June 15, continuing his
climb back to the world class
level he competed at a few years
ago.
Fighting only a few miles from
his hometown, Yorgey won a close
majority decision over old foe
Julius Kennedy from Windsor
Mill, MD at the Valley Forge
Casino Resort in Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania.
This was a rematch of their
original toe-to-toe war this
past March, where Yorgey was
awarded a disputed split
decision, and the sequel turned
out to also be a great fight
between boxers who would
probably always give each other
fits.
As in their first fight, Yorgey
and Kennedy relentlessly went at
each other banging to the body
and head, and after ten
fantastic rounds of boxing it
was anybody’s guess who would be
crowned champion.
In several rounds it was hard to
separate the two, and while one
judge had them all even at 95-95
the decision was tipped in the
favor of Yorgey when the
remaining two judges scored it
96-94.
The new WBF North American
Middleweight Champion improved
his professional record to
27-2-1 (12), while Julius
Kennedy falls to a very
deceiving 7-6-1 (3).
The fight was promoted by
Marchal Kauffman’s Kings Boxing
Promotions. |
