Boxing Results: Nelson and Yorgey Win at Valley Forge Casino Friday
Boxing Results: Nelson and Yorgey Win at Valley Forge Casino Friday
By Ken Hissner and David Ruff at ringside for Doghouse Boxing (March 17, 2013) Doghouse Boxing (Photo © KingBoxing.com)
-  
Harry Yorgey
The last time there was a boxing show in this facility was 2006 when it was the Valley Forge Convention Center. Friday night the fans packed the new Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia, PA, as “War at the Forge” had Naim “The Dream” Nelson, 10-0 (1), of Philadelphia winning in the main event and Harry Joe Yorgey, 26-2-1 (12) of Bridgeport, PA, winning the co-main event.

Marshall Kauffman’s King’s Promotions, in association with David Feldman and matchmaker J Russell Peltz put on 7 competitive bouts and will be returning to the venture on June 15th. People who hadn’t seen each other in years came out for the show and some Philly boxing celebrities were also on hand including WBC junior welterweight champion Danny “Swift” Garica, former IBF junior middleweight champion Buster Drayton, and title challenger Earl “The Pearl” Hargrove.

In the main event the PA state lightweight champion Nelson fought a workman’s fight while his opponent Georgian Georgi Kevlishvili, 12-5 (3), of Philadelphia, battled it out for 8 rounds. Kevlishvili switched to southpaw as early as the second round. “I knew when he turned southpaw he realized he was in trouble. We sparred years ago so he didn’t surprise me,” said Nelson. His trainer Rory Bussey and co-managers Doc Nowicki and Jim Williams seemed pleased with their fighter.

Nelson kept a good pace while Kevlishvili did his best but it wasn’t good enough. Nelson used a good jab and some even better body work to keep his opponent on the defense for the most part. Judges James Condon and Pierre Benoist had it a shutout 80-72 while Joe Pasquale scored it 79-73 as did DHB all for Nelson.

The co-feature was reduced from an 8 to a 6 as local favorite Yorgey entered the ring with music sounding like lightning which is what he is sometimes referred to as “lightning”. Moving up to the middleweight division Yorgey took the first round but Julius “DC Bomber” Kennedy, 7-4-1 (3), won quite a few fans before it was over overpowering Yorgey driving him to the ropes in the next 2 rounds. In the fourth Yorgey started doing what he does best and that is boxing.

The best round of the fight was in the fifth round when it looked like Yorgey was behind as he turned up the heat. Both fighters let it all hang out in the sixth and final round as Yorgey seemed to pull out a draw on this writer’s card. Kennedy seemed to dominate rounds two thru four. Kennedy had limited experience compared to Yorgey. Pasquale had Yorgey ahead while Benoist had Kennedy ahead, both at 58-56 while Condon had it 60-54 for Yorgey by split decision. DHB had it 57-57 a draw.

The fans were mixed with the decision as Kennedy left the ring abruptly claiming “I won that fight”. Yorgey stayed in the ring conversing with his many fans. Hurley McCall was the referee. Whether a rematch will be in order isn’t certain. Kennedy hadn’t won since 2009 while Yorgey was coming off a loss just 6 weeks prior to this show. He took more punches in this one than normal. Both fighters seemed to be winded at the end of this one. Yorgey was the big ticket seller for the night being local.

Philadelphia southpaw Tevin “American Idol” Farmer, 9-4-1 (1), of Philadelphia came in with a large entourage carrying his two IBS belts he won at 140 and 135. He was very flashy at times and did well unless he stood in from of his opponent Esteban Rodriguez, 6-6-1 (1), of Lebanon, PA. The second and third rounds found Rodriguez competitive but Farmer taking the other rounds in this 6 round lightweight match. His trainer Chucky Mills seemed pleased with his boxer’s performance overall. McCall was the referee. All 3 judges had it 60-54 for Farmer. DHB had it 59-55 for Farmer. He is scheduled to come back again next month in Philadelphia. McCall was the referee.

Southpaw Jerome Rodriguez, 3-0-1 (1), of Allentown boxed well as Rafael “Yaco” Montalvo, 2-3 (2), of Pottsville, PA, formerly PR, tried but just couldn’t muster up enough to stay with Rodriguez for the most part. Condon and Benoist had it 59-55 while Pasquale saw it 57-57 even giving Rodriguez a majority win in this welterweight 6 rounder. DHB had it 59-55 for the winner. Blair Talmadge was the referee.

In an interesting boxer against puncher 4 round junior welterweight match Korey Sloane, 2-6 (0), of Philadelphia did his best keeping Sammy Quinones, 2-1 (1), of York, PA, off of him with his jab. Quinones is a power puncher who took a lot of jabs to get inside and hurt Sloane several times but Sloane was encouraged by his trainer George James to keep punching. Condon and Benoist had it 40-36 while Pasquale scored 39-37 all for Quinones. DHB felt Sloan did enough to earn a draw being the busier of the two. McCall was the referee

In possibly the best fight of the night Travis “The Animal” Thompson, 4-9-2 (3), of Pottstown and Joshua Arocha, 3-6-3 (2), of Vineland, NJ, fought to a 4 round draw in the super featherweight division. Thompson started fast though suffering a small cut under his left eye in the second round. Arocha had Thompson in trouble several times in the third round landing some solid left hooks to the head and body.

Thompson landed more but Arocha the cleaner punches. Arocha finished strong. Pasquale had it 39-37 Arocha while Condon scored it 40-36 Thompson. Benoist called it 38-38 for a draw decision as did DHB. McCall was the referee. “I thought I did enough to pull out the win. I would have knocked him out if it were a 6 rounder,” said Arocha. Thompson had a good fan base behind him.

In the show opener Sultahn Staton, 1-0 (1), made his debut halting fellow Philadelphian southpaw Kenny Brown, 0-2, after 2 rounds. Brown has drawn a pair of the top amateurs in his first 2 fights. This was to be a junior lightweight match but both fighters came over the limit making it a junior welterweight match. In the second round Staton turned southpaw in landing 5 consecutive hooks to the head of Brown possibly causing an injury to the left ear. Referee McCall called a halt when Brown could not continue.

E-mail questions, comments to Ken Hissner

Also from recent from Ken Hissner:
Cayo and Taylor Clash on ESPN2 in Atlantic City
Is Hopkins A Philly Favorite and All-time Best Middle? Answer Might Surprise You!
Steve Traitz, Sr. Moulded Montco Boy’s Club thru the Pros, His Way
From Bitter Rivals to Best of Friends Italian Style Ken Hissner
Majewski-Davis & Mussachio-Thompson at Bally’s Saturday
Broner Stops Rees in 5 That Was Short but Sweet!
Broner Defends WBC Title Against Rees in Atlantic City on Saturday
Garrett "Ultimate Warrior" Wilson Prepares for Alekseev Feb 22nd
Boxing Results: Filippone and Robinson Win in Wilmington Ken Hissner, David Ruff
Boxing Results: Collins's Stops Rivera in King’s Promotions
Boxing Results: Filippone and Robinson Win in Wilmington Ken Hissner, David Ruff
Philly’s Danny Garcia and Dennis Hasson out this weekend!
Two Title Bouts at the Chase Center in Wilmington Tonight
Victor Vasquez Defeats Esteban Rodriguez at Harrahs! Ken Hissner, David Ruff
Amir “Hardcore” Mansour Returns to the Ring at Dover Downs
Ferrante and Monaghan Thrill the crowd at MSG
Gennady Golovkin Retains Titles Stopping Gabriel Rosado in 7
Anderson and Lartey Battle in Newark
Champs at the Chase features Hasson and Robinson at Riverfront
Muhammad Ali, Boxing Legend Celebrates his 71st Birthday Today!
Doghouse Boxing Interview with Gennady "Triple G" Golovkin
Philly’s Bryant “By- By” Jennings Receives Sports Illustrated “Prospect of the Year Award”! - Interview
Doghouse Boxing Interview with "King" Gabriel Rosado

--
E-mail questions, comments to Ken Hissner

Stay up to date on all the latest and breaking news: Doghouse Boxing's news wire


Visit the IMPROVED Doghouse Boxing Forums (Login with your Facebook or Twitter account - Now Mobile, Ipad, Blackberry, Android & YouTube Friendly) DogPound




NEW: Follow Doghouse Boxing on FaceBook! For more Boxing News 24/7 and so much more...  visit our homepage now!


© Copyright / All Rights reserved: Doghouse Boxing Inc. 1998-2013