IBF North American Champion, Lightning Harry Joe Yorgey

Spectrum Fight

Yorgey 152¾ beat LeHoullier 154 by MD in 12 rounds &
crowned IBF North American Light Middleweight Champ
21 (KO 9) + lost 0 (KO 0) + drawn 1 = 22 rounds boxed 109 : KO% 40.91

Friday 22 August 2008
Sommet Center, Nashville, Tennessee,
Vacant IBF International light middleweight title & Vacant IBF North American Light Middleweight Title

Judges Scores :
Dave Hudson 117-111
Barry Lindenman 116-112
Valerie Dorsett 114-114
Referee: Bill Clancy

Commission: Tennessee Boxing & Racing Commission
Promoter: Art Pelullo :
Banner Promotions
Television: ESPN2

ESPN reported blows:
Yorgey 300/831 38%, head 242/725, jabs 47/204;
Lehoullier 222/802 28%, head 190/722, jabs 18/182.

New IBF North American Light Middleweight title
By Kurt Wolfheimer, Friday, August 22 2008. The bout was live on ESPN2, Photos Below
In the co-main, a battle of unbeatens for the vacant IBF North American light middle belt, Harry Joe Yorgey (21-0-1, 9 KOs), of Bridgeport, Pa., proved himself the superior boxer, over game Jason LeHoullier (21-1-1, 8 KOs), of Portland, Me. Controlling the ring from the outside and outhustling his foe, Yorgey popped away with jabs and solid uppercuts while LeHoullier was unable to close the distance. LeHoullier had success in the sixth and seventh, scoring inside, but Yorgey took the fight back with his work rate and strong flurries at the end of each round. Though the fight appeared to be a near-shutout for Yorgey, the judges scored it 117-111 and 116-112, for Yorgey, and, somehow, 114-114, giving the Pennsylvanian a win by majority decision.

Yorgey garners IBF junior middlewieght belt
By: DENNY DYROFF, For The Times Herald 08/23/2008 >> READ TIMES HERALD REVIEW

Harry Yorgey Lands a right upper cut to Jason LeHoullier's throat during a title fight in
the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. IBF North American Light Middleweight title

Yorgey knows he is the champ and better condition fighter after the 12th bell rang

<p align="center">Yorgey & LeHoullier await finally scores from the
Yorgey looked in tip top shape after completing his first 12 round match. It seemed he could of went more, but the photo above reflects both Yorgey & LeHoullier await the three judges scores.

Harry Yorgey & the arena was shocked to hear the
Harry Yorgey & the Sommet Center was shocked to hear judge Valerie Dorsett scored the fight as a 114-114 draw. What fight was she watching and could you tell if she was a male or female?

IBF North American Champion Lightning Harry Joe Yorgey
Lightning Harry Joe Yorgey is all smiles knowing he is the new IBF North American Champion

Hard work & determination paid off as Yorgey
is declared the new IBF North American Champion

IBF North American Title Belt

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A fans story about Harry Joe's last impressive victory. Harry Broke his jaw in two places in the 2nd round of his last fight and continued boxing another four rounds to an unbelivable victory:

By Jack Martinez, jackpmartinez@hotmail.com

I have seen a few great fighters in my day get their chins checked in the ring. I have seen allot of guys with a suspect chin prove otherwise or glass. some guys they say have what it takes! all the skills. I could always honestly and with no prejudice say Harry is one of those special athletes.their are only a couple of guys that I can recall who fought with a serious injury and won. if you were one of the fortunate ones to be at the Blue Horizon Fri. night you witnessed one of those dig deep guys. make no mistake outside all the jabs, power, quickness,stamina, strength and ring savvy there are a couple of things they cant teach you Rhythm is one and he is blessed, Heart is the other.HEART is how a few very special fighters have been measured. I have never seen a more profound dig Deep display of heart from any fighter than what Harry showed us. I can only think of one boxer who fought with that kind of heart. this man deserves his undefeated record.you would have seen a white towel in the ring from any man less than HAR as we like to call him. not to mention it was a unanimous decision it was also impressive from a guy who is coming off knee surgery and 9 month ring rust. larry brothers can hit I have to admit he is a decent fighter, and coming off a 3 consecutive knockout run I cant take anything away from him. I just want Harry to know there are people out there who know the real deal and I couldn't have asked for anything more from him, that was true championship inspiration courage and HEART we witnessed at the blue. Thanks Harry!! Speedy recovery! we love you boy!

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Light Middleweight

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