| Joey Abell | |
| Nickname: | Minnesota Ice |
| Weight: | Heavyweight |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in |
| Reach: | 76 in |
| Birth Place: | Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Stance: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 48 |
| Wins: | 35 |
| Losses: | 11 |
| No Contests: | 2 |
| Ko: | 33 |
Joey Abell (born May 16, 1981) is an American professional boxer.
Abell is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Champlin Park High School,[1] and later played football at South Dakota State University, where he majored in Education and Human Science.
As an amateur, Abell won a silver medal at the 1998 U.S. Junior Championships at 201 lbs, losing to Malik Scott in the final. He later won gold in the super heavyweight division at the 1999 Under-19 Championships.[2]
The first fight of Abell's professional career was marred when his opponent, Ritchie Goosehead, fell through the ropes and landed on the cement. The fight was ruled a no-contest.[3] Abell knocked out Goosehead in his second professional fight about a month later. Abell remained undefeated through ten bouts, then he was KOd by Aaron Lyons at The Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abell later rematched Lyons and KO'd him. As of May 16, 2009, Abell's professional record was 24 wins (23 by knockout), 4 losses, no draws, and 1 no contest.[4]
Abell defeated his first notable opponent in undefeated Teke Oruh of Nigeria on points, in a fight televised on Showtime on November 16, 2007. Abell then defeated Billy Willis by third round TKO.[5] In 2008 he went on to lose a string of bouts, including a loss to former world champion Alfred Cole. In January 2011 A distracted Abell was defeated in the first round by heavyweight contender Chris Arreola.[6] Abell's last two losses came at the hands of #2 (Tyson Fury) and #3 (Kubrat Pulev). Both fights were taken with a couple of days' notice.
On May 17, 2016, Abell knocked out, then undefeated Wes Nofire and continued his winning streak with two more wins coming by way of KO.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Loss | align=left |  Michael Polite Coffie | TKO | 2 (8) | Nov 7, 2020 | align=left | align=left | ||||
| 47 | Win | 35–10 | align=left | Quincy Palmer | KO | 1 (6) | Nov 2, 2018 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 46 | Loss | 34–10 | align=left |  Tomasz Adamek | TKO | 7 (10) | Apr 21, 2018 | align=left | ||||
| 45 | Win | 34–9 | align=left | Krzysztof Zimnoch | KO | 3 (12) | Sep 9, 2017 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 44 | Win | 33–9 | align=left |  Raymond Ochieng | TKO | 2 (10) | Feb 25, 2017 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 43 | Win | 32–9 | align=left | Wes Nofire | TKO | 3 (8) | May 17, 2016 | align=left | ||||
| 42 | Loss | 31–9 | align=left |  Oscar Rivas | KO | 2 (10) | Nov 28, 2015 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 41 | Win | 31–8 | align=left | Juan Goode | UD | 6 | Oct 17, 2015 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 40 | Win | 30–8 | align=left | Travis Fulton | TKO | 3 (6) | Apr 17, 2015 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 39 | Loss | 29–8 | align=left | Tyson Fury | TKO | 4 (10) | Feb 15, 2014 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 38 | Loss | 29–7 | align=left |  Kubrat Pulev | TKO | 4 (12) | Dec 14, 2013 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 37 | Win | 29–6 | align=left | Maurenzo Smith | RTD | 1 (6) | Jul 26, 2013 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 36 | Loss | 28–6 | align=left | Fres Oquendo | TKO | 9 (10) | Dec 14, 2013 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 35 | Win | 28–5 | align=left | Emerson Chasing Bear | RTD | 4 (6), | Jan 28, 2012 | align=left | ||||
| 34 | Loss | 27–5 | align=left | Chris Arreola | KO | 1 (10), | Jan 28, 2011 | align=left | ||||
| 33 | Win | 27–4 | align=left | Arron Lyons | TKO | 4 (10) | Jul 17, 2010 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 32 | Win | 26–4 | align=left | Josh Gutcher | TKO | 2 (8), | Apr 23, 2010 | align=left | ||||
| 31 | 25–4 | align=left | Raphael Butler | NC | 1 (10) | Dec 4, 2009 | align=left | align=left | ||||
| 30 | Win | 25–4 | align=left | Larry White | TKO | 2 (6) | Jun 13, 2009 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 29 | Win | 24–4 | align=left | Billy Willis | TKO | 3 (6), | May 15, 2009 | align=left | ||||
| 28 | Win | 23–4 | align=left | Galen Brown | KO | 1 (6), | Apr 4, 2009 | align=left | ||||
| 27 | Win | 22–4 | align=left | Marcus Rhode | KO | 1 (6) | Feb 13, 2009 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 26 | Win | 21–4 | align=left | Derek Amos | TKO | 1 (6), | Jan 17, 2009 | align=left | ||||
| 25 | Loss | 20–4 | align=left | Jason Nicholson | DQ | 1 (8) | Nov 28, 2008 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 24 | Loss | 20–3 | align=left | Al Cole | SD | 6 | Sep 5, 2008 | align=left | ||||
| 23 | Loss | 20–2 | align=left | Andrew Greeley | TKO | 4 (6), | Apr 26, 2008 | align=left | ||||
| 22 | Win | 20–1 | align=left | Maurice Wheeler | KO | 2 (6) | Apr 11, 2008 | align=left | ||||
| 21 | Win | 19–1 | align=left |  Ratko Draskovic | KO | 2 (6) | Mar 27, 2008 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–1 | align=left |  Teke Oruh | MD | 10 | Nov 16, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 19 | Win | 17–1 | align=left | Daniil Peretyatko | TKO | 2 (4) | Sep 15, 2007 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 18 | Win | 16–1 | align=left | Levon Warner | KO | 1 (8), | Sep 7, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 17 | Win | 15–1 | align=left | Mike Sheppard | KO | 1 (4), | Aug 4, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 16 | Win | 14–1 | align=left | Harvey Jolly | TKO | 2 (6), | Apr 25, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 15 | Win | 13–1 | align=left | James Gerstein | KO | 1 (6), | Mar 17, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 14 | Win | 12–1 | align=left | Cornelius Ellis | RTD | 3 (6), | Feb 9, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 13 | Win | 11–1 | align=left |  Ergin Solmaz | RTD | 2 (4), | Jan 27, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 12 | Win | 10–1 | align=left | Larry White | TKO | 6 (6), | Jan 12, 2007 | align=left | ||||
| 11 | Loss | 9–1 | align=left | Arron Lyons | TKO | 1 (4), | Dec 1, 2006 | align=left | ||||
| 10 | Win | 9–0 | align=left | Louis Monaco | TKO | 4 (6), | Oct 13, 2006 | align=left | ||||
| 9 | Win | 8–0 | align=left | David Cleage | KO | 2 (4), | Sep 15, 2006 | align=left | ||||
| 8 | Win | 7–0 | align=left | Mark Brown | KO | 2 (6), | Jul 7, 2006 | align=left | ||||
| 7 | Win | 6–0 | align=left | Douglas Robertson | KO | 1 (4), | Apr 7, 2006 | align=left | ||||
| 6 | Win | 5–0 | align=left | Cornell Bradbury | TKO | 1 (4), | Mar 15, 2006 | align=left | ||||
| 5 | Win | 4–0 | align=left | Dan Jambor | KO | 1 (4), | Feb 10, 2006 | align=left | ||||
| 4 | Win | 3–0 | align=left |  Marcelo Aravena | TKO | 1 (4), | Nov 19, 2005 | align=left | ||||
| 3 | Win | 2–0 | align=left | Andrew Goodwin | TKO | 2 (4) | Oct 15, 2005 | align=left | align=left | |||
| 2 | Win | 1–0 | align=left | Ritchie Goosehead | TKO | 2 (4), | Sep 23 2005 | align=left | ||||
| 1 | 0–0 | align=left | Ritchie Goosehead | NC | 1 (4), | Aug 27, 2005 | align=left | align=left |