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Saturday, April 5, 2008

ABELL STARTCHES DRASKOVIC IN TWO; PAVES THE WAY FOR TUSSLE WITH WHEELER

ABELL STARTCHES DRASKOVIC IN TWO; PAVES THE WAY FOR TUSSLE WITH WHEELER

Heavyweights headline at The Legendary Blue Horizon on Friday Night April 11th to be aired live on www.gofightlive.tv

PHILADELPHIA— after a one bout power outage, Joey “Minnesota Ice” Abell got back in the knockout column with a destructive second round knockout over Ratko Draskovic in less then two rounds on Thursday March 27 in Gothenburg, Sweden which now clears the path for Abell to return to his home away from home when he takes on Maurice Wheeler on Friday April 11 at The Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia.

This great night of action is promoted by Vernoca L. Michael and Blue Horizon Boxing Inc.

Abell dropped Draskovic at the end of round one and ended matters with a thudding jab that put Draskovic down and out at the beginning of round two.

Abell, 19-1 with eighteen knockouts will look for his eighth knockouts in nine Legendary Blue Horizon appearances when he takes on the crafty and experienced southpaw Wheeler.

Wheeler, 10-11-1 with one knockout will be making his sixth Legendary Blue Horizon appearance (3-2) and will have the hometown advantage as the Philadelphia native will attempt to the spring the upset.

This fight along with a packed undercard can be seen live all over the world on www.gofightlive.tv

The co-feature will be a Middleweight battle between Gee Culmer (13-1, 3 KO’s) of Philadelphia and Anthony Little (7-10-1, 1 KO ) of Akron, Ohio in a eight round affair.

This is a ten bout card that features Steve Chambers (15-1, 4 KO’s), the Legnedary Blue Horizon debut of Simon “One Punch” Carr (4-1-1, 3 KO’s) and the pro debut of Sweden’s Anders Holmberg

Ticket prices for this great night of boxing are $200 for Queen Seating, $125 for Presidential seats, $65 for VIP, $55 for Ringside, and $45 for General Admission and can be purchased by calling The Legendary Blue Horizon at 1-215-763-0500 or by logging on to comcasttix.com. Doors open at 6:30 PM / 1st bout begins at 7:30 PM sharp.

The Legendary Blue Horizon is located at 1314 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, PA

For more information, log on to www.legendarybluehorizon.com

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