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    from charley walters, pioneer press:

    Joey Abell, 24, the fast-rising, undefeated (7-0) heavyweight boxer from Champlin, leaves Tuesday with manager Ron Peterson for Philadelphia, where on Wednesday he will fight an exhibition against former U.S. Boxing Association world champion Tim Witherspoon.

    The event is being sponsored by Sylvester Stallone, who produced and starred in the "Rocky" movies, set in Philadelphia. Stallone is making another film, and if the 6-foot-4, 255-pound Abell impresses him, there might be an opportunity in it for the former Champlin High football player.

    On Sept. 15, Abell, who has knocked out each of his seven opponents by the eighth round or sooner, will fight Rowyan Wallace (6-4) at the Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia. Also on the card is Mounds View's David Peterson, 20, who is 5-0 as a junior middleweight.

    With the recent return of a boxing commission in Minnesota, plans are for Abell to fight in his home state in November.





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