Butler Stops Tisdale, Abell Shocked by Greeley
Photos, Report By Jesse Kelley
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS

Heavyweight Raphael Butler (31-4, 24 KO's) secured a showdown with Eddie Chambers last night as he stopped Otis Tisdale (25-20-1, 15 KO's) in Rochester, MN. Butler grew frustrated as Tisdale clinched and covered up through the first three rounds. The action picked up in the fourth as both men began to trade on the inside. Butler caught Tisdale along the ropes, unleashing a barrage of unanswered punches that snapped Tisdale's head back. A left-right-left combo to the head at the end of the series stunned Tisdale and referee Mark Nelson jumped in to stop the bout at 1:48 of the fourth round.

In a shocker, spoiler Andrew Greeley (14-20-2, 8 KO's) stopped Joey "Minnesota Ice" Abell in round four. Abell looked sharp early scoring points with a hard jab and straight lefts. Greeley tried to counter punch Abell but backed up and clinched for the most part. Abell began to turn up the pressure on Greeley in the fourth as the crowd was growing restless with the lack of good exchanges. Abell engaged Greeley on the ropes and let loose with two hard right hands. Greeley answered with two cracking rights to the head that sent Abell down hard over the bottom rope. Abell made it to his feet as the round was coming to a close on shaky legs as punches continued to come his way. Greeley rushed Abell and landed a big over hand right to the jaw along the ropes and Abell's hands dropped to his sides where Mark Nelson waived the fight off at 2:58 of round four.

In other action, Jake Betz (2-2) stopped Rayvon Wilson (0-2) at 2:08 of round three. Wilson boxed effectively in the first round but was out of steam from then on out. Betz was patient and waited for Wilson to tire more. Wilson could hardly keep his hands up in the third round and Betz went on the offensive, throwing hard, unanswered head punches until Mark Nelson stopped the contest.

The bout between Heavyweights Van Goodman (2-1, 2ko's) and "Boris" Yevgeniy Shishporenok (4-0, 4ko's) was canceled when Goodman's blood pressure was said to be over 200 and he was not allowed to fight by the medical staff.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS