By Luis A. Cortes III

Let’s be honest. Up until the fight was signed for this Saturday night against Alfredo Angulo, not to many outside of his circle even knew that this ex construction worker from Pennsylvania was an up and coming contender. This is a fact that isn’t lost on Yorgey, who may be fighting in his twenty fourth professional fight, but it is most certainly the highest profile fight of his career. Although it may be his second television appearance (he stopped Ronald Hearns on Shobox), Yorgey is not trying to rest on his laurels one bit.

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  HARTFORD, Conn. -- Promoter Gary Shaw opened Thursday’s final Chad Dawson-Glen Johnson press conference asking for a moment of silence for Jasper Howard, the University of Connecticut football player who was stabbed to death on campus on Oct. 18. Dawson will honor Howard’s memory on Saturday night by wearing his number 6 on his trunks and on the back of his warm-up robe.

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Nov. 2 by: Bernard Fernandez(Daily  News Sports Writer)

THE NOV. 14 MEGAFIGHT between WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs) is November's must-see event, but there is a wide variety of options for discerning fight fans to choose from this Saturday.

Let's start with the HBO Championship Boxing doubleheader from Hartford, Conn., the main event of which pits Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs) against veteran Glen Johnson (49-12-2, 33 KOs) for the WBC interim light-heavyweight championship.

As appealing as that matchup is, devoted supporters of Bridgeport, Pa., junior middleweight Harry Joe Yorgey (22-0-1, 10 KOs) will focus more on his lead-in bout with Mexico's Alfredo Angulo (16-1, 13 KOs), probably the sternest test the former Upper Merion High running back has faced.

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By Joe Scalzo

YOUNGSTOWN — Light middleweight boxer Harry Joe Yorgey is a blue-collar, no-nonsense type of guy, so when he was looking for a new trainer a few months ago, he didn’t want someone who would tell him he was great.

He needed someone to help him become great.

Enter Jack Loew.

“I don’t want these guys who are like, ‘Hey, you’re the champ right now,’” said Yorgey, a Bridgeport, Pa., native who has trained with Loew the last two months at the Southside Boxing Club. “I want a guy who’s going to push me.

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Interview done October, 25th, 2009

1) What is the current mood of your training camp about two weeks away from fight night?

Yorgey: Extremely positive and upbeat. We are just about finished sparring so staying sharp and making weight are what we focus on from here on out.


2) Can you take us through a day of training.

Yorgey: Training can vary depending on the day and goals we set in the morning. Here is one of my typical routines:

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