Isaiah Johnson vs Kevin Johnson headlines Saturday Night fight card

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Both fighters will vie for the NBA Americas Super Lightweight Title; Plus Undefeated Fighters Erron Peterson, Zaire Jefferson, Daniel Ivanoski, Semaj Justice and Jacob Cuevas; Along with the Hometown Debut of Steven Grandy

Philadelphia, PA – This Saturday night at Harrahs Philadelphia, RDR Promotions will present a massive card of 11 bouts. The main event will be an eight-round NBA Americas Super Lightweight Title bout featuring undefeated Isaiah Johnson taking on Kevin Johnson.

Isaiah Johnson, 22 of Sicklerville has an unblemished mark of 10-0 with seven knockouts. The three-year professional is coming off an eight-round unanimous decision over Andrew Rodgers on August 24th in Philadelphia.

Kevin Johnson, 32 of Las Vegas is 12-4 with eight knockouts. The eight-year professional has wins over Flavio Rodriguez (8-0-1), Isaac Luna (3-0), Larry Gomez (8-0), Luis David Salazar (15-0), Rock Dodter Myrthil (17-0), and former world title challenger Vicente Martin Rodriguez. In his last outing, Johnson was on the wrong end of an eight-round majority decision to Kelvin Davis on July 6th in Newark, New Jersey

In six-round bouts:

Ghandi Romain (5-1-1, 4 KOs) of Irvington, New Jersey battles Rommel Toram (2-2-1, 2 KOs) of Ohio in a welterweight bout.

Erron Peterson (8-0-1, 7 KOs) of Philadelphia takes on Preston Wilson (7-4-2, 5 KOs) of Parkersburg, West Virginia in a middleweight contest.

Avery Sparrow (11-5, 4 KOs) of Philadelphia takes on an opponent to be named in a lightweight bout.

Quadir Albright (10-1, 10 KOs) of Philadelphia fights Pablo Polanco Fernandez (11-17, 4 KOs) of Youcatan, Mexico in a welterweight fight.

In Four-Round Bouts:

Zaire Jefferson (1-0) of Philadelphia takes on Kijonti Davis (1-7, 1 KO) in a super middleweight clash.

17- year-old Steven Grandy (1-0, 1 KO) of Houston returns home to Philadelphia to take on Assan Tucker (0-2) of Omaha, Nebraska in a lightweight fight.

Daniel Ivanoski (1-0, 1 KO) of Israel fights Marcus Smith (2-0, 2 KOs) of Tennessee in a battle of undefeated cruiserweights.

Nelson Morales (5-19, 2 KOs) of Scranton, PA tangles with Jordan Drayton (0-3) of Brooklyn, New York in a welterweight bout.

17 year-old Semaj Justice (1-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia takes on Fernando Joaqauin Valdez (1-12) of Salta, Argentina in a super bantamweight battle.

Jacob Cuevas (4-0, 3 KOs) of Las Vegas takes on Clayton Hibbert (2-3, 2 KOs) of Los Angeles in a junior welterweight bout.

Tickets are $75, $100, $130 and can be purchased at rdrboxing@yahoo.com

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