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JOHNSON WINS IN FIFTH ROUND
 
Recap by John DiSanto
Photos by Darryl Cobb Jr. / Instagram: @darrylcobb
 

 
 
 

RDR Promotions staged their first 2024 show at Harrah's Philadelphia in Chester, PA. The eight-bout card featured a slate of locals in four, six and eight-round bouts, as well as a couple of out-of-towners plunked on the card. There were six knockouts (four of them in the first round) and two decisions. Welterweight Isaiah Johnson closed the show with a fifth-round TKO of New Yorker Dashaun Johns in thier scheduled six-rounder. The win pushed Johnson's undefeated record to 9-0, 7 KOs. Young Devin Price suffered his first professional loss (3-1, 2 KOs) in a four-round junior welterweight fight with Sebastian Chaves (6-7, 2 KOs) of Argentina. Chaves knocked down Price once and won by unanimous decision (40-35, 40-35, 39-36). Devon Lee (Las Vegas) remained undefeated (9-0, 7 KOs) with an eight-round unanimous decision over Minnesota trialhorse Rondale Hubbert (16-28-3, 10 KOs). The scores were 80-72, 78-74 & 77-75. Southpaw Philly super middleweight Erron Peterson scored a first-round TKO of Colorado's Christopher Arguello. The time was 1:25 of the opening round. The referee was Shawn Clark. Brooklyn's Pryce Taylor knocked out Massachusetts-based Brazilian Gabriel Costa just 56 seconds into their heavyweight four-rounder. Edwin Cortes (Millville, NJ) won his fifth straight fight and scored his first professional stoppage (5-0, 1 KO) against Josh Aarons of Williamsport, PA (0-4). Shawn Clarke was the referee of the bantamweight bout. Wisconsin middleweight Tyler Nystrom (1-1, 1 KO) beat Keith Jackson Jr. of Gloucester, NJ with a first-round TKO in a scheduled four-round fight. It was Jackson's pro debut. Referee Charlie Fitch stopped the bout at 2:09 of round one. Jersey-based Haitian Ghandi Romain won his fourth straight fight (4-1, 4 KOs) with a knockout of Callan Harley at 2:14 of the first round. Charlie Fitch was the referee.

DATE: January 27, 2024
VENUE: Harrah's Philadelphia
LOCATION: Chester, PA
PROMOTER:
RDR Promotions (Rodney Rice)
REFEREES: Shawn Clark & Charlie Fitch
JUDGES: Bernard Bruni, Tony Lundy, Nicholas Chimienti & Gail Jasper

FIGHT CARD:
Isaiah Johnson TKO5 Dashaun Johns (1:57) (6 rounds / 147 lbs)
Sebastian Chaves W4 (U) Devin Price (4 rounds / 140 lbs)
Devon Lee W8 (U) Rondale Hubbert (8 rounds / 140 lbs)
Erron Peterson TKO1 Christopher Arguello (1:25) (6 rounds / 168 lbs)
Pryce Taylor KO1 Gabriel Costa (0:56) (4 rounds / Hvy)
Edwin Cortes TKO4 Josh Aarons (2:38) (4 rounds / 118 lbs)
Tyler Nystrom TKO1 Keith Jackson Jr (2:09) (4 rounds / 160 lbs)
Ghandi Romain KO1 Callan Harley (2:14) (4 rounds / 147 lbs)


PHOTOS BY DARRYL COBB JR.

ISAIAH JOHNSON TKO5 DASHAUN JOHNS






SEBASTIAN CHAVES W4 DEVIN PRICE








DEVON LEE W8 RONDALE HUBBERT





ERRON PETERSON TKO1 CHRISTOPHER ARGUELLO





PRYCE TAYLOR KO1 GABRIEL COSTA



EDWIN CORTES TKO4 JOSH AARONS









TYLER NYSTROM TKO1 KEITH JACKSON JR.





GHANDI ROMAIN KO1 CALLAN HARLEY









   
 

 

 
 


John DiSanto - Chester, PA - January 27, 2024
 

 
     
 

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