| PHILADELPHIA (HULYO 26, 2021)-This past weekend, RDR Promotions staged two incredible night’s of boxing that featured fighters from all over the world. Both events, which originated from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia were streamed live to a worldwide audience on www.bxngtv.com. The weekend, gitawag “Crossroads” saw two spectacular main events that saw Nahir Albright win the NABA Lightweight title with an eight-round lightweight title over Jeremy Hill on Friday. In Saturday’s main event, Mark Dawson Jr. won a eight-round unanimous over tough Ivan Pandzic in a battle of undefeated welterweights. FRIDAY NIGHT’S RESULTS Nahir Albright scored the biggest win of his career as he pounded out an eight-round unanimous decision over Jeremy Hill to capture the NABA Lightweight Title at the 2300 Arena sa Philadelphia. There were some close rounds with each guy pressing the action at different points of the fight. Albright seemed to get the better of the action as they headed down the stretch. The final rounds saw Albright take control and clearly get the better of the action and he came home with the victory by scores of 79-73 makaduha ug 78-74. Albright, 133.6 lbs of Sicklerville, NJ mao ang 13-1. Hill, 135.2 lbs of New Orleans, LA is 15-2. Muhsin Cason demolished Tristan James by scoring a third-round stoppage of their four-round cruiserweight fight. Cason landed a left hook that put James down hard on the canvas and the bout was stopped. Cason, 197.3 lbs of Las Vegas is now 8-0 uban sa lima ka knockouts. Santiago, 194 lbs of Des Moines, IA is 4-4-2. Julian Smith scored an explosive first round stoppage of Derrick Whitley Jr in a scheduled welterweight. Smith landed a booming overhand right that sent Whitley down for the count at 2:58. Smith, 144.8 lbs of Country Club Hills, IL is 5-0 uban sa upat ka knockout. Whitley, 147.6 lbs of Springfield, MA mao ang 6-2-1. Ryan Schwartzberg scored an upset as he stopped previously undefeated Ryan Umberger in the 2nd round of their four-round junior middleweight clash. Schwartzberg caught Umberger with a big left hook that hurt Umberger. Schwartzberg continued to batter Umberger, but Umberger caught Schwartzberg with several hard shots of his own. Umberger was still wobbly from the first barrage and got caught with several hard shots on the ropes and the bout was stopped at 1:41. Schwartzberg, 156.3 lbs of Dania, FL is 1-1-1 uban sa usa ka knockout. Umberger, 155.3 lbs of Bensalem, PA is 4-1. Du-Shane Crooks won a six-round majority decision over Bernard Thomas in a super middleweight bout. Crooks, 167.7 lbs of May Pen, JAM won by scores of 60-54, 59-55 ug 57-57 ug karon 16-2. Thomas, 168.8 lbs of Kansas City, MO is 6-11. Steve Galeano remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Marquis Hawthorne in a junior welterweight bout. Galeano, 143.1 lbs of Bronx, NY won by scores of 60-54 makaduha ug 59-55 ug karon 8-0. Hawthorne, 138.8 lbs of Waco, TX mao ang 8-15. Raekwon Butler remained undefeated with a four-round unanimous decision over Diemerci Nzau in a welterweight bout. Butler, who dominated the fight at range, was deducted a point for spitting out his mouthpiece in the final frame. He was also cut over his right eye in round three. Butler, 138.8 lbs won by 39-36 scores on all cards, ug karon 3-0. Nzau, 144 lbs of Silver Spring, MD is now 11-15. Saturday Night’s Results It was a battle of undefeated welterweights that highlighted RDR Promotions 2nd night of back-to-back shows as Mark Dawson won an eight round unanimous decision over towering Ivan Pandzic at the 2300 Arena sa South Philadelphia. The opening rounds saw Pandzic trying to use his 6’4″ frame with shots from the outside. His shots were largely ineffective, and Dawson was able to get to the distance where he was able to land solid counter shots. Pandzic was drawn into a firefight on several occasions, which was much to the delight of Dawson as he got the better of the exchanges which led to Pandzic being sent home with his first loss by scores of 79-73, 78-74 ug 77-74. Dawson, 148 lbs of Philadelphia is 9-0-1. Pandzic, 146.2 lbs of Rancho Cucamonga, CA is 13-1-1. Sean Hemphill remained undefeated as he systematically beat down Robert Burwell in a super middleweight bout. Ang panahon sa stoppage mao 2:39 for Hemphill, 171 lbs of New Orleans, LA who is now 13-0 uban sa walo ka knockouts. Burwell, 173 lbs of Orlando, FL is now 9-5. Jabril Noble made a successful pro debut with a second round stoppage of Deijerro Revello in a super featherweight bout. Noble dropped Revello in round two with a left hook. He finished it up seconds later with another left hook that dropped Revello and the fight was halted at 1:12. Noble, 132.2 lbs of Philadelphia is 1-0 uban sa usa ka knockout. Revello, 131.2 lbs of Brighton, CO is 0-2. Rasheen Brown remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Prisco Marquez in a featherweight fight. Brown dropped Marquez with a straight left at the end of round one. Sa round sa lima ka, it was a left to the body that put Marquez on the deck. Brown, 129 lbs sa Filadelfia midaog pinaagi sa daghang 60-52, 59-53 ug 58-55 ug karon 10-0. Marquez, 127.9 lbs sa Austin, TX mao ang 4-4-1. Edgar Joe Cortes won a six-round unanimous decision over Roberto Pucheta in a super bantamweight bout. Cortes, 122.8 lbs sa Millville, NJ midaog pinaagi sa daghang 58-56 sa tanan nga mga cards ug karon 9-6-1. Pucheta, 121.9 lbs of Jalisco, MEX is 10-19-2. Joe Jones took out veteran Dhafir Smith in round three of a scheduled six-round cruiserweight bout. Sa round sa duha ka, Jones dropped Smith with a hard right hand. Sa round sa tulo ka, Jones landed 10 consecutive blows that forced referee Shawn Clark to stop the bout 18 segundos ngadto sa round. Jones, 194.6 lbs of Jersey City, NJ mao ang 12-4 uban sa siyam ka mga knockouts. Smith, 198.6 lbs of Upper Darby, PA is 28-26-7, David Stevens remained undefeated with a four-round unanimous decision over Montrel James in a light heavyweight fight. Stevens, 174.8 lbs of Reading, PA midaog pinaagi sa daghang 40-36 sa tanan nga mga cards, ug karon 6-0. Santiago, 173.8 lbs of Saint Louis, MO is 1-6. |
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