Samuel Teah will headline a night of boxing that will take place on Saturday, March 7th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia when he takes on Dieumerci Nzau (11-11 with 8 KOs) in the six-round junior welterweight main event.  The show will be the first promoted by RDR Promotions. Teah, from Philadelphia, has a record of 16-3-1 with seven knockouts.  The 32 year-old is a seven year professional with some very high-profile wins on national television. Teah has defeated O'Shaquie Foster (8-0), David Gonzalez (8-0-2), Maynard Allison (9-2), Kenneth Sims Jr. (13-1-1) and in his last bout, Teah won a ten-round majority decision over Sonny Fredrickson (21-1) on November 14th in Washington, D.C.

 

Nzau of Silver Spring, Maryland, has a record of 11-11 with eight knockouts.  Nzau, 31 years-old, is an 11 year professional who is coming off a loss to Omar Bordoy on December 19th in Springfield, Massachusetts. 

 

UNDERCARD 

 

The undercard will feature some up-and-coming fighters from the Philadelphia area in four round bouts. Ryan Umberger (3-0, 3 KOs) of Bensalem, PA fights Estevan Payan (1-8, 1 KO) of Glendale, AZ in a middleweight bout...

 

Naheem Parker of Philadelphia makes his pro debut against Anthony Carter (0-1) of Philadelphia in a lightweight bout...

 

Also seeing action against opponents to be named will be welterweight Mark Dawson (6-0-1, 3 KOs) of Philadelphia, popular super middleweight Brandon Robinson of King's Promotions (14-2, 9 KOs) of Upper Darby, PA, super bantamweight Victor Medina (1-0,1 KO) of Hartford, CT, junior welterweight Nafear Charles (2-0, 2 KOs) of Philadelphia, super featherweight Nasir Mickens (1-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia, pro debuting Rasheim Jefferson, middleweight Laquan Evans (2-1, 1 KO) of Philadelphia.

 

Opponents and more fights will be announced shortly.

 

Tickets can be purchased at 2300arena.com