Luis Cortes caught up with Christian Carto (14-0, 11 KOs) earlier this week at Joe Hand Boxing Gym in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. Carto is preparing to fight Puerto Rico's Edwin Rodriguez (9-4, 5 KOs) in an eight round, bantamweight contest.

This fight is part of a nine bout card that will take place on Saturday, April 28th at the Liacouras Center on the campus of Temple University. The card is being promoted by Top Rank Boxing and Peltz Boxing Promotions, and is headlined by a super bantamweight title fight between Jessie Magdaleno (25-0, 18 KOs) and Isaac Dogboe (18-0, 12 KOs). The boxing card also features a number of other popular Philadelphia area fighters including, Joey Dawejko, Bryant Jennings, Jesse Hart, Joseph Adorno, and Marcel Rivers. Three fights on the card will air on ESPN.

Tickets for this exciting night of boxing can be purchased over the phone by calling Peltz Boxing Promotions at 215-765-0922.

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