Arising Saturday evening in Tulsa, OK, high WBO featherweight contender Robeisy Ramirez will battle former 122 lb. world champ Isaac Dogboe for the vacant strap within the High Rank Boxing/ESPN+ predominant occasion.
On Thursday, the fighters met with the media for the ultimate time in anticipation of their 12 spherical showdown, which is the primary time Ramirez will strive for a world championship.
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The 2-time Olympic gold medalist Ramirez (11-1, 7 KOs) and Dogboe (24-2, 15 KOs) are set to collide at Exhausting Rock Lodge & On line casino Tulsa.
Ramirez (11-1, 7 KOs) has gained 11 fights since dropping in his professional debut in August 2019. The 29-year-old joined forces with Cuban coach Ismael Salas, who has helped channel his abilities right into a extra skilled fashion. Consequently, Ramirez scored three consecutive knockout wins in 2022.
He stopped Irish veteran Eric Donovan and starched then-unbeaten contender Abraham Nova with a single straight left hand. Final October, he defeated Jose Matias Romero by way of ninth-round TKO. Ramirez will face the stiffest take a look at of his profession towards the 28-year-old Dogboe (24-2, 15 KOs), a Ghanaian former junior featherweight world champion who hopes to overcome a second weight class.
Dogboe misplaced his title to Emanuel Navarrete by one sided determination in December of 2018 and the Mexican then pounded him for 12 rounds within the rematch six months later earlier than getting a TKO within the ultimate body. Now, Dogboe nicknamed “Desert Storm” has moved as much as featherweight and gained 4 straight bouts.
That features his break up determination 10 spherical win over Joet Gonzalez final July that has positioned him for the combat with Ramirez.
“This title alternative means all the pieces. We’re prepared. I’ve come to combat the very best. And now we’re right here. Once I say that I’m prepared, it’s as a result of I’ve handed by means of the method. It’s all concerning the course of. Life reveals you that in case you don’t go by means of the method, issues can occur. So, the chance has come on the proper second. I’m prepared,” Ramirez stated by means of an interpreter Thursday.
“Ismael Salas is a strategist. He is a superb instructor. He has many world champions, and he has been doing this for a few years. Salas has given me the boldness, the data and dexterity to carry out the very best of me within the ring. Working with him has been the very best factor that has occurred to my profession.”
As for Dogboe, he stated Thursday, “I really feel nice. They are saying that the third time’s a attraction. The primary time was nice. The second time (dropping to Navarrete twice) wasn’t all that nice. However I really feel nice about this journey…. I’m at all times going to indicate up. I thank God for giving me that psychological fortitude. That’s why all the pieces that has transpired in my boxing profession has occurred.”
“I’ve a second probability now. I do know that Robeisy is hard. He is an effective fighter. However I do know that we’ll come out with the victory on April 1.”
Within the co-feature, two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez (25-3, 15 KOs) will tackle Mexico’s Jose Enrique Vivas (22-2, 11 KOs) in a 10-round featherweight tilt.
Undercard fighters embody Tulsa-born heavyweight prospect Jeremiah Milton (8-0, 6 KOs), light-weight sensation Emiliano Fernando Vargas (3-0, 2 KOs), U.S. Olympian Tiger Johnson (7-0, 5 KOs), and a high-stakes junior middleweight bout between Jahi Tucker (9-0, 5 KOs) and Nikoloz Sekhniashvili (8-1, 6 KOs).
Ramirez-Dogboe headlines a stacked card streaming stay and solely within the U.S. on ESPN+.
