Isaac Zion Dogboe ( ; born 26 September 1994) is a Ghanaian-British

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who held the WBO

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title in 2018.

Background

Dogboe was born in

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, Ghana, but moved to

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, England.

Amateur career

Dogboe won the 2013

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British lightweight title, when boxing out of the Territorial Army London BC. He qualified for the

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by winning a silver medal at the African Olympic Qualifying Event, beating Mohamed Bedir (EGY), Emilian Polino (TAN),

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(RSA) and only losing on countback after a 6:6 draw in the final to Aboubakr Lbida (MAR). In the first round of the 2012 Olympics he faced

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of Japan. Ahead on points in the first two rounds (4:3, 3:2) he lost the bout after the judges scored round three 5:2 in favour of Shimizu, overturning Dogboe's lead. The verdict was met with vocal displeasure from ringside spectators and was later described as "contentious" and a "mystery decision" by media outlets.

Professional career

After turning professional in 2013, he compiled a record of 17–0 before challenging Cesar Juarez for the vacant WBO

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title, winning via fifth-round stoppage. In his next fight Dogboe would face and beat

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to capture the full WBO junior-featherweight title. He successfully defending his WBO title with a first-round

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against Hidenori Otake on 25 August 2018 at the

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, US. Dogboe knocked the ageing Otake down twice before referee Patrick Morley stepped in to prevent Otake from taking further punishment. He lost his WBO title to

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at the

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in New York City's

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on 8 December 2018. All three judges scored the fight in Navarrete's favor. On 11 May 2019, the pair fought a rematch, and Dogboe lost once again, this time by twelfth-round

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Break from boxing

He confirmed after his second bout with Navarrete that he would be taking a break from the sport. This would make it possible for him to continue to study for his bachelor's degree, which he had to defer due to the demanding nature of his career as a boxer.

Return

On 5 September 2019, it was announced that Dogboe would be facing Carl Frampton in his featherweight debut. However, the fight did not come to fruition. He is promoted by

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. He made a comeback against Mexican American

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in July 2020,after stopping him in the final round of their featherweight bout at the MGM Grand. In June 2021, he defeated Adam Lopez in a featherweight bout in Las Vegas with two out of the three judges scoring the fight in his favor. That was the first time he fought with Barry Hunter as his trainer. In November 2021, he defeated Christopher Diaz on the undercard of the

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and Shawn Porter bout in Las Vegas.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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AIBA record2012 Olympics Athlete profileIsaac Dogboe - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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