Two-time Olympic champion Robeisy Ramirez and former 122-pound owner Isaac Dogboe will contest the vacant 126-pound title on Saturday.
ROBEISY RAMIREZ (11-1, 7 KOS)
WITH. ISAAC DOGBOE (24-2, 15 KOS)
- Day: Saturday, April 1
- Time: 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT (main event follows)
- Where: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- television/stream: GAME +
- Assignment: Featherweight (126 pounds)
- threatened: WBO title vacant
- Pound-for-pound ratings: Do not have
- the odds: Ramirez 5½-1 favorite (multi-store average)
- Also on the card: Joet Gonzalez vs Jose Enrique Vivas, featherweight
- Guess: University of Ramirez
- Background: Ramirez, a two-time Olympic champion from Cuba, lost to laner Adan Gonzalez on a four-round professional debut in 2019 but has been unbeaten since (including the decision to knock Gonzalez out. in a rematch). The sleek 29-year-old was about to knock out veteran Jose Matias Romero in the ninth round last October. He will be fighting for his first major title. Dogboe, who used to hold the 122-pound belt, is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. The 28-year-old from Ghana appeared to have hit the ceiling when he lost the title to Emanuel Navarrete by a unanimous decision in December 2018 and was then stopped by Navarrete in the 12th round.lame pants rematch in May next year. He then rose to 126 and won four straight games, including one split decision over the possibility of Joet Gonzalez last July to earn him another belt.
