Dogboe now Ghana’s 8th Boxing Champion
In a heated showdown, mandatory challenger Isaac Dogboe (19-0, 11 KOs) recovered from an early knockdown to score three of his own to stop Jessie Magdaleno (25-1, 18 KOs) for the WBO super bantamweight title. Magdaleno came out fast, landing a rapid fire combination that dropped Dogboe for the first time in his career. Dogboe was fighting back, but he wasn’t really effective with his punches and Magdaleno was connecting with the harder, crisper punches. Dogboe got back in the fight during the second round, when he connected with several hard punches in the final minute to the head and body. Things continued to heat upin the third, with Dogboe evening things up where he was able to better time his punches on Magdaleno. The champion came roaring back with hard shots of his own.Dogboe continued to fight Magdaleno in close in the fourth, as they were exchanging hard shots. Dogboe was getting off very well, as Magdaleno was unable to adjust.In the fifth, Dogboe landed a big right hook ...