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Ghana’s eighth-youngest world champion, Isaac Dogboe and Japan’s Hidenori Otake will square off on August 25 in Arizona in the USA.
The clash will be Dogboe’s first defense of his belt since claiming the belt On April 28th, 2018 in Philadelphia.
The 23-year-old defeated former champion Magdaleno in round 11 to become Ghana’s eighth world champion and the youngest
On the aforementioned date, Dogboe will be risking his strap against the experienced Japanese.
Dogboe took to Twitter to confirm his upcoming bout.
Otake, 36, is ranked 6th by the WBO and holds the OPBF super bantamweight belt.
Otake first career loss was against compatriot Manabu Koguchi in 2007.
The fight against Dogboe will be Otake’s second fight outside the shores of Japan – the first one was against Quigg of England.
After this bout ,Dogboe could get a unification fight against the other champions in the division, if only he defeats Otake.
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