Robeisy Ramirez wins WBO featherweight title

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On the line was a featherweight world championship with 2-time Cuban Olympic gold medalist Robeisy "El Tren" Ramirez (12-1, 7 KOs) facing former junior featherweight champ Isaac "Royal Storm" Dogboe (24-3, 15 KOs). They were going 12 or less for the vacant WBO featherweight title.
 
Both fighters were coming in off successful runs with Ramirez banking 11 straight wins after a surprising defeat in his pro debut back in 2019. The Cuban amateur star was a 2-time Olympic gold medalist and it was unexpected, to say the least, to see him drop one in his first fight. But, since then he has been perfect.

Dogboe, a former WBO world super bantamweight champion, has won four straight since losing back-to-back title fight defeats to rugged Mexican Emanuel Navarrete.

Main Event - Robeisy Ramirez and former world champion Isaac Dogboe traded throughout their action-packed 12-round title fight. However, a sharper, faster Ramirez, working from his southpaw stance, was just one step ahead of the determined Dogboe as the fight went on. Dogboe had his moments early, with Ramirez showing a solid chin, but it ultimately wasn’t enough. 117-110, 118-109, 119-108 for Ramirez who impressed in winning a world title in only his 13th bout.

In a post-fight interview, Ramirez said he wants “all the smoke” and would like to face “Luis Alberto Lopez, Mick Conlon or Joet Gonzalez” who put in a strong performance on the undercard. 

Speaking after the fight, Dogboe seemed upset at the scores and called the 12th round knockdown “bullsh**” and while he offered that, “Ramirez is a great fighter” he also said “let’s have that rematch”. He seemed very upset about the knockdown in the final round that ultimately didn’t have any effect on the winning scores anyway.  

In the chief support bout, a 10-round featherweight co-feature, 2-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez (26-3, 15 KOs) was hoping to propel a win against Jose Enrique Vivas (22-3, 11 KOs) into another world title shot. Gonzalez gutted out a rugged UD 10 over tough Jose Enrique Vivas (22-3, 11 KOs). Vivas was all heart and guts but took a lot of punishment in the fight. Vivas had his moments, and dished out some offence on Gonzalez, but in the end Joet landed the majority of the damaging blows and left with a comfortable points win at 99-91, 98-92, 98-92.

Under Card Action

Super welterweight Jahi Tucker (10-0, 5 KOs) UD 8 Nikoloz Sekhniashvili (8-2, 6 KOs)

Heavyweight Jeremiah “Dreamland” Milton (9-0, 6 KOs) UD 8 Fabio Maldonado (29-7, 28 KOs)

Super lightweight Tiger Johnson (8-0, 5 KOs) UD 8 Alfonso Olvera (12-8-3, 4 KOs)

Cruiserweight Dante Benjamin (6-0, 4 KOs) TKO 2 Jasper McCargo (4-4-2, 2 KOs)

Lightweight Emiliano Vargas (4-0, 3 KOs) KO 2 Edgar Uvalle (2-4-2, 2 KOs).

Lightweight Abdullah Mason (7-0, 6 KOs) KO 1 Erick Garcia Benitez (4-4, 1 KO)

Super lightweight Rohan Polanco (9-0, 5 KOs) UD 6 Ricardo Quiroz (12-2, 6 KOs)