Isaac Dogboe’s adviser/matchmaker, Mike Altamura. has laughed at Jessie Magdaleno’s claim.
According to Magdaleno, Dogboe has been dragging his feet to sign the fight’s contract which has been billed to come off on April 28th.
“I told Top Rank – and I’m still waiting on the final agreement – Magdaleno’s said a couple of things in the press saying we haven’t signed,” Altamura told Boxing Scene.
‘We haven’t signed because his promoter hasn’t sent me a final agreement, yet. But we’ll sign straight away. I’ve asked for there to be extreme conditions if (Magdaleno) doesn’t make weight and we’ll counter-sign the same conditions,” he added.
Dogboe -who is promoted by Rising Star Africa Promotions – stopped Cesar Juarez in five rounds on January 6th to win the interim title. Juarez, who was the number one contender in the WBO was scheduled to face Magdaleno back in November before Magdaleno pulled out of the fight claiming an injury.
The fight will be Magdaleno’s first fight in over a year after defending his WBO World super bantamweight strap against Adeilson Dos Santos.