The clash between Ghana’s Isaac Dogboe and Japan’s Hidenori Otake is now officia. The fight will come off on August 25th in Arizona in 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 hard puncher destroyed the then champion Magdaleno in round 11 to become Ghana’s eighth world champion and Ghana’s youngest world champion.
On the aforementioned date, Dogboe will be risking his strap against the experienced Japanese.
Dogboe took to Twitter to confirm his upcoming bout.
On Sat 25 Aug I face #HidenoriOtake in my first #WBO World Title Defence. Live on @espn 📺 Watch me unify the division & make boxing great again..! @trboxing @WorldBoxingOrg #RoyalStorm #DogboeHidenori #RisingStarAfricaPromotions
Design: @KoLondonPR pic.twitter.com/14kA6Rgm5t— Isaac Dogboe (@IsaacDogboe) July 10, 2018
Otake holds a four-year winning streak, the last time he lost a bout was in 2014 when he was outpointed by Scott Quigg.
His 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.
Before Dogboe get a unification fight against the other champions in the division, he must first take care of Otake.