How to watch the Isaac Dogboe vs Hidenori Otake WBO world title fight
London-based Ghanian Isaac 'Brave-Son' Dogboe (19-0), who boxed for Ghana at the London Olympics after being overlooked by the Team GB squad, will head to the Arizona desert on August 25 for his first world title defense against Japan's Hidenori Otake (31-2-3).
The 23-year-old Londoner from Stockwell won the WBO strap with an 11th-round stoppage victory over former titleholder Jessie Magdaleno (25-0) last April in Philadelphia and goes back to the States for the seventh time to defend his honours.
BBN provide you with all the details you need to watch South London's only current world champion:
Date
The bout takes place on Saturday August 25
Venue
Gila River Arena in Glendale, a sports and entertainment arena located about 12 miles northwest of downtown Phoenix
Rounds scheduled
12 three-minute rounds at the super-bantamweight limit
Titles
Isaac is defending his WBO World super-bantamweight title for the first time
Ringwalks
In the penultimate fight of the night, Dogboe and Otake are expected to make their ring walks from 10:30pm (US Time) or after 2:30am (UK Time), but boxing events are often subject to delays
TV Coverage
You can watch the action live on BoxNation TV – on air from 2:30am (UK Time). Tune in to Sky Channel 427; Virgin Media 546; BT TV 415; TalkTalk 415; Freeview 268.
The card will air live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10:30pm ET, with undercard action streaming live beginning at 7:30pm ET. on ESPN+ — the recently-launched multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment in conjunction with ESPN.
Undercard highlights
The ESPN show is a double-header with Raymundo Beltran (35-7-1), a 36-year-old Mexican, defending his WBO World lightweight title to Puerto Rican Jose Pedraza (24-1), 29, a former junior lightweight world titleholder who lost his belt by seventh-round knockout to Gervonta Davis in January 2017.
Tickets
Tickets to this world championship doubleheader, priced at $125, $75, $50, and $25, not including applicable fees, can be purchased at the Gila River Arena Box Office, by phone at 800.745.3000, or online at gilariverarena.com.
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Running Order
Headliner:
Raymundo Beltran vs Jose Pedraza
12 x 3 mins interim WBO World lightweight championship
Co-headliner:
Isaac Dogboe vs Hidenori Otake
12 x 3 mins WBO World super-bantamweight contest
Mikaela Mayer vs. Edina Kiss, 6 rounds, female lightweights
Arnold Barboza Jr. vs. Luis Solis, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
Antonio Lozada Jr. vs. Hector Ambriz, 10 rounds, lightweights
Francico De Vaca vs. Jesus Serrano, 10 rounds, junior lightweights
Robson Conceicao vs. Edgar Cantu, 8 rounds, junior lightweights
Trevor McCumby vs. Jessie Nicklow, 8 rounds, light heavyweights
Carlos Castro vs. Diuhl Olguin, 10 rounds, junior featherweights
Sagadat Rakhmankulov vs. Christian Aguirre, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
Breenan Macias vs. Philip Adyaka, 4 rounds, bantamweights
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