VIDEO: Isaac Dogboe TKOs Chris Avalos [FULL FIGHT]
Former WBO Super Bantamweight champion Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe successfully launched his comeback on tuesday night in Las Vegas with a technical knockout stoppage of Chris Avalos.
Dogboe’s win was the first fight ESPN televised as part of a card headlined by junior lightweights Oscar Valdez and Jayson Velez.
Dogboe improved to 21-2, recorded his 15th knockout and ended a two-bout losing streak in his first fight in 14 months.
The 30-year-old Avalos (27-8, 20 KOs) lost for the fifth time in his past six fights and lost by knockout for the fifth time in 12 years as a pro.
Referee Russell Mora stopped their scheduled featherweight eight-rounder at 2:25 of the eighth because he felt Avalos was taking too much punishment.
The 25-year-old Dogboe, a native of Accra, Ghana, fought for the first time since Emanuel Navarrete stopped him in the 12th round of their WBO junior featherweight championship rematch in May 2019. Mexico’s Navarrete upset Dogboe by unanimous decision in their 12-rounder five months earlier to win that title from him.
Story: Samuel Enyan