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Nick Ball vs Isaac Dogboe eliminator reportedly set for November 18th in Manchester

Former super bantamweight champion and current no. 2 WBC featherweight Isaac Dogboe revealed on Twitter yesterday that he’s headed to Manchester for a November 18th final eliminator. Multiple outlets report that, as expected, he’ll face no. 1 Nick Ball.

Rey Vargas currently holds the title, though interim champ Brandon Figueroa presumably has next. That said, it’s been seven months since Vargas tried and failed to win the vacant super featherweight belt and we haven’t seen hide nor hair of him, so who knows how that’ll play out.

Ball (18-0, 11 KOs) has been on a tear since beating down Isaac Lowe for the silver belt last year, culminating in a May finish of unbeaten Ludumo Lamati. Lamati subsequently suffered a brain bleed and underwent surgery, though he was thankfully stable and improving as of July.

Dogboe (24-3, 15 KOs) will be heading straight from a failed title shot against Robeisy Ramirez to a new eliminator with a different sanctioning body. “Royal Storm” continues to boast a weirdly resilient career; having lost his 122-pound belt in back-to-back thrashings against Emanuel Navarrete and kicked off his featherweight run by stopping the cooked Chris Avalos, he racked up three straight split/majority decisions to return to title contention and doesn’t appear to be leaving anytime soon.

Should be a solid crossroads scrap, and we’ll pass on the details when we hear them. That said, I do want to point out how weird the WBC featherweight rankings are; behind Dogboe is Mauricio Lara (coming off a one-sided loss), Ruben Villa, and Carlos Castro (1-2 in his last three). Hell, Anselmo Moreno is still in the top 10 despite no good wins in seven years.

Steep step up in opposition this

Good fight. Strange to have it in Manchester though.

Bloody good fight!

maverick23 wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 16:39 Good fight. Strange to have it in Manchester though.

We been getting a lot random fights in random arenas

not bad at all

Well that one came out of nowhere..Good fight though.

Damn, this is another hellacious matchup for Isaac, such a nice kid and a real warrior, but no one needs as brave a matchmaker as this man has.

Okay, it’s an excellent fight, but Ball is bad news all round.

Sorry to say I’d forgotten what happened to his last opponent.. thank God he seems to have recovered

here is the update

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/spor ... 27962.html

I think Ball will ruin him. I like Dogboe, remembering him winning ABAs and getting robbed at the Olympics, but Ball is going to hurt him I think.

Looks like I’m going to this - good stuff

Really good show. Credit to Frank.

Shame Tyson Fury isnt headlining this against someone good or could have been card of the year.

Garner has posted on twitter the contracts are still being discussed and fight is not signed yet. Shouldn't b no issues but surely that should b sorted b4 announcing a fight.

maley1984 wrote: ↑29 Sep 2023, 15:56 Garner has posted on twitter the contracts are still being discussed and fight is not signed yet. Shouldn't b no issues but surely that should b sorted b4 announcing a fight.

this sounds very less than nailed on

Cacace fight is off.

Now it’s super 6.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑01 Nov 2023, 16:42 Cacace fight is off.

Now it’s super 6.

this is not surprising, thanks for confirming though.

Always seemed a strange match for Cacace, I wouldn't have Garner in the domestic top ten yet, and Cacace should be looking at genuine world title fights.

magnus wrote: ↑02 Nov 2023, 15:08 Always seemed a strange match for Cacace, I wouldn't have Garner in the domestic top ten yet, and Cacace should be looking at genuine world title fights.

Cacace has had a strange career. Won british title 4 years ago. Didnt defend it for 2 years then fought Woodstock. Then 2 fights in next 2 years against a Italian and a pol with padded records with no wins of note. He needs to get active 34 years old.

magnus wrote: ↑02 Nov 2023, 15:08 Always seemed a strange match for Cacace, I wouldn't have Garner in the domestic top ten yet, and Cacace should be looking at genuine world title fights.

My impression was that they didn’t have anything else to offer Cacace. By recent reports, it seems that they received an offer from MR to fight Cordina, but he turned it down.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if Warren thinks Garner can get the job done with Cacace being 35 and injury prone. I wouldn’t imagine he holds that much value in terms of ticket sales/interest, where as Ryan looks like he can be an attraction down in the Southcoast.

Ryan is coached by the same guy who Cacace just fought, so he may have said to Warren that they fancy it.

Anyone know how this is selling?

Best bill I've seen in a long time.

Glass Joe wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023, 10:35 Anyone know how this is selling?

Poorly. Like nearly every other boxing show this year. 2/3 of the bottom tier open. Looks like barely any sold on general sale and the unavailable ones will be the boxer ones.

garethhop wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023, 11:31

Glass Joe wrote: ↑03 Nov 2023, 10:35 Anyone know how this is selling?

Poorly. Like nearly every other boxing show this year. 2/3 of the bottom tier open. Looks like barely any sold on general sale and the unavailable ones will be the boxer ones.

I wonder why they went with the MEN, instead of a smaller arena such as Birmingham or even Notts depending on availability..its a shame if they are struggling, hopefully it picks up abit nearer the time, although I will be keeping my eye out for a Bricktop competition