Ball vs Dogboe

Who won Ball vs Dogboe?

Nick Ball beat Isaac Dogboe by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 18th November 2023 at AO Arena in Manchester.

The scorecards were announced as 116-111, 118-109, 119-108 in favor of winner Nick Ball.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

This contest was a final eliminator for the WBC featherweight championship of the world.

Also, on the undercard Denzel Bentley was defeated by Nathan Heaney for the BBBOC British Middleweight championship, Ekow Essuman lost to Harry Scarff for the BBBOC British Welterweight and CBC Commonwealth Welterweight belts, Liam Davies defeated Vincenzo La Femina, Hannah Rankin was defeated by Ema Kozin and Nathaniel Collins beat Zak Miller for the BBBOC British Featherweight and CBC Commonwealth Featherweight championship.

Ball vs Dogboe stats

Nick Ball stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Isaac Dogboe made his way to the ring with a record of 24 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Dogboe had a slight advantage in power over Ball, with a 63% knock out percentage over Ball's 61%.

Nick Ball was the younger man by 3 years, at 26 years old.

Ball had a height advantage of 3 inches over Dogboe. Despite this, Dogboe had 1-inch reach advantage.

Both Nick Ball & Isaac Dogboe fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ball was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 year and 10 months later than Dogboe, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 106 less professional rounds, 90 to Dogboe's 196.

Nick Ball went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC, 6 by the WBO and 5 by the IBF at featherweight.

Isaac Dogboe was ranked number 2 by the WBC and 7 by the WBO in the 126lb division.

Ball vs Dogboe form

Dogboe had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Robeisy Ramirez on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Joet Gonzalez on 23rd July 2022 by split decision in their 10 round contest at Grand Casino, Minnesota.

Going into that contest, he had won against Christopher Diaz on 20th November 2021 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Nevada.

Before that, he had beat Adam Lopez on 19th June 2021 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Nevada.

He had defeated Chris Avalos on 21st July 2020 by technical knockout in the 8th round at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada.

Activity check

Ball's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

Dogboe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Ball vs Dogboe start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:30 PM GMT at AO Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom, which was 5:30 PM EST or 2:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Ball vs Dogboe?

The ESPN+ show is expected to begin at 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST. The TNT Sports 1 broadcast of the card is expected to start at 6:00 PM (GTM).

What were the odds on Ball vs Dogboe?

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