Dogboe vs Navarrete

Who won Dogboe vs Navarrete?

Emanuel Navarrete beat Isaac Dogboe by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, December 8th, 2018, at Madison Square Garden, New York.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 116-112, 116-112 in favor of winner Emanuel Navarrete.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 kg).

This contest was for the WBO super bantamweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Vasyl Lomachenko beating Jose Pedraza for the WBA Super World Lightweight, WBO World Lightweight and The Ring Lightweight championship. Also on the undercard Teofimo Lopez defeated Mason Menard.

Dogboe vs Navarrete stats

Back in December 2018, Isaac Dogboe stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Emanuel Navarrete made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 22 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Navarrete had an advantage in power over Dogboe, with a 88% knockout percentage compared to Dogboe's 70%.

Isaac Dogboe was the older man by 1 year, at 24 years old.

Navarrete had a height advantage of 5 inches over Dogboe. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Both Isaac Dogboe and Emanuel Navarrete fought out of an orthodox stance.

Dogboe was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 6 months later than Navarrete, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 50 fewer professional rounds, totaling 196 compared to Navarrete's 246.

Emanuel Navarrete was ranked number 2 by the WBO in the 122lb division.

Dogboe vs Navarrete form

Isaac Dogboe had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Hidenori Otake on August 25, 2018, by technical knockout in the 1st round in their WBO World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Arizona, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Jessie Magdaleno on April 28, 2018, by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBO World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Liacouras Center, Pennsylvania.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Cesar Juarez on January 6, 2018, by technical knockout in the 5th round in their WBO Interim World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Bukom Boxing Arena, Accra, Ghana.

Before that, he had won against Javier Nicolas Chacon on July 22, 2017, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Bukom Boxing Arena, Accra.

He had beaten Julian Evaristo Aristule on December 10, 2016, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Activity check

Dogboe's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 28 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

Navarrete's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 1 month and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

What time did Dogboe vs Navarrete start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Dogboe vs Navarrete?

Dogboe vs Navarrete was broadcast on ESPN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Dogboe vs Navarrete?

Isaac Dogboe was a 2/25 (-1200) favorite going into the contest, while Emanuel Navarrete made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.