Paul Dogboe, the father of Isaac Dogboe has lamented that he has run into huge debts which he incurred while managing the Ghanaian boxer.
In the past two years, Isaac Dogboe has made it known that he is no longer working with his father as his manager, a decision he said was mutually arrived at.
Paul Dogboe discussed how many of Isaac Dogboe’s fights had been supported in an exclusive interview on Happy FM’s Wamputu Sports and how he had battled to pay back those debts ever since they parted ways.
I borrowed monies to fund bouts of Isaac Dogboe when I was still his trainer. It took almost more than 11 years of investments and hard work to put Isaac on the World map. I was recently humiliated at the airport about a pending lawsuit over debts unpaid, debts used to fund Isaac’s bouts. We had numerous sponsorship from like Uncle Mitch and others who invested and paid for bouts for Isaac to fight. I do not want anything from my son, all I ask he pays his debts.
Relatedly, Isaac Dogboe said he will bounce back spectacularly after he failed to win the vacant WBO featherweight title in April against Cuban boxer, Robeisy Ramirez.
The two fighters squared off in Tulsa, Oklahoma to see who would win the title. In the end, Ramirez won the belt with a unanimous decision of 117-110, 118, 109, and 119-108 on the judges’ scorecards.
Dogboe acknowledged his mistakes after the fight and claimed that he was unable to locate the additional equipment that would have given him the victory.
Nevertheless, he expressed gratitude for the opportunity to compete for the title and said he would like to try again in the future. Here’s what he said after the match;
First of all, I would like to thank God almighty for the opportunity and coming out of the ring safely. I would like to thank my coaches and my team and everyone who supported me.
Thirdly, I would like to apolpgise to my coaches and the rest of my team. We did not get the decision today but we will definitely be back.
We still have a lot of work to do. I fell short tonight. Congratulations to Robeisy Ramirez. He is a terrific fighter. I won’t take anything from him. I guess I was the aggressor but maybe I was not aggresive enough. I could not push as hard as my coach (Barry Hunter) would have loved me to push but I will be back.
