Boxing News of Monday, 4 February 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghAgbeko advises Dogboe against immediate rematchFormer IBF World bantamweight champion, Joseph "King Kong" AgbekoFormer International Boxing Federation (IBF) World bantamweight titlist, Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko, has advised Isaac Dogboe against an immediate rematch with Mexico's Emanuel Navarrete. Agbeko, who held the IBF bantamweight title between 2007 and 2011, advised Dogboe to first get a warm-up fight as part of his preparations for a rematch with Navarrete to boost the Ghanaian’s confidence and his chances against the Mexican. Dogboe (20-1, 14 KOs) lost the WBO super bantamweight title to Navarrete (26-1, 22 KOs) in only his second title defence at the Madison Square Garden in New York last December. And with the benefit of hindsight, the former world champion wants Dogboe to get a warm-up fight before facing Navarrete again. "I wouldn't advise him to go for an immediate rematch with Navarrete considering the way he lost.

Source: GhanaWeb February 04, 2019 12:44 UTC