WBA lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko wanted to unify lightweight world titles. After 12 rounds, he got his wish, although WBO champion Jose Pedraza sure didn’t make it easy and halted Lomachenko’s eight-bout knockout streak in the process.
WBO junior featherweight champion, Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe and the man he defends the world title against tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York, Emanuel ‘Vaquero’ Navarrete both made the required weights on Friday morning to set the stage for another Ghana versus Mexico clash in the ring.
• Vasiliy Lomachenko 134.4 lbs vs. Jose Pedraza 134.2 lbs
(Lomachenko’s WBA and Pedraza’s WBO Lightweight world titles – 12 Rounds)
• Isaac Dogboe 120.8 lbs vs Emanuel Navarrete 122 lbs
(Dogboe’s WBO Junior Featherweight world title – 12 Rounds).
The Royal Storm is in a New York state of mind. Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe will make the second defense of his WBO junior featherweight title against the hard-hitting Emanuel Navarrete as the co-feature to the previously announced Vasiliy Lomachenko-Jose Pedraza lightweight unification bout at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.