Ghana’s Isaac Dogbe  produced the performance of his career to clinch the WBA world Super Bantamweight title with an 11th-round enthralling knockout win over Jessie Magdalene at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.

Saturday's  showdown saw mandatory challenger Isaac Dogboe (19-0, 11 KOs) Isaac Dogboe got off the canvas after a first-round knockdown to capture to stop Jessie Magdaleno (25-1, 18 KOs) for the WBO  title.

Magdaleno, who was a minus-225 favorite, scored a knockdown with a sweeping left hand that landed on the side of Dogboe's head.
Things looked bad for the 23-year-old Ghanaian early, but he had a better round in the second, lost ground in the third, but really began to take control in the fourth.

Dogboe continued to fight Magdaleno in close in the fourth, as they were exchanging hard shots. Dogboe was getting off very well, as Magdaleno was unable to adjust.

In the fifth, Dogboe landed a big right hook and sent Magdaleno down hard. Dogboe was punishing him with both hands. Magdaleno took some big shots, but he was able to survive. That was the first knockdown in Magdaleno's career.

Dogboe was now pressing forward and throwing big shots. Magdaleno was starting to recover his senses and was looking for counters. Dogboe had a big rally in the closing seconds.

Magdaleno came out swinging at the start of the seventh round and seemed to be getting a second wind. Dogboe started firing back himself, in the middle of the round. And then he really tagged up Magdanelo in the final minute with big shots to the head and body.

The action was more calculated in the eight, with both looking for their openings. More of the same in the ninth round, where neither really made a dent. Dogboe began to pick up his workrate at the start of the tenth. Dogboe clipped him with a big combination of punches and then started pounding on Magdaleno against the ropes to the head and body.

Dogboe was pressing at the start of the eleventh, and as he was unloading Magdaleno went down for the second time from a body shot. He got to his feet, but was still out of it. Dogboe unloaded with some more punches to send Magdaleno down for the third time in the contest and the fight was waved off by the referee.
Magdaleno showed great sportsmanship after the fight, coming over to congratulate Dogboe.

Dogboe at 23 thus becomes the youngest Ghanaian to win a world title after former Champion Ike Quartey did it at 25.

Source: ghanaguardian.com