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‘I borrowed to fund my son’s fights, now I’m being sued over debts’ – Paul Dogboe

Emmanuel Ayamga

Paul Dogboe has appealed to his son Isaac Dogboe to pay the debts which he incurred while managing him (Isaac).

Paul Dogboe: I borrowed to fund Isaac Dogboe's fights, I’m being sued over debts
Paul Dogboe: I borrowed to fund Isaac Dogboe's fights, I’m being sued over debts

The senior Dogboe used to be the manager and trainer of the boxer until both parties parted ways somewhere two years ago.

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Under the senior Dogboe, Isaac captured the WBO junior-featherweight title but later lost it to Emanuel Navarrete.

Isaac Dogboe challenges Ramirez to rematch after losing WBO Featherweight title
Isaac Dogboe challenges Ramirez to rematch after losing WBO Featherweight title Pulse Ghana

The 28-year-old subsequently decided to move on from his father and has since worked with Barry Hunter and Patrice Harris as his trainers.

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Opening up on his fallout with his son, Paul Dogboe said he’s currently in debt due to borrowing to fund his son’s bouts.

“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,” he told Happy FM, as quoted by Ghanaweb.

"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.”

Isaac Dogboe and his father, Paul Dogboe
Isaac Dogboe and his father, Paul Dogboe ece-auto-gen
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Isaac recently fluffed his chance to once again become a world champion when he lost to Robeisy Ramirez via a unanimous decision last month.

He was dominated by his Cuban opponent and couldn’t recover from a shaky start, with the judges scoring the bout 117-110, 118-109, and 119-108 all in favour of Ramirez.

The defeat saw Dogboe miss out on the WBO Featherweight title and also marked his third defeat in the last five years following successive losses to Navarrete.

Emmanuel Ayamga Emmanuel Ayamga Writer with special interest in sports and other stories of social interest. Follow him on Twitter @TheAyamga

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