Two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy “El Tren” Ramírez will lock horns with Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe in a 12-round showdown for the vacant interim WBO featherweight world title Saturday, April 1, at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
The co-main event will see the return of popular Puerto Rican sensation Xander Zayas taking on Ronald “Diablo” Cruz.
The card will be broadcast on ESPN+
“We have seen Robeisy Ramirez grow from a decorated Olympian to a young man on the verge of stardom. Isaac Dogboe is no pushover and represents the toughest test of Ramirez’s career. I expect an exciting, dramatic fight for the great fans in Tulsa,” said Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. “2023 will be a huge year for Xander Zayas, a superstar in the making who I believe will be Puerto Rico’s next champion.”
"I have been boxing for more than 20 years and have been a fighter every step of the way,” Ramirez said. “I never forgot where I came from, but I refuse to define myself by past accomplishments. Even after winning my second Olympic gold medal, I endured hardships. I embraced the challenges ahead of me and know that my greatest tests and most significant accomplishments in boxing are still ahead of me.
Undercard bouts, also streaming live and exclusively on ESPN+, include:
In an eight-round grudge match, Jahi Tucker will make his junior middleweight debut against Nikoloz Sekhniashvili. The bout is a grudge match as Tucker is calling for Zayas, and Sekhnishvili is Zayas’ sparring partner.
“Nikoloz is going to be easy work. After I get finished with him, I want to fight Xander,” said Tucker about the fight.
Two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez will face Jose Enrique Vivas, Junior welterweight phenom Tiger Johnson will fight in his first eight-round bout, Tulsa-born heavyweight prospect Jeremiah Milton, as well as Abdullah Mason and Dante Benjamin Jr. will be featured in separate bouts.
