Junior middleweight contender Dennis Hogan (28-3-1, 7 KOs) is hungry to secure another world title shot.
Back in 2019, Hogan traveled to Mexico and lost a controversial twelve round decision to then WBO world champion Jamie Munguia.
And then in December of the same year, Hogan took a big risk when he moved up to middleweight division, where he was overpowered and stopped by WBC world champion Jermall Charlo.
After taking some time off, he was scheduled to fight Julian Williams in a world title eliminator last December. The fight was canceled when Williams tested positive for COVID-19.
2021, however, is looking a little brighter for Hogan.
On March 31 in Australia, Hogan will be in line to secure another world title shot - if he beats undefeated rising superstar Tim Tszyu (17-0, 13 KOs).
Tszyu is ranked at number #2 by the WBO at junior middleweight. A victory would allow Hogan to snatch away that ranking.
“This will lead to another world title and that's the reason I want it,” Hogan told Irish-boxing.com.
“I want to get back to a world title fight ASAP and Tim provides the best pathway at this time. He’s next in line for the WBO title and that’s the title I feel I should have on my mantlepiece right now.
“Tim is building well into an all-rounded pro and I believe he will go on to be a world champion, but that’s well down the line. He has more maturity to gain and only after he’s been in with more experienced fighters like myself will gain it.”
“It’s a huge fight, to be honest. I can’t see a bigger one out there right now. Jeff Horn and myself have been recognized as 1 and 2 pound for pound [in Australia] for a very long time. That has changed in recent months with Jeff losing to Tim and with me losing to Charlo in late 2019. I still believe I am the best and Tim has the ranking for now so again it’s a massive fight. It doesn’t get bigger to be fair.”
