Kildare has a new World Number 1! Hogan promoted to top of WBO rankings

Kildare boxer Dennis Hogan has been boosted to number one in the WBO Super Welterweight world rankings following a couple of impressive couple of wins in the last year that has put him in contention for a world title fight.

The Kilcullen man, who is based in Australia, beat Briton Jimmy Kelly in his last fight in Brisbane to further boost his profile, while a win against Japanese fighter Yuki Nonaka provided his career with a real shot in the arm last October.

The news of Hogan’s promotion to the top of the world rankings came yesterday, and the Brisbane-based ‘Hurricane’ said on his facebook page;

“As of today I am officially the number 1 Super Welterweight with the WBO in the world. I want to thank my team for the amount of work behind the scenes making sure I was being pushed forward.

“This is the highest I have ever been ranked in my career. I also want to thank myself for doing what nobody else did in the rankings and that’s beat 2 top 10 opponents in a row.”

https://twitter.com/dennis_h_hogan/status/1032716179587051520

The current WBO world title holder is Jaime Munguia, but Hogan will quite possibly have a chance to fight for any of the four belts available in the division before the end of 2018.