Former IBF Welterweight world champion, Joshua Clottey, has criticised Isaac Dogboe’s approach in his world title bout with Cuban, Robeisy Ramirez.

Dogboe lost by a heavy unanimous decision as judges scored the bout 119-108, 118-109; and 117-110 – in a result the former WBO junior-featherweight world champion challenged.

And Clottey, who held the IBF Welterweight title between 2008 and 2009, hinted he was left disappointed by Dogboe's output, by questioning the approach of the 28-year-old.

"I told you earlier that he has to stay on the guy [Ramirez], he didn't have to let him breathe or stand. Dogboe allowed Ramirez to take his time so he kept watching Dogboe's moves and was counter punching. He [Dogboe] made him too comfortable," Clottey said in JoySports' post-bout analysis.

Dogboe's defeat saw him fall in his quest to become a two-weight division champion, leaving Ghanaians largely disappointed. However, Clottey also conceded that taking on someone with Ramirez's track record and tact for a World title was always going to be a difficult.

"Boxing is all about amateur. When you have a very good amateur record or fought the best guys in amateur, anytime you come to professional it doesn't matter if you have only five or three fights, you are already for any championship.

"And this guy is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and although he messed up his first professional fight, he picked himself up. And he is good, very smart. He takes his time and makes sure he throw punches only when he is sure he is going to connect," Clottey concluded.

JoySports sources reveal Dogboe is scheduled to make a ring return late this year, but in the meantime, it is unconfirmed if his relationship with Top Rank Boxing will continue after an expiration of his contract.

For the moment though, he is still under the training of Barry Hunter, whose post-bout analysis aligns with Clottey's submissions.

"If you go back to the footage of the fight, you'll notice that anytime Robeisy was in reverse, he will not punch. If you notice, every time Robeisy tried to throw his lefthand either under or over - as long as Isaac was rotating away from it - he [Robeisy] had problems with it.

"But there were times where we had him trapped - because he got hit with some good shots - I wanted Isaac to be more of a bully, make it rough for him, make him feel uncomfortable. If you let him setup, let him take his time, you're playing to his favour," Hunter said to JoySports.