• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Niger Delta Today
Advertisement
  • Home
  • Niger Delta
    • Abia State
    • Akwa Ibom
    • Bayelsa State
    • Cross River
    • Delta
    • Edo
    • Imo
    • Ondo
    • Rivers
  • National News
  • Politics
  • Metro
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Niger Delta
    • Abia State
    • Akwa Ibom
    • Bayelsa State
    • Cross River
    • Delta
    • Edo
    • Imo
    • Ondo
    • Rivers
  • National News
  • Politics
  • Metro
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
Niger Delta Today
No Result
View All Result

Delta-Born Heavyweight Efe Ajagba Defeat Experienced Cojanu In Ninth Round

by Niger Delta Today
March 9, 2020
in Featured, Sports
0
Efe Ajagba

Efe Ajagba

ADVERTISEMENT

Ughelli-Delta-born Efe Ajagba produced a methodical knockout Saturday night, about three months after what the Nigerian heavyweight considers a “terrible” performance in his previous fight.

The 6-feet-6, 242¼-pound prospect knocked down huge underdog Razvan Cojanu twice before their scheduled 10-rounder was stopped at 2:46 of the ninth round on the Adam Kownacki-Robert Helenius undercard at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Referee Ron Lipton ended their bout as soon as the 6-feet-7½, 255½-pound Cojanu took a knee after absorbing another thudding right hand from Ajagba (13-0, 11 KOs).

Romania’s Cojanu (17-7, 9 KOs) was knocked out for the fourth time in nine years as a pro. Each of his first three knockout defeats – to Donovan Dennis, Luis Ortiz and Daniel Dubois – occurred in the second round.

Ajagba suffered his first knockdown as a pro or amateur in his prior bout, a fifth-round TKO victory over Iago Kiladze on December 22 in Ontario, California, Boxing Scene reports.

Recommended For You

Buhari Approves Posting For Nigerian Envoys, Sends Ex-Delta Commissioner To Thailand

Delta Cancels Transfer Of 4,500 Secondary School Teachers As Schools Resume Tomorrow

School Resumption: Delta Schools To Begin Second Term January 18th

Lady Loses ‘Expensive Wedding Materials’ In Public Vehicle, Begs For Their Return

Ajagba dropped Kiladze in the second round of that bout and hurt him again in the third round, but Kiladze came back to drop him with a right hand late in the third. Ajagba got up, regained control and floored Kiladze again in the fifth round, when Kiladze’s trainer, Shadeed Suluki, eventually threw in the towel.

ALSO READ: Buhari To Constitute NDDC Advisory Committee Tuesday

The 25-year-old Ajagba wasn’t exactly spectacular Saturday night, but he didn’t have any real difficulty with the game Cojanu.

ADVERTISEMENT

A left-right combination stopped Cojanu in his tracks at about the midway mark of the ninth round. Another punishing right by Ajagba later in the ninth made Cojanu take a knee for the second time in as many rounds.

Lipton quickly waved an end to the fight after Cojanu went down late in the ninth round.

Ajagba’s hard right hand and subsequent combination made Cojanu take a knee with just under a minute remaining in the eighth round. Cojanu answered Lipton’s count, but Ajagba blasted him with another left hook that wobbled Cojanu with 20 seconds to go in the eighth.

ADVERTISEMENT

Lipton appeared on the verge of stopping the fight after Cojanu moved back toward the ropes. Cojanu threw a hard shot at Ajagba, though, which convinced Lipton to allow the fight to continue.

Ajagba and Cojanu exchanged left hooks a little over a minute into the seventh round. Cojanu caught Ajagba with a left hook near Cojanu’s corner late in the seventh round.

A right-left-right combination by Ajagba got Cojanu’s attention about 45 seconds into the sixth round. Cojanu nailed Ajagba with a low blow that caused Lipton to give Ajagba time to recover with 1:40 to go in the sixth round.

Once the action resumed, Ajagba blasted Cojanu with a hard right hand. Cojanu fired back, though, to prevent Ajagba from capitalizing on landing that punch.

Lipton warned Ajagba for a low blow about 55 seconds into the fifth round. Cojanu continued taunting Ajagba toward the end of the fifth round, as Ajagba backed him up by throwing hard right hands.

Cojanu began talking trash to Ajagba during the fourth round, though Ajagba didn’t seem to pay it any mind.

Cojanu connected with two right hands and a left hook in the final 35 seconds of the third round. None of those punches appeared to affect Ajagba.

Ajagba’s right hand snapped back Cojanu’s head about 1:20 into the second round. Cojanu protected himself well during a first round in which neither fighter landed many clean punches.

Tags: BoxingDelta StateEfe Ajagba
Previous Post

Buhari To Constitute NDDC Advisory Committee Tuesday

Next Post

Flooding: How We Managed Over 96 Pregnancy Cases At Delta PHC – FP Provider

Related Posts

Oma Djebah
Featured

Buhari Approves Posting For Nigerian Envoys, Sends Ex-Delta Commissioner To Thailand

January 18, 2021
Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker House of Representatives
Featured

Why Schools Should Not Reopen Now – House Of Reps

January 17, 2021
Pat Utomi
Featured

Economy: Pat Utomi Faults Buhari, Says Nigeria Better Under Jonathan’s Regime

January 17, 2021
Tony Elumelu
Business

How Tony Elumelu’s Coy Acquired Shell, Total, ENI Stakes In Niger Delta Oil Block For $1.1bn

January 16, 2021
Francis Ewherido
Featured

NDT Marriage Corner: Paternity Fraud: A Pound For A Pound? By Francis Ewherido

January 16, 2021
Featured

Gov Wike To Service Chiefs: You Have Tried, Throw In The Towel Now

January 15, 2021

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

LATEST

Drama As APC Disowns Dogara, Says Former Reps Speaker Hasn’t Joined Party

January 18, 2021

COVID-19 Test Not Required For Returning Students, FG Warns Schools

January 18, 2021
The Mercedes-Benz at the scene of the accident before it was set ablaze by mob

PHOTOS: Mob Set Car Ablaze After Crushing Six Children To Death In Edo

January 18, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari Okays Nuhu Fikpo’s Nomination As Acting DG Of NDE

January 18, 2021

BREAKING: Bayelsa Oil Spill Not From Chevron Facilities – CNL’s Spokesman

January 18, 2021

POPULAR POSTS

  • IGP Adamu Mohammed

    IGP Redeploys Frank Mba, 20 Other Police Commissioners

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Buhari Approves Posting For Nigerian Envoys, Sends Ex-Delta Commissioner To Thailand

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gunmen Kill Three Mobile Policemen, Cart Away Rifles In Ughelli (Delta)

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Delta Cancels Transfer Of 4,500 Secondary School Teachers As Schools Resume Tomorrow

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Gunmen Storm Delta Community, Abduct Bank Manager’s Husband

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Why Schools Should Not Reopen Now – House Of Reps

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Former Edo Commissioner And Labour Activist, Didi Adodo, Is Dead

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Kidnapping Kingpin Abducted By Another Gang, Secures Own Release After Paying N1.5m Ransom

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • How Tony Elumelu’s Coy Acquired Shell, Total, ENI Stakes In Niger Delta Oil Block For $1.1bn

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • PHOTOS: Mob Set Car Ablaze After Crushing Six Children To Death In Edo

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 NIGER DELTA TODAY - Published By NDT Associates Ltd.

No Result
View All Result
  • Niger Delta Today
  • Niger Delta
    • Abia State
    • Akwa Ibom
    • Bayelsa State
    • Cross River
    • Delta
    • Edo
    • Imo
    • Ondo
    • Rivers
  • National News
  • World News
  • Politics
  • Metro
  • Education
  • Business
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Entertainment
  • Tech
  • Social Media
  • Niger Delta Today TV

© 2019 NIGER DELTA TODAY - Published By NDT Associates Ltd.