Joe Cordina and a brutal knockout of Kenichi Ogawa. Photo: Reuters.
Joe Cordina took the opportunity and did not hesitate. The Brit had his World Cup chance against Japanese Kenichi Ogawa, who was defending his world title, at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Great Britain, and took the fast track victory with a tremendous knockout in the second assault that made the public delirious in anticipation of the stellar combat.
In the first round the title holder was superior and by the end of the first round he was at full points. But the second round lasted a little over a minute. Cordina waited for her chance and found the Japanese off guard. He struck a withered right cross that left him lying on the canvas without reacting.
Referee Michael Alexander stopped the fight as soon as he saw that the easterner tried to get up but was unable to do so. The flying bombing of Wizard It was enough to drive Toyohashi’s boxer out of his mind.
In this way, the Welshman won the IBF superfeather title in Cardiff and became the thirteenth world champion of this country. In addition, the 30-year-old boxer has a record of 15-0-0 with 9 KOs. Meanwhile, the eastern player, who hasn’t lost since 2012, is left with a statistic 26-2-1.
Ogawa had just beaten Azinga Fuzile on cards and thus became the new champion of the International Boxing Federation on November 27th. Meanwhile, the Brit had won his World Cup chance after beating Miko Khatchatryan by unanimous decision on 11 December in Liverpool.
Source: Clarin