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.
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,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.
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. 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.
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