Azinga Fuzile fails in world title bid

Two judges scored the fight 115-110 and one had it 114-111 in favour of the 33-year-old Japanese fighter who lifted the vacant IBF junior-lightweight title.The Tokyo-based brawler landed a right in the fifth round that had Fuzile wobbling against the ropes. The Duncan Village, East London, boxer initially held onto a rope to keep himself upright, but as he saw Ogawa moving in he had the presence of mind to take a knee.

Yet had Fuzile, dubbed the Golden Boy, won that last round with a knockdown, he might have edged the bout. Fuzile was slick, possessed great reflexes and slipped a lot of punches with his shoulder roll, which obviously impressed the judges, but he suffered his age-old problem of not throwing enough punches.

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