
Bruno Tarimo Vows To Shock Zelfa Barrett To Secure Title Shot
The Australian based upset artist Bruno Tarimo is readied for the UK, as he gets set to face Zelfa Barrett and force a shot at the IBF world super featherweight title.
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The Australian based upset artist Bruno Tarimo is readied for the UK, as he gets set to face Zelfa Barrett and force a shot at the IBF world super featherweight title.

Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are delighted to announce IBF World Super-Featherweight Kenichi Ogawa has signed a multi-fight promotional deal in association with Teiken Promotions.

Ogawa, Fuzile Photos Gallery - Azinga Fuzile’s world title challenge fizzled out in the face of Kenichi Ogawa’s right-handed assault in New York City on Saturday night as he lost a unanimous decision after three visits to the canvas. (photos Ed Mulholland)

Japan’s Kenichi Ogawa parlayed three knockdowns to a world championship, as he won the vacant IBF junior lightweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over South Africa’s Azinga Fuzile.

Azinga Fuzile can make history under a handful of circumstances tonight. Fuzile can win a world title belt and join the long list of world titleholders from South Africa.

Fuzile, Ogawa Weights Photos Gallery - Unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and mandatory challenger George Kambosos clash on a night of action in New York, with chief support provided by the battle for the vacant IBF World Super-Featherweight title between Azinga Fuzile (15-1 9 KOs) and Kenichi Ogawa (25-1-1 28 KOs). (photos by Ed Mulholland)

It has been more than a year since Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos last stepped on a scale before a presiding commission. The pair of unbeaten lightweights waded through several holidays—including Thanksgiving just one day ago—to make weight for their oft-postponed lineal WBA/IBF/WBO championship clash Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater in New York City.

The Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov and Kenichi Ogawa teams have come to terms for the vacant IBF junior lightweight world title fight. The bout is slated to take place on either July 10 or July 17 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the IBF told BoxingScene on Tuesday.

Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov will remain first in line for a second title shot. The unbeaten junior lightweight contender was forced to settle for a 12-round draw in Saturday’s title fight versus Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz, who blew weight and was stripped of his IBF 130-pound belt prior to their bout. In successfully making weight for the fight, Rakhimov remains eligible to once again compete for the vacant belt as he has been ordered to next face Japan’s Kenichi Ogawa.

Tevin Farmer has spent his entire 2019 ring campaign taking care of mandatory title defenses. By the time he returns to the ring, yet another will be waiting in the wings. The ordered International Boxing Federation (IBF) super featherweight title eliminator between Azinga Fuzile and Kenichi Ogawa has a new date and home, with the bout due to take place Sept. 29 at the Orient Theatre in Fuzile's hometown of East London, South Africa.