Breaking! Efe Ajagba Suffers First Defeat In Boxing Career

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Nigeria’s Efe Ajagba has been handed his first professional career defeat as a technically superior Cuban, Frank Sanchez went past him via a unanimous decision in the early hours of Sunday.

Ajagba who survived the whole duration of the fight to the tenth round lost to Sanchez who proved to be a stronger fighter.

According to the commentators, it was a one-sided fight where “Sanchez gave Ajagba a boxing lesson. It was a teacher-student fight.”

By unanimous decision, Frank Sanchez, the Cuban Flash, was declared the winner.

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