Martin Bakole and Efe Ajagba boxed to a contentious majority draw on Saturday night.
The pair met each other in an all-African heavyweight clash on the Canelo Alvarez vs William Scull undercard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Nigeria’s Ajagba frustrated Bakole of Congo with a disciplined display off the back foot.
The 31-year-old was light on his feet as he stuck and moved his way through ten rounds.
Bakole boxed at a pedestrian pace for the first half of the fight but came on strong in the later rounds as he trapped Ajagba against the ropes and let his hands go.
Despite this, many felt it was too little, too late for Bakole, with the DAZN broadcast having Ajagba up by two rounds at the final bell.
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One judge agreed with their assessment, scoring the fight 96-94 in Ajagba’s favour.
However, the other two judges had it 95-95 even.
The result didn’t go down well with esteemed boxing journalist Dan Rafael, who tweeted: “We go to the scorecards in #BakoleAjagba: 96-94 Ajagba, 95-95 x 2. A draw. Laughable. Ajagba won that…
“#BakoleAjagba
