Ajagba: I was asked to throw more punches

"I went back to the corner and they told me to throw more punches, keep throwing them, jabbing," he said. Efe Ajagba after winning a unanimous decision over Stephan Shaw January 14 in Verona, New York. - I controlled the fight, that's why I won it. He tried to deliver accented blows. I watched him to understand what he was going to do. He continued to jab, often used the jab."

According to CompuBox punching stats, Ajagba won this boring duel with his jab, landing an average of 9 out of 35 thrown punches per round. Shaw landed an average of 8 out of 34 thrown punches. 138 out of 189 hits from both opponents were jabs. None of the fighters landed more than 6 power punches in any of the rounds.