Kenichi Ogawa entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 22-1-0 (17 KOs=77%) and he is ranked as the No.16 super featherweight in the world. He suffered his only loss when he faced Yuki Miyoshi in 2012, since then he has collected 14 consecutive victories taking revenge on Miyoshi in 2013 and beating Satoru Sugita and Hirotsugu Yamamoto in 2017.
His opponent, Tevin Farmer, has an official record of 25-4-1 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He also suffered his last defeat in 2012, against Jose Pedraza, but then he has won 18 consecutive fights beating Arturo Santos Reyes in his last one. Ogawa vs Farmer is valid for the vacant IBF World super featherweight title; undercard of Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2017-12-09
Where: Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: super featherweight (130 lbs, 59.0 kg)
Title: vacant IBF World super featherweight title
Farmer’s next fight: Tevin Farmer vs Billy Dib
Ogawa vs Farmer full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4gESZJl4tY
Official highlights
Nice fight with a guy with very good fighting techniques who won most of the rounds but was robbed by the decision of two blind or corrupted judges. At the end of the fight I was under the impression that such a fight was carried out in Japan instead of USA since the Japanese judges are notorious for such behaviour.
Boxing’s corruption is so bad that I fear for robberies like this whenever a fight goes the distance.
This fight tends to prove that wearing flapping yellow tea towels make the judges think that you are a circus act instead of a boxer.