Abgaje Stops Pumicpic, New WBF Intercontinental Champion
(MNP) Taiwo Agbaje showed class to win the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) Intercontinental Featherweight title on Monday, December 26, at Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island in his hometown of Lagos, Nigeria.
As expected, it was a tough encounter against durable and experienced co-challenger Richard “The Beast” Pumicpic from the Philippines, but undefeated “Esebo” Agbaje was determined to show that he was the better man.
It was competitive in every round, and the visitor had certainly come to win, but the end came in round seven when Agbaje landed a huge body-shot which floored Pumicpic for the full count of referee Lateef Muiss. Official time of stoppage: 2:57.
The new WBF Intercontinental Featherweight champion improved his unblemished professional record to 15-0 (10). Stopped for the first time, Pumicpic, a former WBC and WBO regional titlist, drops to 23-13-3 (7).
