THE last time Julius Indongo boxed in the UK, he was winning a world-title unification fight against Ricky Burns. He had gone 1-4 in his five fights since that 2017 fight, with no fight lasting four rounds.
At 38, the Namibian went into a fight with former British and Commonwealth welterweight champion Chris Jenkins very much on the down slope of his career.
Indongo was busy in the opening two rounds as he threw lots of punches to keep Jenkins off him, but the Welshman was walking him down and, in the third round, he made Indongo stand and trade and he looked rocky on his feet at the end of the round.
He was under pressure for most of the fourth and fifth rounds, but stayed out of serious trouble, although he looked exhausted in his corner.
However, Indongo got back into things in the sixth, as Jenkins’s output slowed up after suffering a hand injury and the Namibian did well in the seventh round too as Jenkins waited too long for openings.
But Jenkins regained control in the final round to close out the victory, taking it 78-75 on referee Reece Carter’s card. – boxingscene.com
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