Ondo state boxer, Adedeji Adegbola set a record for the fastest knockout when he sent his Yobe opponent, Oluwafemi Adetoye, to the canvas in just 15 seconds.

Adegbola made light work of Adetoye in their first-round heavyweight boxing bout at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Benin.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bout, held at the Oba Akenzuwa cultural centre, Benin, was at the quarter-finals stage.

With the win, Adegbola has qualified for the semi-finals of the heavyweight category and placed him in the medals range, alongside five teammates vying in other weight categories.

Speaking after the bout, Adegbola said that he trained very hard for the festival while expressing his optimism of clinching the gold medal in the heavyweight category.

“I am happy and I thank God, I trained very well ahead of the festival and I thank my coaches for the advice and the training process,” he said.

A former Ondo State Commissioner for Sports, Mr Dotun Owanikin, who was at the event to give moral support to the Ondo team, congratulated the boxer and wished him success in the remaining bouts.

“This 2020 Sports festival gold in the heavyweight category is reserved for Ondo State, through this jewel,” Owanikin said.

NAN