As of July 2022, Ogawa is ranked as the world's eight-best active super featherweight according to The Ring[2] and BoxRec,[3] and as the tenth best according to TBRB.
[6] After amassing a 3-0 record, Ogawa was scheduled to take part in the 2011 East Japan "Rookie of the Year" tournament.
[7] Ogawa faced Kenta Ihara in the finals of the 2011 East Japan "Rookie of the Year" tournament, which was held on November 3, 2011.
[10] Ogawa successfully bounced back from his first professional loss with a second-round technical knockout of Shunsuke Sato on June 1, 2013.
[15] Ogawa challenged the reigning, undefeated Japanese super featherweight champion Rikki Naito on December 14, 2015, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
[20] Ogawa made his second title defense against the veteran Kento Matsushita on September 10, 2016, who was at the time the #1 ranked Japanese super featherweight.
[24] Ogawa made his fourth title defense against Satoru Sugita on March 2, 2017, in the co-main event of "World Premium Boxing 25: The REAL".
[26] Ogawa was booked to make his fifth and final Japanese super featherweight title defense against Hirotsugu Yamamoto, in the main event of "552nd Dynamic Gloves" on July 1, 2017.
[28] On September 25, 2017, the IBF ordered Tevin Farmer and Ogawa to face each other for the vacant super featherweight title.
[34] Following a three-month period of arbitration, the NSAC ruled that Ogawa had deliberately taken illegal substances to gain an advantage in his fight with Farmer.
Accordingly, the NSAC suspended Ogawa for six months and fined him $14,000 (20% of his fight purse), while the IBF opted to strip him of his newly acquired title.
The damage was exacerbated by a second clash of heads in the fifth round, which left Noynay unable to compete, forcing the referee to stop the fight.
[38] Ogawa bounced back from this minor setback with a unanimous decision victory against Kazuhiro Nishitani on October 2, 2020.
[41] As Rakhimov appeared unable to make a quick recovery from his injury, Ogawa's camp instead entered into negotiations with Azinga Fuzile.
[43] On October 30, 2021, promoter Eddie Hearn revealed that the pair had come to terms, and that the fight would take place on November 27, 2021, on the undercard of the Teófimo López vs. George Kambosos Jr. unified lightweight title bout.
The title bout is scheduled as the main event of a DAZN broadcast card, which will on take place June 4, 2022, at the Motorpoint Arena in Cordina's native Cardiff, Wales.
[48] Ogawa faced Kaewfah Tor Buamas in the main event of "WHO'S NEXT DYNAMIC GLOVE on U-NEXT" on April 1, 2023.