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Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by QuickStandard: 6:26am On Sep 04, 2020
Voodoo doesn't work in Professional Boxing oooo. Pipe down already...

Looking at his thin body, I doubt if he can survive 3rd round grin
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by 9jaBloke: 6:26am On Sep 04, 2020
grin

Good technique

Undefeated

Top 20


I give it to AJ but he has a good chance
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Nobody: 6:26am On Sep 04, 2020
I heard the Efe guy is good
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by solsticey2k3(m): 6:26am On Sep 04, 2020
O boy! E no sure for Joshua o grin
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Oroolorun(m): 6:26am On Sep 04, 2020
Talk on bro, it's good for promotion.
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Crochet: 6:27am On Sep 04, 2020
Who is this?
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Timekeeper: 6:28am On Sep 04, 2020
[quote author= post=93551118]No be by mouth o.
Efe, Make we sing small for you....

See this life me I no like trouble oh
One man's thing is another man struggle oh
Money no dey today, money go dey tomorrow
Feel good it's a happy day

Oh no
Peperipe peperipepe
Oh yeah, oh yeah yeah
No go dey do pass yourself
No go dey do pass yourself
Pepe ripe peperipepe
No go dey do pass yourself

[/quote]Manna boss cool
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by mcwilliams7(m): 6:28am On Sep 04, 2020
This Aja abi Ajagba should know his Limit o, before Something touch am cheesy
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Goalnaldo(m): 6:28am On Sep 04, 2020
We kids from Delta, we always have big dreams. Mine is dating DJ cuppy smiley
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by lalabrother: 6:28am On Sep 04, 2020
Efe Joshua no be your mate... No go do pass yourself o
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Bobyro: 6:28am On Sep 04, 2020
weyreypey:
Usual South South loudmouth...
Must you bring regions into this
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Timekeeper: 6:29am On Sep 04, 2020
Blainz:
I heard the Efe guy is good
Motivational speaker, better Dont push him to. His death
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Tompson88: 6:29am On Sep 04, 2020
Initial gragra will only fetch you serious punishment, take time efe
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by lomprico(m): 6:29am On Sep 04, 2020
Crochet:
Who is this?
Efe Ajagba
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by mogbeyiteren: 6:30am On Sep 04, 2020
Efe can beat him
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by lomprico(m): 6:31am On Sep 04, 2020
Bobyro:
Must you bring regions into this
I taya for some kind people sef.
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by rockinrobin: 6:32am On Sep 04, 2020
Efe, ride on. I know you can.
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by xcesspaschal(m): 6:33am On Sep 04, 2020
Rice and beans
Anambra and Hussle
Yoruba and mouth.

Smiles
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by naptu2: 6:34am On Sep 04, 2020
grin

One of the funniest boxing matches in history.

Efe Ajagba of Nigeria vs Curtis Harper of the USA.

Harper left the ring as soon as the bell was rung. It's the fastest victory in history. Ajagba won in 1 second.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpr4Y3bmMz8
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Crenzywilliams(m): 6:36am On Sep 04, 2020
Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright


Ogbeni nor reason am o
He fit still fall Anthony Joshua hand

He holds the record for the fastest victory in boxing history
I had to look that up, that victory came from a match he never throw a punch...the opponent stepped outta the ring after the sound of the bell.
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by solmusdesigns: 6:36am On Sep 04, 2020
grin


I like his confidence ... Hahahaha


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Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by chibwike(m): 6:37am On Sep 04, 2020
Na so
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by MANNABBQGRILLS: 6:37am On Sep 04, 2020
Timekeeper:
Manna boss cool
Wow cheesy
See our correct paddy of life!
Where have you been man?
We always look out for you.
Hope you doing great and masking up?
Good to hear from you after a while.
Do stay in touch.
Blessed up.
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Timekeeper: 6:39am On Sep 04, 2020
[quote author= post=93551389]Wow cheesy
See our correct paddy of life!
Where have you been man?
We always look out for you.
Hope you doing great and masking up?
Good to hear from you after a while.
Do stay in touch.
Blessed up.[/quote]I was banned for 8 months... Nairaland mods sumtyms ehn, they are not fair at all

Cox of small abuse, just abuse oo, a mod gave me 8 months ban.. They didn't even ban the person even though she insulted me too
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by MANNABBQGRILLS: 6:40am On Sep 04, 2020
Timekeeper:
I was banned for 8 months... Nairaland mods sumtyms ehn, they are not fair at all

Cox of small abuse, just abuse oo, a mod gave me 8 months ban.. They didn't even ban the person even though she insulted me too
8 what? huh
Welcome back and please let it go.
You remember how we always let you know last year not to reply some people negative vibes here,
Many people that type trash about you here can never even stand close to you when they see you offline.
So ignore their gutter language and look at them beneath you, especially if they are the one masturbating all over your posts daily,
That is the way we roll here on NL.

@topic,
You and all of us @[/b] go go watch dis Efe and Joshua match for Abuja,
Whenever they are both ready!
All expenses paid!
Get ready man! cheesy

Timekeeper:
Yes ooo.. 8 months... Dec/jan to August
Welcome back man,
Noting do you.
Just ignore some negative people here,
Ignoring them kills them more than replying them most times.
Take that from dem [b]MANNA
wink
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Uyi168: 6:41am On Sep 04, 2020
[quote author= post=93551121]Hold up,
Hold up,
Hold up!

We read about thr exploits of Efe Ajabga and we saw that he is a force to be reckon with also.
He's undefeated in 13 games in the USA and the only boxer to represent our darling country at the Olympics.

We are taking the above back.
The better man will win the match for real!


Excerpts :

Anthony Joshua's long-held dream of fighting in Africa could be aided by the rising threat of another Nigerian heavyweight who plans to knock him off his perch.

Efe Ajagba has already plotted how he would dethrone Joshua, whose pride for his African heritage is worn in the form of a tattoo on his arm.

"The people would support Joshua because he is the heavyweight champ," Ajagba tells Sky Sports but he is quickly establishing himself as a dangerous contender with vicious KO power who could become the perfect foil for Joshua to stage a fight against in Nigeria.

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"Skill would beat Joshua, not power," said the undefeated Ajagba. "Me and Joshua both have the power. But skills control the power.

"I have more skills."

"I don't think so," Ajagba says. "The best weapon of Joshua's is the left hook and right uppercut. He doesn't have a good jab.

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"I respect him. He is the heavyweight champion. I respect everything about him - his talent and his potential. He is a humble guy.

"People are saying that I talk Joshua down. But I don't want to do that.

"Joshua is from Nigeria so he is a part of Africa, too."

Joshua was inspired to reclaim his IBF, WBA and WBO titles from Andy Ruiz Jr last year after a trip to the Makoko slum in Nigeria, the African nation where his parents are from.

"They told me: 'Make sure you go get those belts back'," Joshua told Sky Sports at the time. "That is massively inspiring."

He hopes to one day emulate Muhammad Ali by fighting in Africa but it is logistically difficult despite the clear interest. Ali beat George Foreman in 'the Rumble in the Jungle' in Zaire in 1974.

The emergence of a challenger like Ajagba can only benefit Joshua's dream.

"Absolutely in the future," Ajagba says of facing Joshua on African soil. "It would be perfect. Two Nigerian warriors fighting in a title fight."

Heavyweight prospects are defined by their power but Ajagba, more than most, is carving out a reputation as a wrecking ball.

He is unbeaten in 13 and the only opponent to go the distance was Ali Eren Demirezen. That fight was Ajagba's hardest examination so far - Demirezen had a better record, unbeaten in 10, before they met.

Curiously he plays down his knockout power insisting it is nothing special.

"I don't think so. It's not about me," he says. "It's about the way I throw my punch and how my opponent feels it.

"It's not about power. Power comes from how you throw the punch, and how you land the punch. Move your legs into the punch, that's where the power is."

Ajagba is the youngest son of a boxer who initially discouraged him from following the same path. But trouble became too easy to find for a young and feisty Ajagba.

"I discovered boxing in Nigeria. I would fight on the streets and I always won," he says. "So I started boxing.

"Fighting on the streets is different to boxing. I had natural power. I wasn't fighting a boxer, I would fight bodybuilders. I wasn't a boxer, he wasn't a boxer. So I hit them, they fell. Boxing is different because fighters train everyday to get in the ring."

At first he did not enjoy the discipline that came with boxing.

"No, not immediately. I had to take my time and think about it.

"When I started boxing they taught me foundations - how to move my legs, how to throw combinations."

Image:Ajagba is now promoted by Top Rank

He was Nigeria's only boxing representative at the 2016 Olympics and was eliminated by Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan, who is now 9-0 as a pro but with none of the clamour attached to Ajagba's rise.

He was scouted at the Olympics and brought to Houston, Texas, a city with a large Nigerian immigrant population to base his professional career.

Was it a hard transition?

"Not really. The environment is very different. I saw a different life when I came to America, a different community.

"The environment in America is beautiful. Nigeria is beautiful too, but America is a different culture."

He worked with Ronnie Shields, who had previously trained Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, and the opponents soon began to fall. Seven of his first eight fights were finished in a single round.

One of those remains among the strangest results in boxing history, although Ajagba does not find it funny.

His 2018 win against Curtis Harper was officially clocked at one second. The opening bell rang, Harper calmly exited the ring and walked backstage, never to be seen again.

The clip went viral, viewed millions of times in the days afterwards. It emerged Harper was protesting against his own promoter.

"I was mad and confused," Ajagba says. "I didn't know what was going on. Why did he walk out of the ring?

"I didn't see him after the fight. But before the weigh-in, his girlfriend came to me and said: 'Are you fighting Curtis Harper?'

"I didn't know why she was asking me questions.

"She said: 'You have the talent, you have the skills'.

"She came to me to ask me to take it easy in the fight!

"I can't do that.

"Why did she ask me to take it easy?

"So when Curtis Harper walked out of the ring, I was mad and confused."

Image:Ajagba has built a 13-0 record based in the USA

The next stage of Ajagba's development will be promoted by Bob Arum's Top Rank. He has changed trainers to Kay Koroma, who also works with Shakur Stevenson and Jarrett Hurd, meaning he will be based out of Virginia.

Aged just 26 and with all of his fights coming in the USA, he is still a prospect being carefully managed through the heavyweight division.

There are issues to iron out - last December he was floored by Iago Kiladze, an opponent on a four-fight winless run, but recovered to avoid catastrophe. Earlier this year he needed nine rounds to get rid of Razvan Cojanu, who was beaten inside two rounds by Daniel Dubois.

Ajagba is hoping to make his Top Rank debut in September and promoter Bob Arum said: "He has immense physical tools and a great work ethic. I have the utmost confidence that we're looking at a future heavyweight champion."



The match will be so interesting,
They are both good boxers in their respective areas.
Still on still,
Anybody that wins,
Still on still,
UP NIGERIA, that is d koko!
[/quote]..

Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by BENRAZY(m): 6:41am On Sep 04, 2020
What do I know
Oga 1 2 dethrone
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Timekeeper: 6:42am On Sep 04, 2020
[quote author= post=93551443]8 what?[/quote]Yes ooo.. 8 months... Dec/jan to August
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by TheChameleon: 6:43am On Sep 04, 2020
Both are good...

But Efe can't take on AJ.

AJ would deck him.
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by ofiko123(m): 6:43am On Sep 04, 2020
Efe is young and hungry so don't underestimate him..
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Yeyenairaland(m): 6:44am On Sep 04, 2020
This one wan enter coma to trend grin grin
Re: Boxing: Efe Ajagba Vows To Dethrone Anthony Joshua by Passionate1(m): 6:45am On Sep 04, 2020
Dis guy is more foolish than I thought. .
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