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Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by robosky02(m): 9:56am On Aug 06, 2020
Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions
Nigeria heavyweight boxer Efe Ajagba has joined superstars like Tyson Fury and Manny Pacquiao at Top Rank Inc. boxing promotions.

Top Rank Inc. on Wednesday announced that it has signed Ajagba to a promotional deal.

Ajagba also confirmed in the announcement that he has changed trainers, from Ronnie Shields to Kay Koroma, and has hired prominent manager James Prince to represent him.

The Nigerian heavyweight prospect previously was promoted by Richard Schaefer’s Ringstar Sports and fought on Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions cards.

“I made this decision to become a better boxer and to advance my career,” Ajagba said.

“That’s why I signed with James Prince and Top Rank. When I return to the ring soon, you will see a new Efe Ajagba. Kay Koroma and I are working on my head movement and defense, as I seek to become a more well-rounded fighter.”

The 6-feet-6, 240-pound Ajagba (13-0, 11 KOs), a 2016 Olympian for Nigeria, will make his Top Rank debut on an upcoming card to be determined either on ESPN or ESPN+, the network’s streaming service.

Many of Ajagba’s bouts have been broadcast by FOX, FS1 and Showtime since he turned pro in July 2017.

Speaking on Ajagba’s signing, Top Rank co-founder Bob Arum said:”Efe Ajagba is one of the most gifted young heavyweights I’ve seen in quite some time.

“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 26-year-old Ajagba’s power has made him a fan-friendly fighter over the past three years, but his defensive deficiencies have made him vulnerable at times.

Iago Kiladze dropped Ajagba in the third round of a fight FOX aired December 21 from Toyota Arena in Ontario, California.

Ajagba, who had floored Kiladze during the second round, got up, regained control of their fight and knocked Kiladze to the canvas again in the fifth round.

Kiladze’s trainer threw in the towel late in the fifth round because the courageous Georgia native was taking a beating from the hard-hitting Ajagba. Referee Thomas Taylor stopped their bout at 2:09 of the fifth round.

He holds the record for the fastest victory in boxing history when, in August 2018, Curtis Harper walked out of the ring one second after the opening bell sounded.

Ajagba stopped Romania’s Razvan Cojanu in the ninth round of his last fight, March 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Cojanu was knocked down during the eighth and ninth rounds before referee Ron Lipton ended their scheduled 10-rounder.

Top Rank, Inc. is a boxing promotional company founded by Jabir Herbert Muhammad and Arum , which was incorporated in 1973, and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Since its founding, Top Rank has promoted many world class fighters, including Muhammad Ali, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Marvin Hagler, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao, Sugar Ray Leonard, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Erik Morales, Thomas Hearns.

The company has promoted such superfights as Hagler vs Leonard, Chavez vs De La Hoya, Holyfield vs Foreman, Foreman vs Moorer, Leonard vs Hearns, Hagler vs Hearns, Ali vs Frazier II and both Ali vs Spinks fights.

https://www.completesports.com/ajagba-joins-fury-pacquio-at-top-rank-promotions/

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by robosky02(m): 9:59am On Aug 06, 2020
Are ajagba

Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Temitopemo6e6(m): 10:04am On Aug 06, 2020
Good move. After a fight or two with Koroma I'd
like to see him step up his level of opposition.
Maybe someone like Bryant Jennings or Carlos
Takam.

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by bisoye11(m): 11:23am On Aug 06, 2020
keep it up boy.

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Olayemie1010(m): 11:33am On Aug 06, 2020
Good development though.
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by YorubaKinging: 11:33am On Aug 06, 2020
The end is near
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by oluwaseunamos33(m): 11:33am On Aug 06, 2020
ok. continue
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Brandonx(m): 11:33am On Aug 06, 2020
Nice! I would love to go into boxing too. So when I catch all these nairaland tolls I go remove two of their teeth grin

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Yigalanshey(m): 11:34am On Aug 06, 2020
Wow continue

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Lovelies1: 11:34am On Aug 06, 2020
; smiley
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by ForeThinker: 11:34am On Aug 06, 2020
In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk.

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by GeneralPula: 11:35am On Aug 06, 2020
Washere!

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Kharol1234: 11:35am On Aug 06, 2020
Good one
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by ruggedtimi(m): 11:35am On Aug 06, 2020
Let the millions rake in for Ajagba
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by beetown(m): 11:35am On Aug 06, 2020
Wonderful talent. I'm so happy for him

That's how Nigeria would have ruined Efe's dream...after the Olympics in 2016, that was how they left him in Ughelli. Man had to source money to fund his own travel to the US...now see him.
Moral lesson: if you can, please leave Nigeria. Nothing grows here.

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Nobody: 11:36am On Aug 06, 2020
All of you above can't be seriously serious undecided undecided
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Queenlovely(f): 11:36am On Aug 06, 2020

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by dalass(f): 11:37am On Aug 06, 2020
Go Efe.... grin

Put your frustration from this country behind every blow... You will have K.Os everytime you hit grin

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by meccuno: 11:37am On Aug 06, 2020
.is it low self esteem??
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by jeff1607(m): 11:38am On Aug 06, 2020
YorubaKinging:
The end is near

you sef

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by dfrost: 11:38am On Aug 06, 2020
He surely packs a punch... smiley
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Highesschief1: 11:39am On Aug 06, 2020
That video of the guy that walked out of the ring without throwing any punch is so funny

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by tfash96(m): 11:40am On Aug 06, 2020
meccuno:
.is it low self esteem??
kinni Sule yi tun sọ bayii

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by paulolee(m): 11:40am On Aug 06, 2020
nice and congrats bro....whenever i hear this guy's name, my mind would think its that other efe that won bbn..
but i think this efe is more useful to the society than the other bbn efe..
pls am not hating on him o, afterall the bbn efe is better than me and have achieved more than me wey they nairaland all day struggling to make F.P on each post..

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by kbams241: 11:41am On Aug 06, 2020
Yigalanshey:
Wow continue

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Do you have 20k car for sale. �
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Kemstarlopez: 11:42am On Aug 06, 2020
Na too much to dy eat fufu dey always diminish their power at some point.

Remember "Samuel Peter"

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Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Tobimercy(f): 11:43am On Aug 06, 2020
Congratulations to him. Meanwhile do you know versifying your income is the surest way to financial freedom. There are few things to consider before building a side hustle. One is to check your employment contract to be sure it allows it.
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by meccuno: 11:43am On Aug 06, 2020
tfash96:
kinni Sule yi tun sọ bayii
Omo ale jatijti grin
Re: Efe Ajagba Joins Fury, Pacquiao At Top Rank Promotions by Zyxzzzz: 11:44am On Aug 06, 2020
nice one congrats to him the guy deserve it, I don watch e fight He's good, the way we day hype dem Joshua and co how which we dy use am hype this guy e for make sense I'm one of his huge fan ..... Hope to see him fight huge names like dem dillan whyte, chisora, wilder takam and the rest

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