Nigerian heavyweight boxer, Efe Ajagba will put his unbeaten record at stake this Saturday against Lago Kiladze of Georgia at Toyota Arena, Ontario, California, USA, megasportsarena.com reports.
The highly-promising Ajagba will enter the ring with strong hope of another victory, which would help him consolidate on his march towards the world heavyweight title, and equally create another mark for the sands of time.
Standing at an awesome six feet-six inches, ‘The One & Only,’ as Ajagba will aim to make the bet of his reach of 85 inches (216 cm) in his 12th bout since turning professional, even as he wants to get a smoother finish than he had in his last bout against Ali Eren Demirezen of Turkey on July 20, when he was declared winner by unanimous points’ decision.
However, fight expert are quick to warn Ajagba that he will not find it easy against 33-year-old Kiladze, who stands at 6′ 3 1/2, with a reach of 79 inches, and will be looking forward to his first win since November 2017.
The former World Boxing Association (WBA) Inter-Continental cruiserweight champ, though, has lost four of his professional fights and has not won any of his last four fights going into his clash, but he has a strong scorecard of 26 wins, 18 via knockouts.
Before this weekend’s clash with 25-year-old Ajagba, Kiladze fought top a draw in his last fight, as he toiled against unbeaten Robert Alfonso in May, before which he lost all three fights in 2018, suffering knockouts in all of them.
Kiladze started 2018 with a loss to Adam Kownacki and was floored by Michael Hunter in June before another knock down defeat to Joe Joyce in September, all of which have given stronger hope to Ajagba that he will able to keep his unbeaten streak this Saturday in Ontario.
Although Ajagba withdrew from his last bout against Congo-born Belgian, Jack Mulowayi in October due to injury, the rising star with an 81.82 percent knockout record says he is thinking only of a knock-out against Kaladze, who had a bright start to his boxing career by winning his 20 first fights, but has fallen down the pecking order as he advances in age.
Ajagba declared: “I am very ready for this fight. I pulled out of my last bout because of a back injury and before then I defeated Demirezen through unanimous decision but this time, it will be a knockout out.
“He is a good boxer if you look at his record he started very well and he is definitely more experienced than I am but I am more determined. He has not won in his last five four fights, I want to ensure I add another loss to his record.”
