How many top 10 guys would Efe Ajagba have a chance against?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Top 10:

    Usyk
    Kabayel
    Wardley
    Dubois
    Fury
    Hrgovic
    Parker
    Itauma
    Zhang
    Chisora
     
  2. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not many, if at all. And, there are almost no eras where his luck would be any better. I had decent hopes for Ajagba in the beginning, and, he seems like a good guy. But, he just isn't a great fighter.
     
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  3. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold The Hype Job Spotter. Full Member

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    All of those fighters clear Ajagba to be honest.

    Ajagba really isn’t anything special.
     
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  4. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    I think he could beat current Chisora.
     
  5. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    He’s a big puncher so basically anyone but Usyk he has a chance and probably Fury. But Usyk might have ended Fury.
     
  6. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chisora is 50 years old and shot to bits, Ajagba keeps his distance behind a jab and brutally KOs him.

    If Ajagba can survive the first 4 rounds against Zhang he has that in the bag

    Efe can pull a Joyce on Parker.

    He'd would have a decent shot against Dubois too but he's likely to get KTFO, he's probably too stiff and upright
     
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  7. TipNom

    TipNom Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He already deserved a decision against Bakole who was in the top 10 imo. Other than him, he could beat Chisora, and has the power to take out a guy like Dubois but I certainly wouldn't favour him. Apart from those guys, he's too slow for most of the top 10 and doesn't have the durability to make up for it like Joyce did.
     
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  8. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A chance? If Parker and Fury are still top level they are beating Ajagba, Kabayel is beating him, Usky is beating him.

    Has a chance against,: Wardley, Chisora, Dubois, Hrgy Bear, Zhang, Itauma.

    A big guy that can hit and take a hit but is robotic can take you pretty far in the heavyweight division.
     
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  11. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think he could beat Chisora.................and I think him and Wardley are 50/50 (I see nothing in Wardley, I don't care that he beat Parker).
     
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  12. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    A chance - as in, including a punchers chance? Or as in a decent chance of being competitive and potentially winning?

    Punchers chance - Dubois, Chisora.

    Cards chance - Chisora, Zhang (if assuming it sees final bell), possibly Hrgovic (but probably not).

    There are wildcards in there, though:
    • We don't know what Fury has left.
    • We don't know what Chisora has left (though we do know he's declined bigtime).
    • We don't know if Itauma has a chin or a gas tank.

    At the end of the day, the fact a fighter so limited has a chance against any of the top ten tells you how thin the division is right now.
     
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  13. GBoxingFeed

    GBoxingFeed Active Member Full Member

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    Hrgovic, Zhang, and Chisora are the only ones he has a *chance* against in that bunch.

    But I would only make him a slight favourite against Chisora, and a 60/40 underdog against the other 2.
     
  14. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Chisora and Zhilei Zhang on your list but for me they are not top 10 anymore...
     
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  15. GBoxingFeed

    GBoxingFeed Active Member Full Member

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    I like Ajagba - interesting proposition.
    I would like to see him fight the winner of Wilder vs Chisora. Or possibly against Itauma, assuming he gets through Franklin as he should.