Efe Ajagba

Efe Ajagba (born 22 April 1994) is a Nigerian professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2015 African Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Early life Ajagba was born on 22 April 1994 in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria. He formerly worked in a bakery. He was coached by Anthony Konyegwachie.

At the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, Ajagba was selected as the Nigerian entrant in the men's super heavyweight event. He won the gold medal, beating Keddy Angnes of the Seychelles by a score 3–0 in the final.

In 2016 he won the gold medal in the super heavyweight event at the African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Yaoundé, Cameroon. By doing so Ajagba qualified to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the first round Ajagba beat Ugandan Michael Sekamembe on points, he defeated Tunisian boxer Aymen Trabelsi in the semifinal to secure his qualification, then in the final he beat Mohamed Arjaoui of Morocco. Ajagba was the only Nigerian boxer of the ten who competed to qualify for Rio through the tournament, leading to claims from Nigeria's coach Konyegwachie that judges had been bribed.

Professional career After compiling a perfect record of 5–0, on 24 August 2018, Ajagba scored the fastest victory in boxing history in a match against Curtis Harper, winning in one second via disqualification after Harper walked out of the ring in protest over a pay dispute.

After improving to 12–0, on 7 March 2020, Ajagba fought Răzvan Cojanu. In a one-sided fight, Ajagba dismantled his opponent round by round, and managed to score knockdowns in both the eighth and ninth rounds. In the ninth, Cojanu took a knee with 2:25 left in the round, and the referee decided to stop the fight.

In his next fight, Ajagba made his Top Rank debut and fought Jonathan Rice on 19 September 2020. The fight ended up being less entertaining than expected, especially because Ajagba was not throwing a lot of punches. He did however, still do enough to hurt Rice and earn a unanimous decision victory. Ajagba secured another victory in his 15th fight, knocking out Brian Howard in the third round on 10 April 2021.

Ajagba faced off against undefeated Frank Sánchez on 9 October 2021 on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III. Ajagba was knocked down en route to a unanimous decision defeat, with scores of 98–91, 98–91 and 97–92 for Sánchez.

On 4 November 2023 in Stateline, Nevada, Ajagba faced his old rival Joseph Goodall in a 10-round bout at heavyweight. He won by technical knockout in the fourth round.

Ajagba fought Guido Vianello on 13 April 2024 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He won the fight by split decision.

He faced Charles Martin at Meta Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, USA, on 15 February 2026. Ajagba won by stoppage in the fourth round.

Professional boxing record 23 Win 21–1–1 Charles Martin TKO 4 (10), 15 Feb 2026 22 Draw 20–1–1 Martin Bakole 10 3 May 2025 21 Win 20–1 Guido Vianello 10 13 Apr 2024 20 Win 19–1 Joseph Goodall TKO 4 (10), 4 Nov 2023 19 Win 18–1 Zhan Kossobutskiy DQ 4 (10), 26 Aug 2023 18 Win 17–1 Stephan Shaw UD 10 14 Jan 2023 17 Win 16–1 Jozsef Darmos TKO 2 (8), 27 Aug 2022 16 Loss 15–1 Frank Sánchez UD 10 9 Oct 2021 15 Win 15–0 Brian Howard KO 3 (10), 10 Apr 2021 14 Win 14–0 Jonathan Rice UD 10 19 Sep 2020 13 Win 13–0 Răzvan Cojanu TKO 9 (10), 7 Mar 2020 12 Win 12–0 Iago Kiladze KO 5 (10), 21 Dec 2019 11 Win 11–0 Ali Eren Demirezen 10 20 Jul 2019 10 Win 10–0 Michael Wallisch TKO 2 (10), 27 Apr 2019 9 Win 9–0 Amir Mansour 2 (8), 9 Mar 2019 8 Win 8–0 Santino Turnbow TKO 1 (6), 22 Dec 2018 7 Win 7–0 Nick Jones KO 1 (6), 30 Sep 2018 6 Win 6–0 Curtis Harper DQ 1 (6), 24 Aug 2018 5 Win 5–0 Dell Long KO 1 (6), 26 May 2018 4 Win 4–0 Antonio Johnson KO 1 (6), 10 Mar 2018 3 Win 3–0 Rodney Hernandez TKO 5 (6), 4 Nov 2017 2 Win 2–0 Luke Lyons 1 (6), 21 Oct 2017 1 Win 1–0 Tyrell Herndon 1 (6), 30 Jul 2017