Heavyweights Efe Ajagba (18-1, 13 KOs) and Joe Goodall (10-1-1, 9 KOs) faced off at the final press conference for their ten round clash this Saturday at Tahoe Blue Event Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Ajagba and Goodall fought as amateurs, with Goodall earning a decision in the semifinals of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Nearly 10 years later, the two are ready to settle the score.
Efe Ajagba: “We sparred each other a long time ago. And I lost to him in the Commonwealth Games in 2014. So, that’s the guy I lost to. This fight will be a rematch for me. This fight means a lot to me because of that loss…I’m going to come as a beast in the ring. I’m going to come with everything, the training, the sparring, everything I did. I’ve been knocking people out in sparring. I’m going to put all of that in the fight.”
Joe Goodall: “Without giving away too much, his only loss was to Frank Sanchez. I watched that fight. Frank’s movement was pretty good in that fight. I don’t want to say that I’ll copy him, but there are some things in that fight that I can implement. But once again, we’ve sparred before. We know each other well. So, it’s about executing the plan on fight night.”
Go Efe! Top rank tried to lay you out by fighting the guy that Anderson was supposed to fight and you turned it on them. I can only hope that if you get to fight Anderson that you knock his butt out.
Will be interesting to see where Effe is at. Maybe the Sanchez fight was too early when they fought. Anderson is the level Effe should be competative at.
Yep! Still REALLY don’t know where Ajagba is. Clearly he’s behind Sanchez, but has he improved or regressed. HOPEFULLY next year TopRank starts to matchup some of those heavyweights that they have. Anderson, Makhmudov, Jalolov etc. could all be fights for Ajagba.
Very true! Seems like his career really has progressed like Anderson’s! I’m sure it’s because he’s limited in so many areas unlike Big Baby!!
Would love to see Ife vs Anderson.
Sanchez is too good for all of them. Sanchez is ready for Usyk
Goodall by mid round KO.
Possibly
sparring partners fighting each other the winner might get a good fight who knows?
This is a good ass match up. Ife not fighting Tomato cans. I have to tip my hat off to him.