Itauma v Ajagba: It’s anybody’s game, depending on where the fight holds – Oboh

By Jacob Ajom

Former British and Commonwealth Light heavyweight boxing champion, Peter Oboh, has joined the fray successful the telephone for an all-Nigerian heavyweight clash betwixt the country’s foremost pugilists Efe Ajagba and rave of the infinitesimal Moses Itauma.

Ajagba, who represented Nigeria astatine the 2016 Rio Olympics, has changeable to the apical 10 successful the heavyweight people successful the satellite and is adjacent to challenging for a satellite title. He is simply a fearsome boxer with an intimidating grounds of 20 wins, 14 by knockout, 1 gully and 1 loss.

Itauma, connected the different hand, has been sensational. With 13 wins retired of 13 with 11 knockouts, helium is seen arsenic the adjacent king of the heavyweight class. A combat betwixt the 2 would beryllium monumental.

Speaking successful a caller interrogation successful Lagos, Itauma downplayed the imaginable of ever facing boxing fable Anthony Joshua but admitted that helium is unfastened to a imaginable clash with chap Nigerian prima Efe Ajagba successful the future.

This has excited Nigerian boxing enthusiasts who can’t hold to witnesser specified a historical lawsuit either connected Nigerian ungraded oregon anyplace other successful the world.

In his reaction, Oboh, who ruled the Commonwealth airy heavyweight part successful his day, said, Itauma whitethorn person been “too patriotic and sentimental” to person refused a imaginable duel against Joshua due to the fact that some of them are British-Nigerian.

“Yet I judge betwixt them, it volition beryllium easier for Itauma to bushed Joshua than to bushed Ajagba,” helium said, adding, “Joshua is successful the twilight of his career.”

Oboh said that a combat betwixt Ajagba and Itauma would person a monolithic interaction connected the representation of Nigeria successful the sporting representation of the world.

“The attraction of the satellite would person been drawn towards Nigeria. But I consciousness strongly, if the bout takes spot successful Nigeria, Ajagba volition win. However, if it holds successful Britain, Itauma would triumph due to the fact that helium would bask the vantage of the British assemblage and the boxing mafia,” helium said.

Oboh seized the accidental to nonstop words of encouragement to Balmoral Promotions, who organised the Independence Day Chaos successful the Ring Boxing Night successful conjunction with the Amir Khan Promotions.

“They did well. Should they proceed that way, Nigeria volition go the mecca of planetary boxing soon,” helium said.

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