Heavyweight contender Efe Ajagba (19-1, 14 KOs) crushed the hapless Joe Goodall (10-2-1, 9 KOs) in 4 rounds in the primary occasion, whereas light-weight contender Raymond Muratalla (19-0, 16 KOs) stole the present along with his eighth spherical TKO win over Diego Torres (18-1, 17 KOs) within the chief assist bout on Saturday night time on the BlueEvent Heart in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

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Within the headline attraction, Ajagba beat 31-year-old Aussie Goodall (10-2-1, 9 KOs) within the fourth spherical of a scheduled ten spherical struggle. The 6’6″ power-punching Ajagba staggered Goodall a few instances within the fourth, and was teeing on him with energy pictures, prompting referee Tony Weeks to maneuver in and waive it off. The time of the stoppage was at 0:50 of spherical 4.

Goodall had been damage within the third spherical however was capable of make it by way of the spherical. At first of the fourth, Ajagba jumped on Goodall and instantly damage him with a proper hand to the pinnacle. A short time later, he completed him off after trapping him towards the ropes.

Ajagba damage Goodall in spherical three with a few uppercuts however was unable to complete him in that spherical because of his lack of hand pace. Goodall nailed Ajagba with a proper to the pinnacle, adopted by a left that appeared to shake him up.

One bought the sense that if Goodall had gone for broke and unloaded a flurry of pictures, he would have gotten Ajagba out of there. He didn’t react effectively to the precise hand Goodall nailed him with, and it’s scary to think about what Deontay Wilder, Zhilei Zhang, Anthony Joshua, or Francis Ngannou would do to him.

Regardless of profitable, Ajagba appeared simply as gradual and robotic as he had two years in the past when he was overwhelmed by Frank Sanchez. The principle distinction is that Ajagba is throwing quite a lot of jabs, and he’s added an uppercut to his arsenal.

If Ajagba retains profitable, he might get a title shot by 2026 or 2027. It’s going to most likely take that lengthy as a result of Tyson Fury & Oleksandr Usyk could have all of the titles tied up in 2024 with their two fights.

In 2025, the obligatory challengers will need their pictures. Ideally. We might see two obligatory defenses get out of the best way, however most likely not. For High Rank’s sake, they’re higher off ready so long as potential earlier than they put Ajagba in a world title struggle as a result of he’s not prepared.

Even when Tyson Fury & Oleksandr Usyk are each retired by the point Ajagba fights for a world title, it’s nonetheless extremely unlikely he’ll seize a belt as a result of he’s too gradual, robotic, and flawed.

Ajagba is entertaining to observe, as he’s matched towards beatable opposition. You’ll be able to’t throw him in with somebody like Zhilei Zhang or Arslanbek Makhmudov and anticipate him to complete the struggle on his ft. Ajagba can be meals for them.

In the very best expertise on the cardboard, light-weight Raymond Muratalla (19-0, 16 KOs) schooled Diego Torres (18-1, 17 KOs), stopping him within the eighth spherical. The 26-year-old Muratalla dropped Torres within the eighth. After he bought again up, the referee stopped the competition.

The time was at 1:45. Torres didn’t look all that damage, however the referee had seen sufficient and possibly realized that Muratalla was going to proceed to pound him nonstop.

Tremendous featherweight Henry Lebron (19-0, 19 KOs) defeated William Foster III (16-1, 10 KOs) by a ten spherical majority determination. The scores had been 95-95, 96-94, and 99-91. Lebron did quite a lot of holding and was warned by the referee within the fourth.

Nevertheless, Lebron continued to carry the rest of the struggle, however the referee simply allowed it. With out the fixed clinching, Lebron would have quite a lot of punishment.

The 26-year-old southpaw Lebron appeared good, however he was too passive, and that made the struggle more durable than it ought to have been. Within the tenth, Lebron went on the assault for the primary time and appeared good.