Ajagba vs Mansour

Who won Ajagba vs Mansour?

Efe Ajagba beat Amir Mansour by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 9th March 2019 at Dignity Health Sports Park in California.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Efe Ajagba.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Shawn Porter beating Yordenis Ugas for the WBC World Welterweight championship. Also, on the undercard Damien Vazquez lost to Juan Carlos Payano.

Ajagba vs Mansour stats

Back in March 2019, Efe Ajagba stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Amir Mansour made his way to the ring with a record of 23 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 16 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Ajagba had advantage in power over Mansour, with a 88% knock out percentage over Mansour's 70%.

Efe Ajagba was the younger man by 22 years, at 24 years old.

Ajagba had a height advantage of 4 inches over Mansour. That also extended to a 14-inch reach advantage.

Efe Ajagba fought out of the orthodox stance, while Amir Mansour was a southpaw.

Ajagba was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 20 year later than Mansour, whose first professional fight was in 1997. He had fought 47 less professional rounds, 83 to Mansour's 130.

Ajagba vs Mansour form

Ajagba had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Santino Turnbow on 22nd December 2018 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Barclays Center, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Nick Jones on 30th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Citizens Business Bank Arena, California.

Going into that contest, he had won against Curtis Harper on 24th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Minneapolis Armory, Minnesota.

Before that, he had beat Dell Long on 26th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Mississippi.

He had defeated Antonio Johnson on 10th March 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Freeman Coliseum, Texas.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Filip Hrgovic on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sergey Kuzmin on 27th November 2017 by knockout at Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Dominic Breazeale on 23rd January 2016 by knockout in the 5th round at Staples Center, LA, United States.

Before that, he had drawn with Gerald Washington on 13th October 2015 by split draw in their 10 round contest at Little Creek Casino Resort, Shelton.

He had lost to Steve Cunningham on 4th April 2014 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Liacouras Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Efe Ajagba had been fighting more than Amir Mansour.

Going to this contest, Efe Ajagba had last fought 2 months and 15 days ago, while Amir Mansour's last outing had been 6 months and 1 day ago.

Ajagba's last 5 fights had come over a period of 11 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Mansour's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 40 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

What time did Ajagba vs Mansour start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST at Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States, which was around 12:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Ajagba vs Mansour?

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