If Devin Haney is on the lookout for an opponent later this summer time, Adam Azim has supplied his providers.
First, Azim has accepted a short-notice project to field Mexico’s Eliot Chavez this Saturday.
He containers Chavez on the undercard of Callum Simpson’s European title combat with Ivan Zucco at Oakwell stadium in Barnsley, reside on Sky Sports activities.
After beating former world champion Sergey Lipinets in February, this bout could possibly be a danger for Azim at this stage of his profession.
However the unbeaten former European champion does not see it that means. “I was always in the gym anyway,” he advised Sky Sports activities. “A few rounds of sparring right here and there, so again right here now.
“In boxing something can occur [but] in the event you’re all the time in fine condition, you possibly can all the time go right into a combat.
“It’s just another day in the office.”
Chavez has an early profession knockout over Mauricio Lara on his document. Lara did go on to beat each Josh Warrington and Leigh Wooden in more moderen occasions. Extra related, Chavez did field Harlem Eubank in 2022, going 9 rounds earlier than he was disqualified.
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The ringside view of Adam Azim’s knockdown and stoppage of Sergey Lipinets.
This combat shall be a pure level of comparability between Azim and Eubank. “If I stop him early, or stop him late, it shows the level that I’m on,” Azim mentioned. “That’s the plan. I’m going to box to get the knockout. I put on a great performance in my last one and I want to do the same in this one.
“He will come give it a go and that is what I would like.”
Azim is able to seize alternatives this yr. If Devin Haney is in want of an opponent, Azim would gladly step into the breach.
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Talking on Toe2Toe, Dalton Smith says a combat towards Adam Azim will occur however not till he has had his world title shot as Gary Logan has his say on the 2 fighters.
Haney, a former undisputed champion at light-weight and the WBC world titlist at super-lightweight, has seen a combat with Teofimo Lopez fall by means of. Azim has supplied his providers for a bout with Haney later in the summertime.
“I would fight Haney next week,” Azim mentioned. “I just feel he’s more moving around and doesn’t want to initiate attacks. He is a top-level fighter but I don’t think he’s the same fighter that he was before.
“If he is working on the backfoot, throwing one jab each two rounds, why not?”
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Adam Azim’s coach Shane McGuigan shared how he thinks his fighter would truthful if he had been to combat Dalton Smith, after calling him out following his win over Sergey Lipinets.
Azim believes Haney is missing the aggression and energy he wants at this weight.
“For me I can fight front foot and back foot,” the Briton mentioned. “Haney, I think he’s got enough power just to keep someone off, but I don’t think he has that one-punch power.
“However I feel if I used to be going to combat him I feel I might beat him with velocity.”
Watch Adam Azim combat Eliot Chavez this Saturday reside on Sky Sports activities.
