Adam Azim ought to ignore the ‘public stress’ to take a British battle in opposition to Dalton Smith, says Sky Sports activities skilled Johnny Nelson.
The 22-year-old Azim takes one other sizeable step-up in school when he faces Sergey Lipinets, a former world champion, at Wembley Enviornment on Saturday night time, stay on Sky Sports activities.
Smith sparked extra requires a showdown with Azim after a first-round stoppage of Walid Ouizza final weekend.
However Nelson has instructed Sky Sports activities: “Adam needs to concentrate on his business, because if you try to match the performance of an adversary then what happens is it affects your own performance.
“Adam wants to remain in his personal lane, do what he does properly.
“Dalton Smith, we see his class in his performances, we see how good he’s. However Adam is bettering consistently all through.
“Proper now, Adam can ignore him [Smith].
“He can ignore the pressure of the public and say, ‘I’m doing my own journey and we’ll cross paths eventually.’
“It is the stress from the general public that makes fights too early or too late in a profession. Adam is able the place if I used to be him, I’d develop, as a result of no-one is thrashing him ultimately.
“If I was Dalton’s people, I’d keep the pressure on, publicly try to embarrass him and put the squeeze on him. That’s what Dalton is doing.”
Coach Shane McGuigan has described Azim as a ‘famous person’ and believes he can emulate the achievements of American stars corresponding to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Ryan Garcia.
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“Shane knows Adam and he knows what will inspire him,” Nelson instructed Sky Sports activities. “He knows what he’s capabilities are.
“A few of it’s showmanship and ‘my fighter can do X,Y,Z’, however Shane McGuigan would not strike me as a coach who over extends himself.
“Just because these are big names, people think it’s an impossibility for Adam, because you’re not used to these names being used in the same sentence.
“However why not? Adam is an efficient fighter and all he is completed is develop, however as a result of these guys are huge names in America, it doesn’t suggest you possibly can write them off.
“If you talk about it now, it becomes a reality in maybe 18 months or two years – that’s what Shane is doing. The way Adam is going, that’s why he is talking him up.”
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