Adam Azim: I might take each Harlem Eubank and Dalton Smith in a single evening! | Barry McGuigan: ‘Smith fights scared’ | Boxing Information

Adam Azim knocked out Ohara Davies on Saturday, and took him out for a meal the next day.

Azim excelled in a powerful exhibiting in opposition to Davies on the Copper Field in London and believes that efficiency exhibits he’s prepared for an additional step up in school, and his different home rivals.

He was near preventing Harlem Eubank earlier this 12 months and has lengthy been linked to a bout with Sheffield’s Dalton Smith.

“I’ll take both of them in one night,” Azim informed Sky Sports activities. “It will just be a pure boxing masterclass. I’ll fight both of them and I know it ain’t going to go four rounds.

“Them two hold clearly buzzing off my title. I do not actually buzz from their names, however as a result of they hold speaking about me I’ve bought to speak about them as properly.

“The Harlem Eubank fight’s still there. The Dalton Smith fight’s still there. There’s so many fights on the horizon, but it’s whether the timing is right. I could fight a former world champion as well, so these are the step-ups I need.”

Azim confirmed new dimensions to his boxing in his most up-to-date outing.

“You guys have seen a lot of new stuff I did in the fight. Long-range, inside work, mid-range, countering from inside. It was all in the full package,” he mentioned.

“My tactics were really good the first three rounds, I knew I had the fight after that, but anything can happen in boxing. One punch can change anything, so I had to be really switched on.

“Ohara Davies is a giant banger as properly, so he can punch. Every little thing was on monitor.

“It was a very, very good performance by me. It was a very tough fight as well, so it was not an easy fight.”

Azim has recognized Davies for a few years and has all the time had respect for him. They even went for a meal the day after their combat.

“We did have a Nando’s the next day. We went out, I did pay for it,” Azim mentioned.

“It was a good step up, a good victory and it was a good day.”

‘Dalton Smith fights scared’

Barry McGuigan, former world champion, boxing legend and father of Azim’s coach Shane, has been following the fighter’s progress as intently as anybody.

McGuigan is adamant that Azim is a risk to anybody within the super-lightweight division.

“Punches you don’t see are the punches that knock you out and he’s so quick that he can hit with six punches before you bless yourself. He’s amazingly fast,” he mentioned of Azim.

“We’re working on basically making him walk guys down because we know he can box and move and fight defensively. So Shane has been working particularly hard on making him fight up close, blocking and slipping and any world-class fighters will tell you that is a skill on its own.”

The rivalry with Smith will proceed to develop and McGuigan is assured that could be a combat Azim will win.

“Adam is too good for Dalton Smith. Dalton’s a very good fighter, don’t get me wrong. But he fights scared,” McGuigan informed Sky Sports activities.

“He boxes nervously as if he’s not confident. He doesn’t fight aggressively. He boxes. He holds and waits and waits. And that’s a very good tactic against particular styles of fighters. We’re absolutely convinced that Adam will not just beat Dalton Smith, he’ll beat any of them in that weight division.

“[Dalton Smith] is gifted no query, arguably ought to have fought for a world title by now. Being sensible after they’re each world champions, that is when the combat actually impacts and that is when it has an enormous quantity of attain.

“Shane will not be rushed. We know how to make champions. We know how to train them, we know how to develop them, we know how to make them.

“We consider that he’ll be prepared when he is prepared and we’ll make that call.”