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After a few rounds without much in the way of noteworthy action, it was soon apparent Adam Azim would engage in the long game against a former world champion who provided him the platform to display subtle improvements he’s made over the last year. The results, as promised last month, were punishing. Continue reading “Adam Azim’s punishing stoppage of Sergey Lipinets shows his growing maturity”
Ben Shalom and Sky have embraced Adam Azim as their fast rising star, which the 22-year-old’s head coach Shane McGuigan believes is justified and reinforced by the increased maturity from an ambitious contender eager to assert himself on the world scene – starting with a former champion Saturday. Continue reading “McGuigan hails Azim’s maturity before Lipinets test, Billam-Smith’s return set”
Activity and consistency is the key for Adam Azim in 2025, having promised to produce an emphatic display and announce himself on the world scene at 140-pounds when facing former IBF world light-welterweight titleholder Sergey Lipinets with the IBO world title available in BOXXER’s headliner on Feb. 1.
Continue reading “Azim-Lipinets presser: Slough rising star insists he’ll end Kazakh’s career on Feb. 1”
After an eight-month absence through a freak injury and other commitments, former EBU European light-welterweight champion Adam Azim has already tabbed his second fight in three-and-a-half months as the unbeaten contender bids to win IBO world gold at 140lbs against former IBF world titleholder Sergey Lipinets, headlining a BOXXER show at Wembley Arena on February 1. Continue reading “Adam Azim vs. Sergey Lipinets for IBO light-welterweight world title on Feb. 1”
After patiently continuing to climb boxing’s welterweight ladder, Jaron Ennis hopes 2022 is the year where he separates himself from the rest of the pack at 147lbs – revealing a burning desire to fight two or three times this year, with the end goal being a version of the world title. Continue reading “Rising welterweight star Jaron Ennis expecting busy 2022, targets world title push”
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Fresh from his sixth-round KO win over Sergey Lipinets on Saturday, blossoming welterweight contender Jaron Ennis (27-0, 25 KOs) knows while his latest victory was commendable, it probably hasn’t helped further aspirations of becoming a world champion by the beginning of 2022 – he might have to become a mandatory challenger to one of the division’s titlists first. Continue reading “Patience is the key: Jaron Ennis looking ahead after impressive Lipinets win”
Conor Benn needed just 80 seconds to retain his WBA Continental welterweight strap with a devastating TKO win over Samuel Vargas, proving the launchpad for a busy night of boxing across American soil as there were also big wins for two heavyweight prospects before 23-year-old welterweight talent Jaron Ennis earned a R6 KO vs. Sergey Lipinets in his main event debut.
Continue reading “Conor Benn’s brilliant R1 finish kickstarts busy night of boxing for prospects”
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