Adam Azim went 10 rounds for the primary time in his profession however in the end took a dominant victory over Nicaragua’s Santos Reyes.
Azim was a shutout winner, 100-89 for all three judges, after placing Reyes down within the second spherical and controlling the competition all through.
Azim has shot to prominence changing into probably the most thrilling prospects in UK boxing as he introduced type, velocity and venomous punching to bear in his seven consecutive knockout wins main as much as this conflict with Nicaragua’s Reyes.
See how Adam Azim beat Santos Reyes by unanimous choice in Wembley to increase his unbeaten run to eight fights.
In this bout although, he was taking over the primary unbeaten opponent of his skilled profession.
“Starboy” Reyes raised an arm as he made a low-key entrance. Bouncing from foot to foot in his nook as he was introduced, the Nicaraguan regarded completely calm. Azim, in distinction, paced back and forth, desperate to get to work with the group already roaring him on.
Reyes touched Azim to the physique within the first spherical. But early on Azim was controlling the space between them. He let his opponent’s jab fall brief, then let Reyes swing at empty air earlier than his personal proper blasted to physique.
Twice Reyes took straight one-twos on his gloves and Azim redirected his assault again to the physique.
Still Reyes stored that guard tight without any consideration hook clapped in opposition to his glove.
Azim’s breakthrough got here within the second spherical. Reyes stepped ahead and a proper streaked in, hitting him flush on the chin. The pressure of that shot wobbled Reyes backwards and he toppled over.
But the sport “Starboy” beat the depend and held on to Azim in a clinch, making it by way of to the bell.
Reyes caught to his defences within the subsequent spherical, solely opening up with a momentary flurry. In the fourth, Azim hit the physique with a proper, then a left hook. He jabbed excessive and scraped his proper hook throughout Reyes’ abdomen. He left then smacked into the top.
But he hadn’t dented Reyes’ willpower completely. The Nicaraguan jabbed to the chest within the fifth spherical, simply to get a grip on the space himself. For a second he beckoned Azim in together with his left. He allowed himself a smile, as he denied Azim the early knockout that had been anticipated.
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Adam Azim floored Santos Reyes within the second spherical
He hadn’t come near successful the spherical although, as Azim completed the fifth uncorking proper hooks.
Reyes stored a strained smile on his face within the closing levels of the sixth spherical. By going into the seventh he had taken Azim additional than any earlier opponent had managed.
Azim landed an enormous proper uppercut, a countering shot, that Reyes needed to swallow. He teed off with left hooks and in a clinch turned to his nook to nod as he obtained an instruction from coach Shane McGuigan.
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Adam Azim fires off his speedy lead left
Reyes stayed resolute and stabbed in his left to land his finest shot of the battle.
He did not disrupt Azim’s dominance. In the ninth spherical, Azim edged again and blasted his proper in as quickly as he noticed Reyes’ defence open up.
He continued to work at Reyes within the tenth and final spherical, hammering a left hook into his head and repeating that shot to shake up the Nicaraguan.
Reyes leaned again beneath a proper cross. But he was undeterred. He completed throwing photographs, that Azim slipped simply however that noticed Reyes by way of to going the complete distance.
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Adam Azim managed the space as he overwhelmed Reyes
What they mentioned
Adam Azim on Sky Sports:
“There’s an earthquake occurring. I’d wish to take a second to say that my coronary heart goes out to them.
“I fee my efficiency, in all probability like an eight out of 10. He was very powerful.
“After the primary shot I landed on him and he dropped, I assumed he was gone.
“I landed that proper on the button.”
After beating Santos Reyes by unanimous choice, Adam Azim says the Nicaraguan was a tricky opponent to face.
Trainer Shane McGuigan on Sky Sports:
“It was positively what we needed.
“We obtained a knockdown, he obtained rounds, he obtained expertise. He obtained a man that had a good guard and pushed him again.
“He learnt tempo the rounds as properly, so these are all of the issues we’re doing within the gymnasium however really obtained to showcase on the dwell stage.”
