DALTON SMITH hopes to be combating in December however earlier than then one among his largest rivals faces the hardest check of his profession.
Subsequent month Adam Azim takes on Ohara Davies on the Copper Field in London and a win for Azim in opposition to the previous world-rated ‘Two Tanks’ Davies would enhance his document.
Azim had been European super-lightweight champion however vacated the title as a substitute of dealing with necessary challenger Smith which led to a backlash in opposition to Azim and his staff. Smith instructed Boxing Information he nonetheless hopes to battle for the now vacant EBU 140lbs belt in opposition to Jon Fernandez in December – a battle which had been initially scheduled for September 28 however was postponed when Smith withdrew attributable to damage.
Smith and Azim, nevertheless, are constructing a rivalry which is able to hopefully result in an enormous home conflict sooner or later however for now they proceed on their separate paths. In an interview with BN this week Smith gave his ideas on the October 29 conflict between Azim and Davies.
“Ohara’s clearly a great fighter, I simply suppose Adam might be too sharp, too quick, too younger for him,” Smith mentioned.
“The one fascinating factor is Ohara can clearly bang. If he is ready to land a clear shot on Adam it’ll be fascinating to see how he reacts to it however I might see Adam possibly getting the win inside 5 rounds.”
