Dan Azeez retained his Lonsdale belt with a point win over a former belt holder.
Light-heavyweight belongs to Shakan Pitters.
Pitters are huge for the weight and Azeez had to work to narrow the range between them.
During his early stint at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, live exclusively on Sky Sports, the Pitters used effective top-right lane shots, a perfect shot against a smaller opponent moving forward. inside.
But he was counting on single shots, and as Azeez got close, he worked with hooks, cutting off the tall challenger, as part of the supporting cast in Liam Smith’s clash with former partner Hassan Mwakinyo.
Azeez grounded some solid jabs from the outside and then moved to close in on Pitters, who failed to keep the champion – who won the scorecards 117-111, 117-112 and 115-113 – after his stab.
Pitters were wearing hooks to try to get on the forefoot, but Azeez kept it and passed at the last minute with great work speed.
Meanwhile, Adam Azim scored his third straight goal in his first knockout match against late substitute Michel Daniel Cabral.
Azim, trained by Shane McGuigan, is widely regarded as one of the country’s most famous prospects and he is living up to his potential.
Azim had been scheduled to go 10 rounds with the Argentinian, but it ended in the first round with the 20-year-old, who stepped out to Gerry Marsden’s ‘You’re Never Walk Alone’, moving in 6-0 with quick five After two shots, the visitor failed to recover after a left hook to himself and a right hand to the head caused him to sink and could not pass the score, the referee called it minutes 54 seconds.
Ben Shalom, Boxxer CEO, spoke about his young responsibilities afterward but stressed that rushing him would be a mistake.
Talking to Sports skyhe say:
“The problem is that in England, he’s running across the country, nobody wants to go against him.
“Yes, of course, he will step up now, we want to see him in the big battles, but what do we do? He’s had 10 years doing this.
“He’s going to be a young, young world champion and we’re going to take our time.”
There was a winning streak for Frankie Stringer –– over four rounds as he went 2-0 up against Karl Sampson –– as well as Nathan Quarless, who beat his senior Tony Visic in the second round by a margin. 60-53 took the points, and debutant Clark Smith, while Scott Forrest kicked off the show with a third-round win over Dmitrij Kalinovskij. The Rotunda ABC-trained boxer, from Scotland, is currently leading 3-0 with three quick finishes after Gray requested a pause in action after 01:34 of the third of the six scheduled spans. .
But Diego Costa lost his dubious ledger when he fell short against a late replacement opponent.
The Brazilian was about to use John Docherty’s card, but was then dealt with in the 11th minute, when he faced a challenge from Musa Moyo.
The 26-year-old Zimbabwean, based in Leicester, was given the scorecard decision by referee Latham with a score of 58-56.
