Manchester – Junior welterweight prospect Adam Azim was forced to use his boxing brain to defeat Aram Fanyan with a ten round unanimous decision. The scores were 98-92, 100-90, 99-91.
Azim took the 9th victory of his professional career at only 21 years old.
Ben Shalom, BOXXER CEO and founder, said to Sky Sports after the fight: “Aram Fanyan, credit to him. He’s a serious operator. He’s better than European level. No other fighter that I know would be taking on tests like this early on in their career. But it’s about who he’s going into it, who he’s going to defend against. It’s the European title next, but a phenomenal performance on a massive stage.”
Fanyan started the fight very competitively, with all of the first five rounds being hard to call, but with Azim just about getting the best of them. Fanyan was confidently throwing combinations at the heavy-handed Azim early in the fight, using expert footwork and head movement to avoid the straight right hands Azim was throwing and have gotten him knockouts in the past.
Fanyan had a machine-like resilience to keep coming forward into the line of fire across the second half of the fight where Azim started to gain the upper hand in a more dominant manner.
Azim is now looking for even more challenging opportunities in the future.
Azim said to Sky Sports after the fight: “He was a good opponent. I’m only 21 and got into the ring with someone who’s had 25 fights. No one would do that at this age. I just proved I can go 10 rounds, I can hurt him, I can stay on the inside and learn from my mistakes. I think it’s a win-win.”