Adam Azim is going through his fears one after the other.
These embrace sharks, heights and sitting down quietly to learn a ebook.
Sergey Lipinets, nevertheless, shouldn’t be listed amongst them. Azim fights the previous world champion, a harmful and seasoned veteran, tonight at Wembley Area, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
“No worry of Lipinets. Any opponent I face, I respect them, I extremely respect them however after I get in that ring, I swap. Straight into focus,” Azim informed Sky Sports activities.
A take a look at how Adam Azim and Sergey Lipinets made weight for after failing on the first try.
The boxer is a person of motion. However he’s attempting to higher himself. He is working to enhance his communication expertise as he prepares for sporting stardom, and he is doing that by studying, beginning off with Harry Potter.
“Studying a ebook, there’s a variety of considering course of studying a ebook. I’ve received ADHD. It is truly laborious to sit down nonetheless. I’d learn a few pages, I’d swipe on telephone, learn one other couple of pages,” Azim defined.
“I believe I would somewhat have a combat than sit and skim a ebook. Studying a ebook is typically annoying.
“It is a huge problem for myself as effectively as a result of if I wish to get higher at English I’ve received to learn and be a talker,” he added. “I by no means used to pay attention.
“I’ve to do stuff out of my consolation zone to make myself a greater individual generally.”
Adam Azim speaks forward of his bout with Sergey Lipinets and the way studying Harry Potter books has helped him step exterior his consolation zone.
He intends to maintain on conquering his fears. “I love to do scary stuff,” Azim mentioned. “I’ve completed the skydiving. I hate heights. I hate heights to bits but it surely was one thing on the bucket record I wished to do.
“I’ll do others like scuba diving or one thing. One factor I hate is sharks…”
However performing within the boxing ring, below the lights in entrance of hundreds of spectators, and in opposition to an all-action fighter who has fought a number of the finest within the sport, doesn’t hassle him.
“It is going to be an amazing combat. Lipinets is clearly a former world champion and the one manner that he’ll combat is coming ahead,” Azim mentioned.
“He will try to use that strain in opposition to me. However I do like individuals who come at me.
“I have been coaching actually laborious for this combat,” he added. “Sergey, he’ll put every thing into it. As a result of he is received that have, he’ll come give it a go. I do know for certain that that is going to be a extremely good combat.”
Adam Azim insists he is totally targeted on his combat with Sergey Lipinets and is not enthusiastic about potential future bouts with Gervonta Davis or Ryan Garcia.
Lipinets himself had a warning for Azim. “He is in the best way of my belt,” the Kazakh, who is set to develop into a two-time world champion, informed Sky Sports activities. “He is solely 22 years outdated and he hasn’t fought at a degree like mine.
“Many champions did not take the combat with me as a result of it is laborious,” he added. “It is a large step as a result of I’ve fought with good fighters like Mikey Garcia, [Jaron] Ennis, and we are going to see what his degree is. I believe he desires to examine this too. Is he on a champion’s degree or not but?
“I respect that he isn’t scared to take this combat, as a result of it is a laborious combat. And we are going to see if he is prepared for this combat or if it is a large mistake.”
Azim is satisfied that he’s certainly prepared. “Every combat I am bettering on a regular basis. I really feel like this combat I will present my full package deal as a world-class athlete. And I really feel like that is my time to shine.”
He desires to make use of this contest to show that he’s a world champion in ready.
Check out highlights of Adam Azim’s subsequent opponent as he faces veteran Russian fighter Sergey Lipinets. Credit score: ProBox TV
“That is my principal aim for this combat. I wish to do a greater job on him than ‘Boots’ [Ennis, the IBF welterweight world champion]. The best way that ‘Boots’ beat him was truly with pace and I’ve received pace. To get him on the market could be good,” Azim mentioned.
“Hopefully do it faster than six rounds.”
If Azim would possibly learn books to problem himself in addition to looking for out different exams for his leisure time, he’ll nonetheless unwind after this subsequent combat. That may embrace reconnecting along with his newly acquired pet goat.
“The goat, I’ve not seen it for some time. It has been within the farm, he is getting fed, he is getting greater,” Azim smiled.
“He saved working away from me, out of my arms. Began to calm down. He is nonetheless somewhat child… Hopefully he will get greater and I can take him out for a stroll perhaps.
He added: “I wish to be the GOAT*. So I needed to get a goat.”
(*The Best of All Time.)
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