ADAM Azim reckons fans will witness an improved, more mature performer in the ring against Ohara Davies on Saturday evening. The Slough prospect, 11-0 (8 KOs), is looking to take another steady step towards world-class in the Copper Box Arena headliner.

โ€œMy personal opinion is, just from looking at the fight back in February, I’ve changed most of my stuff because I know what I did wrong. There’s a lot of stuff I’ve changed. Thanks to the McGuiganโ€™s Gym for getting me this fight,โ€ he told Sky Sports at the midweek media event.

โ€œI’m getting better every single time. My learning is coming from the gym. I learn every single day from the gym. And obviously, a big up to all the other coaches and all the team I have there. It’s just like, as a man, I’m maturing because I know how to handle things now. It’s not just from the boxing perspective.โ€

Azim will need to be on his game if he is to deal sufficiently with Davies, who has mixed with a higher level of opposition and is out to prove that he is more than just a stepping stone to the next level.ย 

At just 22, Azim is still growing into his 140-pound frame, but with a European title already on the CV, โ€˜The Assassinโ€™ is a target for plenty of his contemporaries. They will have to contend with a more seasoned operator if and when he eventually meets some of them.

โ€œIt’s just me as a person. I’m just maturing as a man. This is me developing as a man now,โ€ Azim confidently explained.