Adam Azim, who fights on Saturday, discusses how books, a media trainer and targeting a Pakistani audience is helping his boxing career.
With Smith demolishing Walid Ouizza, it’s Azim’s turn to keep building in the division, before attention turns to Jack Catterall’s latest endeavour
Claressa Shields chose to fight in her hometown, a once-powerful city that has taken a series of hits, over opportunities to be the headliner on a boxing card in New York, Las Vegas or Detroit. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-division champion is facing top-ranked contender Danielle Perkins for the undisputed heavyweight title on Sunday night in Flint, Michigan. “This fight could have been anywhere in the world from the Barclays Center to T-Mobile and to the LCA,” Shields said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press.