Fight night: Adam Azim takes on Santos Reyes in London on Saturday night
(Picture: Getty Images)Adam Azim takes the next step on his professional boxing journey in London tonight.
The highly-rated young super-lightweight prospect is bidding to move to 8-0 as he battles Santos Reyes in a Boxxer main event at Wembley Arena for the vacant WBA Continental belt.
Azim is one of Britain’s most precocious talents, taken the distance on his debut by Ed Harrison in 2020 before rattling off six successive dominant early stoppages including five in 2022 alone - the most recent a brutal second-round knockout of Rylan Charlton at Alexandra Palace in November.
That followed a string of three consecutive first-round demolitions of hopelessly overmatched opponents in Michel Daniel Cabral, Anthony Loffet and Connor Marsden, with KOs of Stu Greener and Jordan Ellison also on his record.
And ‘The Assassin’ from Slough is an overwhelming favourite to further showcase that mesmerising combination of sheer hand speed and raw power once again this evening against Reyes, who is also unbeaten at 12-0 but has never previously fought outside of his native Nicaragua.
Azim vs Reyes start time, venue and ring walks
Azim vs Reyes takes place tonight on Saturday February 11, 2023 at the OVO Arena Wembley, in north-west London.
The initial undercard is due to start at around 5.30pm GMT, with the main card at 8pm and star attraction taking place at approximately 10pm.
As ever those timings are subject to change, depending on the length of the undercard fights.
Azim vs Reyes undercard and running order
Tonight’s main card will also see Zak Chelli and American Anthony Sims Jr go head to head for the vacant WBA Continental super-middleweight title, while Viddal Riley is also in action at cruiserweight and Tyler Denny defends his English middleweight belt against Brad Pauls.
Caroline Dubois looks for her sixth straight pro win against Feriche Mashaury of Tanzania, with the initial undercard also featuring the likes of Ireland’s Stephen McKenna and Azim’s older brother Hassan.
Adam Azim vs Santos Reyes
Zak Chelli vs Anthony Sims Jr
Viddal Riley vs Anees Taj
Tyler Denny vs Brad Pauls
Caroline Dubois vs Feriche Mashaury
Jeamie ‘TKV’ Tshikeva vs Harry Armstrong
Jordan Reynolds vs Mohamed Cherif Benchadi
Stephen McKenna vs Brendon Denes
Hassan Azim vs Abdallah Luanja
Alireza ‘Razor Ali’ Ghadiri vs Hector Lozano
How to watch Azim vs Reyes
TV channel: In the UK, the main Azim vs Reyes card is available to watch live tonight from 8pm on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena.
Coverage of the undercard starts at 5:30pm on Sky Sports Boxing’s social and digital platforms.
Live stream: Those with a subscription can also watch the event live online via the Sky Go app.
Azim vs Reyes fight prediction
This is being billed as a step up for Azim with Reyes the only undefeated fighter he has faced in his short pro career so far.
But in reality, you can expect another early blitz of a little-known opponent with no experience fighting away from home as he continues to build his reputation with another fast and no doubt brutal knockout.
Azim is the real deal and a future star in the making. Get on the train early!
Azim to win via second-round knockout.
Azim vs Reyes weigh-in results
Both fighters tipped the scales at Friday’s weigh-in bang on the 10st (140lbs) super-lightweight limit.
Azim vs Reyes betting odds
Azim to win: 1/33
Reyes to win: 12/1
Draw: 33/1
Azim to win by KO or TKO: 1/7
Azim to win by points or decision: 6/1
Reyes to win by KO or TKO: 20/1
Reyes to win by points or decision: 25/1
