{"id":699905,"date":"2026-05-28T18:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699905\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:56:09","slug":"azim-vs-claggett-trainer-shane-mcguigan-says-briton-most-talented-fighter-he-has-trained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699905\/","title":{"rendered":"Azim vs Claggett: Trainer Shane McGuigan says Briton most talented fighter he has trained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Azim&#8217;s blistering hand speed and sharp combinations have marked him out as a standout prospect in British boxing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He is currently ranked seventh with both the IBF and WBO and had been scheduled to face Gustavo Lemos in January before an injury forced the fight to be cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">American Richardson Hitchins has recently vacated his IBF belt following a move up in weight and his signing with Zuffa Boxing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Following that decision, the IBF has ordered number one challenger Mexico&#8217;s Lindolfo Delgado to face Canada-based Russian Arthur Biyarslano for the vacant title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Promoter Ben Shalom said a &#8220;statement win&#8221; on Saturday could land Azim a shot against the winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We believe he can become a world champion this year and it doesn&#8217;t happen without a win on Saturday night,&#8221; Boxxer&#8217;s Shalom said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is the biggest fight. This is the one before we believe he will fight for a world title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is his toughest test against a guy in great form, coming off two knockout wins who has a lot more experience than Adam, and he&#8217;s going to really stick it on him.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Azim&#8217;s blistering hand speed and sharp combinations have marked him out as a standout prospect in British boxing.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-699905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}