{"id":816617,"date":"2026-10-28T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816617\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T15:38:09","slug":"adam-azim-briton-to-face-gabriel-gollaz-valenzuela-on-4-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816617\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Azim: Briton to face Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela on 4 December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">British light-welterweight Adam Azim is set to face Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela at London&#8217;s Copper Box on 4 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Azim last fought in May when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/ce8px2yx9g8o\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stopped Steve Claggett<\/a> in three rounds at Wembley Arena live on BBC Two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 24-year-old is undefeated in 15 professional fights, winning 12 by stoppage, while Mexico&#8217;s Valenzuela holds a record of 32 wins, five losses and one draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Sport understands the bout will serve as an IBF title eliminator, with the winner in line to challenge for the belt in early 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Azim, who made his professional debut in 2020, has won each of his last six fights by knockout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Valenzuela has lost two previous world title eliminator fights against Subriel Matias and Lindolfo Delgado in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 32-year-old has earned 18 of his 32 wins by stoppage, including a knockout win in his last fight in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British light-welterweight Adam Azim is set to face Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela at London&#8217;s Copper Box on 4 December.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}