BN: Fans would want to know why Adam Azim has vacated his European title instead of facing Dalton Smith. What’s your response?
Shalom: It was hard to make a decision, but we had to weigh up the options. Harlem Eubank was one of those options.
In his [Azim] career most people in and around boxing would know that the Dalton Smith fight doesn’t make sense for him at this stage of his career. From a financial point of view, from a development point of view, almost every point of view. Especially when there’s such attractive options on the table. Our interest is in Adam’s development and you get the opportunity to fight a Eubank, especially an unbeaten one.
Harlem’s had a fantastic couple of years where he’s really announced himself. This is as much about Harlem Eubank as it is about Adam Azim. We think it’s a huge fight and the right one for Adam next. The Fabio Wardley-Frazer Clarke scenario taught me that fights only…
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