{"id":299407,"date":"2023-11-14T22:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299407"},"modified":"2023-11-14T22:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T22:24:17","slug":"adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &apos;like a big brother&apos; ahead of title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Adam Azim describes Amir Khan as a &#8216;big brother&#8217; and reveals advice he has received from his childhood hero&#8230; as he tells The Hook he wants to be world champion in 2024<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adam Azim is aiming to become a European and world champion in the next year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>He tells Mail Sport that Amir Khan is guiding him as a &#8216;big brother&#8217; figure<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Khan takes us behind the scenes before a major fight: Hear it on The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adam Azim revealed how he has become &#8216;really good friends&#8217; with childhood hero Amir Khan, as he spoke on Mail Sport&#8217;s boxing podcast, The Hook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old is one of boxing&#8217;s rising stars and faces Franck Petitjean on November 18, for a shot at the\u00a0EBU European Super Lightweight title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In will be just his tenth fight and with a 100 per cent win record in his career so far, he spoke about his ambition to become world champion next year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If he defeats Petitjean, he will beat Spencer Oliver&#8217;s record of becoming European champion in 11 fights &#8211; the current record for the lowest number of bouts needed to earn that accolade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He hopes to emulate Khan&#8217;s achievement of being a world champion at 22 and, beyond that, could gun to match Khan&#8217;s success of being a unified champion by the age of 24.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/16\/77788155-12748465-image-a-17_1699977896873.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Adam Azim wants to be world champion next year and is drawing on Amir Khan for support\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/15\/77787591-0-image-a-3_1699976999837.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Khan has become a friend and mentor to Azim, having been a world champion at a young age<\/p>\n<p>On comparisons to his hero, he said: &#8216;It&#8217;s brilliant because he was the only British-Pakistani boxer to become world champion. He&#8217;s a massive name and he&#8217;s a legend for England. It&#8217;s an honour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want to become world champion. I want to become world champion in 2024. I&#8217;m putting everything into this fight and next year&#8217;s fight as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s like a big brother to me. I went to most of his fights when I was young. I used to be in the front row watching it with my dad and now we&#8217;ve become really good friends, more like family friends now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s always told me to stay focused, stay switched on, take the fights at the right time. If you have another fight, don&#8217;t get carried away. He came to the changing room and told me stick to your jab, keep winning the fights. There&#8217;s no need to rush and get the knockout &#8211; the knockout will come.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Azim speaks with the calm confidence befitting of an elite athlete without coming across as arrogant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of his conversation with The Hook is a recognition of where he has come from and a desire to pay back to those who have helped him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/16\/77788143-12748465-image-a-18_1699977920319.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Franck Petitjean stands in the way of Azim claiming his first European crowd in a record ten professional fights<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/15\/77787651-0-image-m-6_1699977098323.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Azim is a rising star in the boxing world, having won all nine of his professional fights to date\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/16\/77788227-12748465-image-a-19_1699977932828.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>His fight against Petitjean will test his credentials but Azim has an air of confidence about him<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;I thank my dad for giving me those hours at the back of the garage. I wouldn&#8217;t be here because of him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Every single fight is a learning fight for me. If I can get the knockout then that&#8217;s brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want to win the European title, that&#8217;s the main thing, and then hopefully do a defence. Then hopefully get a big name in Slough. Hopefully go back to my home town and get a main event there so everyone can come out. Get a washed-up name or something and knock him out! That&#8217;d be good!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He admits that he would take the opportunity to fight in Saudi Arabia with &#8216;both hands&#8217; and also delves into his struggles at school with ADHD, but to hear more of Azim&#8217;s insightful interview, you&#8217;ll have to head over to The Hook and give the episode a listen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12748465\/Adam-Azim-describes-Amir-Khan-big-brother-reveals-advice-received-childhood-hero-tells-Hook-wants-world-champion-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Azim describes Amir Khan as a &#8216;big brother&#8217; and reveals advice he has received from his childhood hero&#8230; as <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &amp;apos;like a big brother&amp;apos; ahead of title fight - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &amp;apos;like a big brother&amp;apos; ahead of title fight - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adam Azim describes Amir Khan as a &#8216;big brother&#8217; and reveals advice he has received from his childhood hero&#8230; as &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-14T22:24:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Adam-Azim-says-Amir-Khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dennis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/\",\"name\":\"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &apos;like a big brother&apos; ahead of title fight - Sportstons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-14T22:24:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-14T22:24:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boxing\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/boxing\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &apos;like a big brother&apos; ahead of title fight\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstons\",\"description\":\"sportstons.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Dennis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dennis\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &apos;like a big brother&apos; ahead of title fight - Sportstons","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &apos;like a big brother&apos; ahead of title fight - Sportstons","og_description":"Adam Azim describes Amir Khan as a &#8216;big brother&#8217; and reveals advice he has received from his childhood hero&#8230; as &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/","og_site_name":"Sportstons","article_published_time":"2023-11-14T22:24:17+00:00","author":"Dennis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Adam-Azim-says-Amir-Khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dennis","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/","name":"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &apos;like a big brother&apos; ahead of title fight - Sportstons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-14T22:24:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-14T22:24:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/adam-azim-says-amir-khan-is-like-a-big-brother-ahead-of-title-fight\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boxing","item":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/category\/boxing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Adam Azim says Amir Khan is &apos;like a big brother&apos; ahead of title fight"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/","name":"Sportstons","description":"sportstons.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Dennis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dennis"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}