Dan Azeez: record, next fight and profile →
Light heavyweight contender Dan Azeez has confirmed that he a signed contract for a domestic showdown with fellow unbeaten Joshua Buatsi. Back in March, Azeez (19-0, 13 KOs) captured the EBU title with a TKO win over Thomas Faure in Paris.
Wasserman Boxing were the sole bidders for the fight for the vacant EBU female flyweight title between Brit Chloe Watson (5-0) and Justine Lallemand (9-2-1) from France, with a bid for 35,305 Euro to be split 50/50. Date and site is to be announced.
Promoter Ben Shalom of Boxxer is standing firm that light heavyweights Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez will collide in a WBA world title eliminator. BoxingScene.com reported last month that Buatsi and Azeez would face each other.
Ben Shalom is confident that Dan Azeez will be fighting Joshua Buatsi—not Dmitry Bivol—in his next fight. Confusion abounded earlier this month when a press release circulated stating that British countrymen Buatsi and Azeez would be fighting in a light heavyweight eliminator for the WBA belt, held by Russia’s Bivol, in the fall.
Dmitry Bivol is looking to get his career back on track after the fallout with Canelo Alvarez. Bivol, the light heavyweight titlist from Russia, had been in negotiations to fight Alvarez in a rematch of their 175-pound title fight last year, which Bivol won by unanimous decision. But the two sides were unable to come to terms. Earlier this
Joshua Buatsi and Dan Azeez could very well meet later this year. News of their fight being a done deal, however, was a surprise to everyone involved in such a fight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that talks are in place for a potential showdown between the pair of unbeaten light heavyweights and close friends. However, there is no deal yet in place, nor will the fight take place August 19 even if terms are agreed in the coming days or weeks.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has made it official that the WBA No. 1 world ranked light heavyweight Joshua Buatsi will face the WBA No. 2 world ranked light heavyweight Dan “Super” Azeez in the “WBA Light Heavyweight Final Eliminator.”
Belgian super bantamweight Geram Eloyan (9-4) defends the EU title against Italian Vincenzo La Femina (12-0) at the Alfasun Indoor Arena in Roosdal on Saturday (June 17). This is the first defense of the title he won earlier this year by beating Frenchman Florian Montels in France.
Less than 48 hours after knocking out local man Thomas Faure to win the European light-heavyweight title in Paris, Dan Azeez was at the foot of the Eiffel Tower asking other tourists to take a picture of him with his new belt.
Dan Azeez delivered a one-sided performance in his most significant title fight to date. The unbeaten Brit collected the European (EBU) light heavyweight title following a twelfth-round stoppage of France’s Thomas Faure. No knockdowns were scored in the contest, but Faure was battered throughout and was deemed unfit to continue at 0:50 of round twelve in their ESPN+/Canal+/Sky Sports televised co-feature Saturday evening at Zenith de Paris-La Villette in Paris, France.