I’M READY FOR AZIM! 👀 Dalton Smith tells Simon Jordan he wants Adam Azim fight! 🔥

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Troy you love your boxing the man Jordan loves his boxing and we are thrilled to Welcome to the studio here in the 17th floor of the news building the three of us becomes the four of us because entering the three is British and Commonwealth super lightweight champion

Dalton Smith dton good afternoon to you good afternoon to you boys um you know thank you for having me on it’s a pleasure um first time here and yeah looking forward to it you have nothing to worry about um it is great to have you on board and D let’s talk what you

Are doing you are going places of that there is no doubt anyone with a record of 16 and0 and 12 of them Kos you’re doing the business you took care of business by knocking out Joseph zapeta in round five in Sheffield last Saturday how was it the experience the fight how

Was it for you yeah it was massive um you know great performance I can’t I needed that to you know step up the level stamp my name down in the you know the the division in for me what’s in one of the most competitive divisions so you

Know big performance in my hometown you know great atmosphere and you know a great finish to to top it off I mean I’m I’m sitting looking at Troy he was fighting four days ago not a mark on you ready to go a he yeah he makes a change

I usually come out with a few cuts and stuff so he’s probably the most dangerous man I’ve been him with and the you know the less damage I’ve took so yeah I’m happy with that I said to I shouldn’t say to you mention this I’m going to I mentioned to Simon D Smith

Joining us you said great great looking forward to that I mean you you are upbeat about what this man may end up achieving he’s doing all right so far Simon yeah I’m upbeat about this division I’m upbeat about the various you know British participation in it and the opportunities that are there you

Know obviously I I’m very close with Ben Shalom at times and I’ve watched Adam aim and Adam at times at times um Adam aim and watch his progress and the noise has been a little bit about Adam and not about Dalton whereas Dalton’s performances have been probably more

Significant and and ultimately with the results that he’s got against a world recognized fighter in Jose zida it becomes a different sort of noise everybody knows that watch his follows boxing with any degree of understanding knows that that dton Smith is a serious Contender for opportunities in the

Future and a lot of noise has been made about Adam and rightly so but it’s good noise because you want British fighters to be built up but we’re now at a stage where potentially these two boys are on a collision course um and it’s an interesting one because if I’m Adam

Aim’s manager I’m I’m not sure that I would want to take this fight just yet yeah would you be ready for him now do he’s ready for him yeah of course 100% I’m ready and I think I proved that on Saturday night okay um Eddie Heron’s been interesting on this he Echoes that

Uh maybe it’s a Zan Ben chalom who’d be worried this was Heron listen I haven’t got too much to say to Adam aine other than I dare you I dare you to fight Doran Smith the w UBC silver Champion the British boxing Board of control have ordered it the European title have

Ordered it your belt there is no reason that you won’t fight this man other than he’s too good but what we want to do is we want to chase the world championship but we will drop back down the levels to fight Adam aim if we have to give

Sheffield a big fight okay the levels three or four levels but it’s okay listen with all due respect Adam aim tremendous fighter right now couldn’t lace this man’s boots we’re going for the world championship get out of the way we’re coming through b BOS how did you feel standing beside

Him when he was coming out with that um you know I wouldn’t expect anything less from Ed you know that’s you know that’s why he’s one of the best promoters in the world um and you know when he’s got confidence in one of his Fighters he

Will speak for them and you know that’s what Eddie’s done that’s what Eddie does you know like I said I’m not one to you know talk crap you know I I like to be you know when the fighters get in there do and do do my fighting in the ring but

Of course after performance like that and all the talk and hype around uh me and Adam aim of course people want answers well right I mean Eddie’s saying aim couldn’t L your boots could he there’s one way to find out and that’s it’s a fight is it what do you

Think you you know Adam is him I don’t think that um um you you you fight the way Eddie Hearn suggests you fight you you do what you want to do when you think it’s right for you to do it so if there is a situation where one Fighters

Had 16 fights and is more experienced one’s 21 and one’s 27 one’s at 11 there is a probability that one’s going to have more opportunity to develop their craft better so if I’m Adam aim this is me speaking and not Ben Shalom Adam aim I’m looking at it going I’ll get to you

I’m the European Champion you’re the British champion right and Eddie Eddy H’s doing his job he’s doing precisely what he should do he’s creating a narrative C you know I dare you okay I’m going to run my business the way you want me to no I’m going to run my

Business if I’m Ben Shalom or Adam AUM the way I want to and I’ll get to you when I get to you and if I feel that I need another fight in between then and then that’s what I’ll do and you’ll keep in the same way that Fraser Clark um had

To take what he feels is an indignation about about the the situation with Fabio wardley he’s got to Fabio wardley now he’s got fight now we had two more fights that got experienced now with due respect to Dalton Dalton is in my view a slightly more experienced and more

Polished fighter than Adam aim is but he’s had 16 fights he’s had five fights more yeah he’s also six years older and six years wiser and that’s not me making an excuse for Adam there’s also a flip side to me that wants to see the best fighters fight the best and if you’re

Big if you’re good enough you’re ready so Adam thinks he’s good enough but it’s also about matchmaking Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn and different guyses will sit here in a different conversation when it suits their narrative and say well I’ll get my fighter ready and he’ll

Beat this fell when he’s the he’s the best version of him so it’s all about balance yeah it’s all about balance I get it I mean if it’s not aim who would you fancy shaping up to next on of course is you know the you know the

Bigger the fights that’s what I want to be a part of and you know I’ve I’ve said I want to get to the end of my career on all the traditional belts I’ve got the English I’ve won the British Commonwealth the only 20 to win now is a

European and a world title so you know of course it’d be nice to win the European Adam asim’s a champion that’s that’s why it makes sense there but of course we need an answer whether you know Adam’s going to take the fight or vacate like I say it’s nothing personal

Between me and Adam boxing’s a business and like you say if I want the European title Adams the champion and but you can’t sit there and be like and not give us no answers you take the fight or you vacate the title I agree you know it’s Adam needs more

Fights it’s not it’s not the right time for him right now and like I say I don’t want to speak and be disrespectful on Adam because he’s showing me respect and he’s a respectful guy but boxing’s a business and sure when there’s something there what I want to win and go go out

And Achieve yeah you’ve got you’ve got to be outspoken about it how do you view the division your division right now uh when when you look at it Deon Haney Jack C Ryan Garcia I mean are you far off from any of those names um definitely

Not and you know I think that fight on Saturday night was was the fight to you know put myself in that league and and Jose is not a sliding fighter either he’s only lost at World level and against for me some of the pound-for-pound fighters um so for me he was a very

Strong durable opponent but the 140b division for me is the most competitive weight you’ve got all the big stars there the most talent and there’s some big fights to be made down the line there are I mean Taylor’s fighting Catal eventually uh they’re doing it again it’s been suggested you might fight the

Winner would you be ready for that you’d be you’d be G for that of course and it’s like he said the performance Saturday night’s proven I belong at that level and I’m nowhere near even into my Prime yet and like over the next couple of years I feel that’s where I’m going

To come into my Prime and and these are the big fights to be made who who wins it Taylor or catel for me the first fight um catell should have been the winner and it was you know the same and and the same opinion for a lot

Of people but it’s just good and and for me as a fan as well I’m glad it’s on to to see it again and you know I do think catell will win win the fight again I think it will be a closer fight I think it will be a different Josh Taylor

Turning up but you and I do favor Cal in that fight do you samon where you know I can’t remember how you’re feeling about this the same time my view was that that the Josh tayor performance in the everyone talks about the weight and the difficulty for Josh is the weight and

Josh it’s adamant he can make the weight if he can make the weight comfortably then Josh Taylor a year 18 months ago was being considered a pound-for-pound great yeah or potential so that doesn’t go away if the weight issue is a real issue then Jack Hatchell will win it if

It isn’t then I think that ultimately Josh Taylor knows what Jack Hatchell brings I think Jack’s in a different than he was in the first fight but I think it’s a fascinating fight I think it’s a brilliant fight and where is Dalton at this moment in all of this for

You he’s got the reasons why I’m sightly reticent for on behalf of Adam aim without any allegiances here is that the momentum is here his momentum is good it’s moment time Adam’s winning fights but not the way he was winning them when he starting to step up through the

Classes and you’re seeing him not quite achieve the levels the people that will make the decision won’t be bench on it’ll be the mcwiggins they’ll decide whether they think Adam aim is ready to fight dton Smith and if they think he is they’ll fight if not they’ll fight a bit

Further down the line and if he has to vacate his Ebu belt to do that then that’s what he’ll do but he’s got all the momentum with him he’s got all the opportunity it’s a great Division and I I I wouldn’t be surprised if dton goes

And wins a world sugar Troy what you thr in is there a point right just so it’s a random question I just thinking is there a point when you you get too focused on one way so everyone’s talking about Adam and you go like this is how I want to do

It because I want to win a European that you waste too much time on that is there ever a time when you just go right that’s just not meant to be I’m going this way is that how it works in boxing of course like so it’s a random question

I apologize like you can’t sit around for too long on a fight because you boxing like it’s the same football it’s a short career um time’s not on the side you’ve got to make things happen but you’ve got to look for the biggest the biggest opportunities and the biggest

Fights what people want yeah and for me right now the most talked about fight is Adam Asim to be fair to you you haven’t called it it’s been ordered yes exactly exactly it’s an ordered fight and even for my buildup for the Jose a Peta fight

For me that was my biggest fight it was um you he a dangerous fighter but the the the fight what got talked about the most was me and Adam aim yeah no one seen the challenge what was in front of me and I said it before Jose zapa was a

A harder fight for me but people was overlooking that and talking about the Adam as in fight so it’s you’ve got to stay focused on what’s in front there’s been silence though from Shalom about um as him has not doesn’t he doesn’t dance to Dalton’s tune does he doesn’t have to

Dance to any any we in need to know situation I’m sure’ll do what they want to do when they want to do in the same way that if Ben Shalom was say it tell tell what Eddie Eddie Hearn should do I’d be saying the same thing you know

You get off Brown noosing the sais get on with what you’re doing right and Ben will run his business all right D Smith is with us don’t stay with us ignore him