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Dan Azeez, the British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight champion, is relishing the excitement that his weight class is generating.
Azeez is a former sparring partner of Artur Beterbiev and, from his training camp in Florida, was an interested observer of the unified champion's thrilling battle with Anthony Yarde last weekend.
"It was toe to toe, action-packed, I think Yarde can really hold his head high," Azeez told the Toe2Toe podcast. "It was a really good fight.
"When [Yarde] landed good shots he didn't try to just jump on him. He pressed at the right time. He tried to take his foot off the gas at the times that he needed to," Azeez continued.
"He just got beat by the better guy."
From sparring Beterbiev, Azeez knows first-hand what makes him so effective.