Having captured the WBO super-middleweight title on Saturday, Hamzah Sheeraz is eyeing up the biggest and best possible fights, and there is one bout on his mind which he believes will silence any doubters.
Sheeraz has impressed since moving up to the super-middleweight division, brutally dispatching of Edgar Berlanga with a fifth-round KO on his debut in a performance of the year candidate, before claiming the WBO title by halting Alem Begic inside two rounds this past weekend.
Now, Sheeraz is being linked to unification fights with WBA champion Jaime Munguia and the winner of Christian Mbilli against Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez for the WBC belt, but the Brit told Ring Magazine that a rematch with Carlos Adames is also of interest.
“100% [I want the rematch]. Because I don’t speak about it much and I don’t entertain his Twitter conversations and whatnot, people think ‘oh, he is closed to the idea of having that’, but listen, once the fight gets presented to me – we will go.
“It will be similar to the Berlanga fight, do you know what I mean? Where I shut up all of the critics and then I will be like, ‘Now what? What is next?’. It is just one of them, it’s nowhere I haven’t been before.”
Sheeraz’s controversial draw with Adames last year is the sole blemish on his 23-0-1 record and was the main reason behind his move up from the middleweight division, with the weight having had a clear impact on his performance in that contest.
Adames has announced that he will soon relinquish the WBC middleweight crown and follow Sheeraz up to the super-middleweight scene, opening the door for a return fight. The champion from the Dominican Republic has made no secret that he is targeting Sheeraz again, believing strongly that he should have come away with the win that night in February 2025 rather than retaining his belt via split draw.
