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WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames (24-1-1, 18 KOs) and #1 Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs) battled to a extremely questionable 12-round cut up draw on Saturday night time that has followers offended over what they witnessed on this battle at The Venue in Riyadh.
Adames dominated Hamzah from begin to end in a one-sided battle. It was nonstop stress from Adames, who nailed Sheeraz with physique pictures and punches to the top. The punches that Sheeraz, 6’3″, was throwing had been badly telegraphed and simple for the extra skilled Adames to keep away from.
Adames cemented followers’ present view of Hamzah Sheeraz, exposing him as a hype man who was by no means pretty much as good as naive followers believed. Sheeraz got here into the battle with a document of 21, crammed with weak British-level opposition, and he was completely out of his class in opposition to Adames. Many individuals see this because the weakest hyperlink of the champions at 160.
If Hamzah had chosen IBF and WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly or WBA champ Erislandy Lara, he wouldn’t have seen the ultimate bell.
Domination Goes Unrewarded
Followers on social media overwhelmingly seen the outcomes as a theft, and it tarnished the cardboard. I scored the battle 117-111 for Adames, however 118-110 was extra honest.
The scores
115-114: Sheeraz118-110: Adames114-114
After the battle, Sheeraz’s promoter stated he had a busted hand, however he struggled your complete battle. So, if Hamzah did endure a hand harm, it will need to have occurred within the first spherical.
“He broke his hand. He has a busted hand. You could see in the fight something wasn’t quite right,” stated promoter Frank Warren to TNT Sports activities Boxing about his fighter, Hamzah Sheeraz after his controversial draw in opposition to WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames on Saturday night time in Riyadh.
“I feel that’s a good reflection of the battle, to be fairly trustworthy. One of many judges, I don’t know the place he was at together with his scoring. He’s [Hamzah] 23 years of age. I feel he’s struggling on the weight in that battle. I used to be him on the weigh-in. He could transfer up. I’m unsure about that. We’ll have a dialogue about that.
“We could maybe get a rematch. We’ll wait and see what happens. He done well moving up against a good fighter. A lot of people didn’t fancy him. I think he gave a good account of himself, especially with a busted hand,” stated Warren.
