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Journalist Thomas Hauser reveals that Hamzah Sheeraz’s efficiency in his 12-round cut up draw towards WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames final Saturday evening in Riyadh “upset a lot of plans” for him to face unified 168-lb champ Canelo Alvarez in September 2026.
After the struggle, Hamzah’s promoter stated he’d suffered a hand harm, which he felt could have contributed to his off-performance. Nevertheless, Adames was dominating from the opening seconds of the primary spherical.
Hype Uncovered
Sheerez’s administration had chosen Adames (24-1-1, 18 KOs), who many boxing followers noticed as the weakest hyperlink among the many three champions at 160. Nevertheless, he seemed afraid from the get-go. There are not any different champions that Sheeraz may be matched towards for him to win a title to validate him within the eyes of the general public and create curiosity for a struggle with Canelo in September 2026. I hate to say it, however Sheerez seems like a textbook instance of a hype job.
Adames dominated the rail-thin 6’3″ Hamzah, outworking him and seemingly successful a one-sided struggle. Nevertheless, the judges scored it as a draw, saving Sheerez (21-0-1, 17 KOs) from what many followers noticed as a loss.
The scores
– 115-114: Sheerez– 118-110: Adames– 114-114
Due to the one-sided nature of the Adames-Sheeraz struggle, it might be a mistake for Hamzah’s promoter to arrange a rematch as a result of he’ll possible lose. I had the champion, Adames, successful 10-2 in a very one-sided struggle. You would inform from watching the competition that Sheeraz would by no means beat this man, regardless of what number of instances they fought. He’s not at that degree talent-wise.
“I was disappointed with the way Sheeraz fought, and it upset a lot of plans. As I understand it, the idea was Canelo, who has a four-fight deal with the Saudi Arabian General Entertainment Authority, is supposed to fight [IBF 168-lb champion] William Scull this May and then Terence Crawford in September,” stated Thomas Hauser to Secondsout, speaking about Hamzah Sheeraz’s very controversial 12 spherical draw towards WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames final Saturday evening upsetting plans for a struggle between Sheeraz and Canelo Alvarez in 2026.
“Then in Cinco de Mayo weekend in 2026, it’s possible that he [Canelo] will struggle the winner of [Conor] Benn and [Chris] Eubank Jr. After which if every part goes as plans, he’d have an enormous struggle on Mexican Independence Day in 2026 towards Sheeraz.
“I’d assume that Turki, who’s an enormous Sheeraz fan, would hope that Canelo could be older by then and Sheeraz will likely be higher. Sheeraz simply didn’t struggle properly [against Adames]. Possibly his hand was damaged. I don’t know if it was or not. There have been fighters which have fought with damaged fingers. He didn’t look good. He seemed intimidated.
Early Warning Indicators
It’s in all probability not a good suggestion for Sheeraz’s administration to arrange a rematch between him and Adames as a result of the probabilities are excessive that he’ll have the identical issues. Adames is just too gifted for Sheerez, who was uncovered as not what followers had thought. The warming indicators had been already there that Hamzah was a hype job when he was harm final June by fringe contender Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams.
If Ammo had any expertise, he’d have completed Sheeraz off, as he was out on his toes within the early rounds of that struggle. After that match, Hamzah’s administration fed him a weak British-level fighter, Tyler Denny, who seemed good towards this low-level fighter. It was simply camouflage to cowl up Sheeraz ‘s vulnerability.
“This was somebody a lot of people had been led to believe, ‘This guy is a beast. He is really good. This is the real thing, and he didn’t look like it against Adames, who was a step-up fight for both men. Adames stepped up, and Sheeraz didn’t. We’ll see if he regroups and comes back strong in the future,” stated Hauser.
