Hamzah Sheeraz will struggle Carlos Adames for his WBC middleweight title in Saudi Arabia on February twenty second, 2025.
Salvador Rodriguez has confirmed that #1 WBC Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs) will tackle the robust, heavy-handed Adames (24-1, 18 KOs) in February.
Sheeraz, 25, selected to tug out of a WBO-ordered struggle towards IBF and WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly. You possibly can learn between the strains why Hamzah selected to not take that struggle. Adames is the simpler possibility, however nonetheless removed from a certain factor.
Sheeraz was staggered within the first spherical of his struggle towards Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams on June 1st in Riyadh and was fortunate that the American didn’t end him off. If Adames, 30, places Sheeraz in related bother, he’ll finish it as a result of he’s skilled. Ammo lacked the ring IQ to knock out Hamzah.
It’s not a shock that Sheeraz’s administration has chosen Adames quite than Janibek to struggle. At 160, Adames is considered because the weakest hyperlink among the many champs. If Sheeraz can turn into a world champion, he could make some huge cash combating within the UK or in Riyadh.
It wouldn’t matter that Hamzah wasn’t the perfect and even the second-best middleweight champion. He would make cash hand over fist within the UK and Saudi Arabia, matched towards beatable guys like those he’s been going through to create his good 21-0 file.
Adames has current wins over these fighters:
– Terrell Gausha
– Julian Williams
– Juan Macias Montiel
– Sergiy Derevyanchenko
That’s a reasonably common bunch of fighters, however Adames nonetheless beat them. The middleweight division is as weak as water proper now. It’s exhausting to consider how far it’s gone downhill for the reason that days Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin dominated the load class.
“I’m advised that, now sure, [Carlos] Adames vs. Hamzah Sheeraz is coming for February 2025 in Saudi Arabia for the middleweight Championship WBC. An announcement is predicted very quickly,” mentioned Salvador Rodriguez on X.
