Hamzah Sheeraz will combat 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 powerful, heavy-handed Adames (24-1, 18 KOs) in February.
Sheeraz, 25, selected to drag out of a WBO-ordered combat towards IBF and WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly. You’ll be able to learn between the traces why Hamzah selected to not take that combat. Adames is the better possibility, however nonetheless removed from a positive factor.
Sheeraz was staggered within the first spherical of his combat 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 hassle, 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 reasonably than Janibek to combat. At 160, Adames is seen because the weakest hyperlink among the many champs. If Sheeraz can develop 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 generate income 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 document.
Adames has current wins over these fighters:
– Terrell Gausha
– Julian Williams
– Juan Macias Montiel
– Sergiy Derevyanchenko
That’s a fairly common bunch of fighters, however Adames nonetheless beat them. The middleweight division is as weak as water proper now. It’s laborious to consider how far it’s gone downhill for the reason that days Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin dominated the burden class.
“I’m informed that, now sure, [Carlos] Adames vs. Hamzah Sheeraz is coming for February 2025 in Saudi Arabia for the middleweight Championship WBC. An announcement is anticipated very quickly,” mentioned Salvador Rodriguez on X.
