Hamzah Sheeraz is days away from his first world title struggle, days from taking over a degree of opponent he’s by no means confronted earlier than. However the middleweight contender appears composed, assured and prepared for no matter WBC titleholder Carlos Adames brings into the ring this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“He’s a world champion for a cause. However to be an amazing on this sport, you bought to do nice issues, and Saturday evening is my probability to do this,” Sheeraz mentioned in an interview with BoxNation. “I’ve put all of the hours in, the additional sparring, the additional miles in camp. That’s why I’m extra sort of calm and relaxed going into it, as a result of I do know on this camp, I’ve accomplished every little thing and extra requested of me.”
Sheeraz, a 25-year-old from England, is 21-0 (17 KOs). He’s moved up the rankings and earned recognition as the highest challenger in an in any other case shallow 160lbs division. Sheeraz has scored 15 consecutive knockouts, with latest victories over Liam Williams (TKO1), Austin “Ammo” Williams (TKO11) and Tyler Denny (TKO2).
Adames, 24-1 (18 KOs), is a 30-year-old who initially hails from the Dominican Republic and now calls Las Vegas residence. His solely loss got here by way of unanimous determination to Patrick Teixeira at junior middleweight in 2019. Since then, Adames has notched six straight victories, together with wins over Sergiy Derevyanchenko (MD10), Julian Williams (TKO9) and Terrell Gausha (UD12).
Sheeraz, listed at 6ft 3ins, is 4 inches taller than the 5ft 11ins Adames, one thing that Sheeraz feels will come into play with how the struggle performs out.
“He’s robust. He’s aggressive. He can change hit. He does a little bit of every little thing,” Sheeraz mentioned. “He can field as nicely. However I believe frequent sense, simply towards me, he’s not going to field due to my peak and attain, so he’s going to be aggressive, he’s going to try to break me down. There’s nothing we’ve not ready for. I’m simply right here, prepared, quietly assured and simply raring to go, prepared for my alternative.”
Sheeraz predicts that he’ll lengthen his knockout streak to 16 whereas successful his first world title.
“I actually imagine I can cease him,” he mentioned. “I’m not going to go on the lookout for it, as a result of I by no means do, however I believe if i do what we’ve been doing in camp, if I stick that ramrod jab and simply preserve it going, I can inflict some severe harm. However then once more, if we’ve obtained to get messy, then we’ll get messy, similar to I did within the Ammo Williams struggle. If I’ve to face there, take a number of to provide a number of, it’s not preferrred however it’s what it’s. Boxing, you’ll be able to’t swim with out getting moist.”
