It’s nearly two weeks since Hamzah Sheeraz introduced himself on the world stage with an eye catching first-round knockout of Liam Williams.
The 24 yr outdated from Slough has been faultless since stepping up the the middleweight division two years in the past, and took aside the skilled former world-title challenger with an impressive show of punch-picking. Sheeraz (19-0, 15 KOs) turned what many noticed as a 50-50 battle right into a one-sided showcase.
The way in which that Sheeraz stepped up to speed on the largest night time of his profession opened loads of eyes to his potential, and it has additionally opened a lot of doorways professionally.
He has been put in because the WBO’s number-one challenger at 160lbs and, in addition to a straight shot at Kazakhstan’s unified WBO and IBF champion Zhanibek Alimkhanuly, Sheeraz has been linked to a stadium battle towards the favored and unbeaten British champion Nathan Heaney in Stoke. When Sheeraz surveys his choices, nevertheless, there’s one opponent who excites him just a little greater than the others.
“If it was as much as me I might love the Chris Eubank Jr battle,” he mentioned throughout an interview with Queensberry Promotions. “In a great world, my subsequent battle, that may be the one. Whether or not it occurs I do not know however there’s a great deal of totally different avenues.
“I at all times mentioned going into this battle that if I placed on an excellent efficiency, flip some heads, then a great deal of alternatives will come up as a result of you then’re within the public’s curiosity and as soon as the general public begin demanding a battle it solely is smart and that is all I have been seeing on Twitter and Instagram. ‘Chris Eubank Jr-Hamzah Sheeraz. Chris Eubank Jr-Hamzah Sheeraz.’
“Whether or not it occurs is one factor but when it does, I’d be over the moon.”
Earlier than the postponed battle with Wales’ Williams, Sheeraz didn’t wish to spend any time speaking about potential opponents and future fights. Now that it has been consigned to the historical past books, he has allowed his thoughts to wander, and believes that his type is all improper for the 34 yr outdated Eubank Jr and that the time is correct for a passing of the torch.
“I really feel like I’ve obtained every little thing that he would not like in when it comes to I’m tall, lengthy, and know field however on the identical time I can combine it up,” he mentioned. “The one factor he has on me is expertise however it comes to some extent in your profession the place that does not matter. Hear, I’m 19 fights in now so I am form of build up my very own expertise as nicely however, yeah, it’d be nice for certain.”
