Hamzah Sheeraz told IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly that he’ll fight him in a unification after he dethrones WBC champ Carlos Adames on February 22nd.
Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs) is facing Adames (24-1, 18 KOs) on Turki Alalshikh’s massive card on February 22nd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. If Sheeraz wins that fight, there will be a lot of interest in a clash between him and Janibek (16-0, 11 KOs), who is seen as the King of the 160-lb division by many fans.
It’s hard to imagine Hamzah agreeing to fight Janibek if he gets his hands on the WBC belt because he’ll be offered a nice payday in an easy fight against Chris Eubank Jr. He won’t want to turn that down for a match where he’d likely be the underdog against Janibek, who can take advantage of his shaky chin.
Sheeraz Eyes Janibek
Janibek has been ignored by the top fighters in the division, who have shown no interest in facing him, even though he holds two titles. His popularity isn’t high enough to lure the top names in the mostly barren division to fight him. He’s dangerous and has technical skills that are on a different level from most of the fighters.
Alimkhanuly has looked dangerous lately, destroying Andrei Mikhailovich, Vincenzo Gualtieri, and Steven Butler. I’m not sure that Hamzah beats all those guys. He can possibly knock them out, but if any of them land on his fragile chin, it could be over with. We saw how Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams had Hamzah in trouble early on in their fight on June 1st, and he’s pretty limited.
“Shake my hands. I’ll get my business done against Carlos Adames, and we’ll make it happen and unify. As simple as that,” said Hamzah Sheeraz to the media, telling IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly that he’ll fight him once he captures the WBC 160-lb belt from champion Carlos Adames on February 22nd. “With his manager [Egis Klimas] as well.”
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