Carlos Adames has arrived in Riyadh and while he didn’t have much to say at today’s set piece grand arrivals, he certainly made an impact.
The WBC middleweight champion from the Dominican Republic is 24-1 (18 KOs) trains with Ismael Salas in Las Vegas and he meets the man many believe is a champion in waiting at 160lbs and one of the bright hope’s for the division’s future in the shape of England’s Hamzah Sheeraz.
In Saudi Arabia on Saturday night on the stacked Last Crescendo show, Adames said he was “ready to make a great fight.”
He also said he felt it was inevitable that he would meet Sheeraz sooner than later.
“Since before they even called me, I thought he was going to be my next victim,” said Adames. “And I feel like they feel like they think that they can beat me, they can’t.”
Sheeraz is a Riyuadh Season ambassador and hopes are high for his future. But Adames said: “I am the best current 160 [fighter]” and he closed his comments, when asked what he needed to do on Saturday night, by saying: “I only have to decapitate him.”
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