Fresh off a second-round knockout of Tyler Denny, middleweight Hamzah Sheeraz claims he’s ready to get rid of anyone put before him.
Britain’s Sheeraz, 25, secured an emphatic stoppage of 33-year-old compatriot Denny on the undercard of Anthony Joshua-Daniel Dubois’s IBF heavyweight title fight at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs) says he’s willing to face anyone at 160 pounds.
“I’ll be really tired of calling for a title fight now,” Sheeraz told DAZN after the fight. “Like I said, whoever [Turki Alalshikh] puts in the ring with me, I’m coming here and I’m getting knocked out. It’s honestly as simple as that. Any 160 names, bring it on. Let’s go.”
The undefeated Sheeraz has recorded stoppage wins in each of his past 15 bouts and is currently rated No.1 at middleweight by the WBC and WBO, and No. 4 by the IBF. Now in the pole position to land a world title shot (which he has been demanding for years), Sheeraz believes he’ll be in good condition to deliver when he’s called upon.
“Yeah, whenever. Like I said, when I say it, I honestly mean it: I promise you, whenever these guys say to me, ‘You’re fighting,’ then I’ll go to L.A., do my camp, and I’ll be here and I’ll deliver. That’s what it’s about at the end of day – delivering.”
The defeat ended a seven-fight winning streak for Denny (19-3-3, 1 KO).
When asked what the win means to him, Sheeraz said, “It means everything and more, man. I can only say it over and over again, do you know what I mean? Just listen. A huge thank you to everyone coming out today.”
Bernard Neequaye is a sports journalist with a specialty in boxing coverage. He wrote a boxing column titled “From The Ringside” in his native Ghana for years. He can be reached on X (formerly Twitter) at @BernardNeequaye, LinkedIn at Bernard Neequaye and through email at [email protected].
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