If Canelo defeats Terence Crawford, a fight with Hamzah Sheeraz is 'a no brainer'
Sep 10, 2025 • 6:30 AM ET
Cris Esqueda / Golden Boy Promotions Promoter Frank Warren says it’s a “no brainer” that his super middleweight Hamzah Sheeraz should fight Canelo Alvarez next, should the Mexican come through Terence Crawford on Saturday.
The eyes of the boxing world will be fixed on the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas where Canelo and Crawford meet and Sheeraz, coming off an emphatic stoppage victory over Edgar Berlanga in July, is in line for Alvarez.
“We will see what happens this weekend,” said Warren.
“It depends what happens this Saturday. If Canelo comes through, I believe we’ll make that fight. No brainer.”
Sheeraz drew with WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames in Saudi Arabia in February and then moved up to destroy Berlanga in five rounds in New York.
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
