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The Saudi Arabian paymaster has grand plans for Hamzah Sheeraz following his victory over Edgar Berlanga

In Saturday’s co-main event atop the “Ring III” card at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City, Sheeraz violently knocked down Edgar Berlanga twice in the fourth round and stopped him seconds into the fifth.

On Saturday at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City, Hamzah Sheeraz dropped (on three occasions) and stopped Edgar Berlanga for the first time in his career.

BoxingScene will have live, round-by-round coverage of Saturday's Edgar Berlanga-Hamzah Sheeraz and Shakur Stevenson-William Zepeda co-main events, as well as Alberto Puello-Subriel Matias, David Morrell-Imam Khataev and Reito Tsutsumi-Michael Ruiz on the undercard.

Plenty have mentioned that Edgar Berlanga might not be as focused as he needs to be for Hamzah Sheeraz, who has looked bulletproof in the build-up.

Stevenson-Zepeda, Berlanga-Sheeraz, and Ring III fighters make weight

Hamzah Sheeraz was one of several fighters Edgar Berlanga previously selected to fight

The main talking point of the press conference for Saturday’s bout between Edgar Berlanga and Hamzah Sheeraz came when Berlanga and promoter Oscar De La Hoya exchanged words. It had been expected.
BoxingScene Today debates which fight has fans more hyped: the Taylor–Serrano trilogy or Sheeraz–Berlanga's rising-star showdown.

Friday and Saturday bring Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano III at Madison Square Garden and Edgar Berlanga-Hamzah Sheeraz at Louis Armstrong Stadium.