
Carlos Adames retains WBC title after contentious split draw with Hamzah Sheeraz
This was supposed to be Hamzah Sheeraz’s night but that didn’t mean Carlos Adames was just going to let it happen, writes David Greisman
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This was supposed to be Hamzah Sheeraz’s night but that didn’t mean Carlos Adames was just going to let it happen, writes David Greisman

Promoter Frank Warren believes his man Hamzah Sheeraz will become world champion today in Saudi Arabia.

Despite being the WBC middleweight title holder, Carlos Adames enters as the underdog against the unbeaten challenger Hamzah Sheeraz on Saturday night at the Venue Riyadh Season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Eric Raskin delivers everything you need to know ahead of Saturday's bizarrely titled but impressively stacked card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Sheeraz says he thinks he can stop the WBC middleweight titleholder Adames when they meet this Saturday in Saudi Arabia

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 February 22 pay-per-view card topped by Artur Beterbiev-Dmitry Bivol II is arguably the deepest boxing card in history. Owen Lewis ranks the seven bouts, taking into account the magnitude, evenness, and potential for action of the matchups

Hamzah Sheeraz is blocking out any noise Carlos Adames makes ahead of their WBC middleweight title fight on Saturday

Boxing and its fighters have a habit of surprising us. Stars emerge from relative obscurity, underdogs triumph in big fights, startling progress is made by an up-and-comer, or a fading star steps back into the light. Who will be your surprise package of 2025?

Hamzah Sheeraz had been in line for a fight with unified IBF and WBO middleweight titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly. That’s not the route he chose.