UK Boxing
Hamzah Sheeraz unquestionably shoots Terence Crawford
Hamzah Sheeraz opened the door to a possible fight with Terence Crawford.
Both Crawford and Sheeraz have had substantial wins over the last three months in America.
Shee last appeared in action in June, when he headlined in Up-to-date York against the tough Edgar Berlanga.
Berlanga faced Canelo Alvarez and was completely outclassed by Sheeraz, falling three times and stopping in the fifth round.
Sheeraz was eyeing an undisputed clash with Canelo until he lost on points to Crawford, who became the first undisputed world champion in three weight classes.
With a fight against Canelo not next, Sheeraz spoke to The Ring about his next opponent.
“I will fight whoever, I will fight whoever I want at 168 pounds.
“I got a call the other day, a name was mentioned, we said yes, and then that name is now fighting against someone else.
“I don’t know what’s going on as far as who’s next, but I’ll just keep my head down
“Whatever name is proposed, I will sign, whether it is Mbilli or Pacheco. I don’t know what names will be put there, I will sign it without any problem.
“It would be an honor to share the ring with these guys. I’ll go in there with the intention of completely destroying them, but at the same time, these guys are great fighters in America.”
While many names were discussed, Sheeraz spoke about facing the undisputed super middleweight champion.
“I assume Crawford will vacate and if the belts become available, I will fight anyone for them.
“If he doesn’t vacate, maybe I’ll get a chance to fight him or get a chance to fight him. I’m a WBC mandatory and I’m in a good position with the WBO, so yes.”
Crawford’s future at super middleweight remains unknown, his clash with Canelo was his first fight at such a massive weight.
Eddie Hearn urged “Bud” to face Jaron Ennis in the future, calling it the biggest fight in the states.
Another candidate for Crawford is unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, who recently took to social media to call for an undisputed meeting between the two fighters.
“What do you think?
By May next year I will have all four belts. And if by then Crawford still has all four in his division, we will be dealing with a clash of two undisputed champions in the fall of 2026!”
Naoya Inoue is the hefty favorite to defeat Junto Nakatani in an undisputed title clash on Saturday.
Inoue defends all four of his super bantamweight world titles in a huge all-Japan fight against Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome, live on DAZN.
Inoue, a top-three top-ranked pound-for-pound leader, is a 1/4 favorite Bet365 emerge victorious and inflict his first professional defeat on his rival.
“The Monster” has stopped 27 of his 32 opponents and is expected to stop Nakatani 11/10.
The undefeated 33-year-old has gone the distance in his last two outings and is valued at 7/4 for a third straight decision win.
Nakatani is also a star fighting for world champion titles in the fourth weight category.
The 28-year-old southpap is a 3/1 underdog to cause a seismic shock.
“Substantial Bang” has won five of his last six fights at the distance, and he sees his best chance of winning after a stoppage at 6/1.
Nakatani defeated Sebastian Hernandez Reyes on points from Inoue’s undercard defeated Alan David Picasso in Saudi Arabia in December, and a decision victory is valued at 10/1.
Full Bet365 odds
The result of the fight
- Naoya Inoue will win the fight: 1/4
- Naoya Inoue by KO/TKO/DQ: 11/10
- Naoya Inoue by decision or technical decision: 7/4
- Junto Nakatani will win the fight: 3/1
- Junto Nakatani by KO/TKO/DQ: 6/1
- Total cut by decision or technical decision: 10/10
- Draw or technical draw: 14/1
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Round bets
Naoya Inoue
- To win round 1: 80/1
- Win in round 2: 50/1
- To win in round 3: 33/1
- To win in round 4: 25/1
- To win in round 5: 20/1
- To win in round 6: 16/1
- To win in round 7: 14/1
- Win in round 8: 12/12
- To win in round 9: 1/12
- To win in round 10: 12/12
- To win in round 11: 14/1
- To win in round 12: 16/1
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 7/4
Junto Nakatani
- Win in round 1: 100/1
- Win in round 2: 100/1
- Win in round 3: 100/1
- To win in round 4: 80/1
- Win in round 5: 66/1
- Win in round 6: 50/1
- Win in round 7: 50/1
- To win in round 8: 40/1
- To win in round 9: 40/1
- To win in round 10: 40/1
- To win in round 11: 50/1
- To win in round 12: 50/1
- Win by Decision or Technical Decision: 10/10
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Conah Walker returns to the ring next weekend and will face Sam Eggington.
The winner of the Walker vs. Eggington fight may have a chance to win the welterweight world title.
Since the defeat in 2024, “Wolf” has been in excellent form, boasting an impressive series of four victories in the season, the last three of which ended by knockout.
The last defeat in the career of the Wolverhampton fighter came at the hands of the current IBF world champion Lewis Crocker.
He overcame “The Croc” the distance and, in many people’s eyes, was unlucky not to receive recognition on the judges’ scorecards, which showed a unanimous victory for the Irishman.
He returned just two months after this defeat and in Birmingham he faced Lewis Ritson, whom he defeated over the distance.
Walker was the underdog against Harry Scarff in Nottingham and lost most, if not all, of the rounds until the 11th round before landing a series of punches in the penultimate round that forced the referee to stop the fight.
In his last fight, “The Wolf” was once again the clear underdog, beating Olympic silver medalist Pat McCormack in Monaco.
Walker performed well throughout the fight, but fell on two judges’ scorecards before the final round.
The Wolverhampton player took the ball out of the bag and scored a dramatic goal in the last round.
He will face Sam Eggington, a tough opponent also from the West Midlands.
Eggington’s last defeat was to former world champion Abass Baraou, who defeated him by majority vote.
Since then, he has had wins over Alan Velazquez and Lee Cutler.
“The Savage” was injured in his last fight against Cutler and the injury forced the referee to stop the fight early, so he is hopeful that the fight will not be restarted against Walker.
Walker vs Eggington – date, place, start time and ring walks
- The fight between both fighters will take place on Saturday, May 2, live at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton
- Broadcast will start at 7pm BST/
- The main event will start around 10pm BST
Walker vs. Eggington – how to watch
- The card can be watched live worldwide on DAZN
Walker vs. Eggington – last three fights
Conah Walker
- Conah Walker vs. Pat McCormack – KO in the 12th round
- Conah Walker vs. Liam Taylor – KO in the 7th round
- Conah Walker vs. Harry Scarff – 11th KO
Sam Eggington
- Sam Eggington bt Lee Cutler – technical decision, 9th round
- Sam Eggington bt Alan Sebastian Velazquez – unanimous decision
- Sam Eggington lt Abass Baraou – majority decision
Walker vs. Eggington – Undercard
- Conah Walker (17-3-1) vs. Sam Eggington (36-9) – welterweight (12 rounds)
- Bilal Fawaz (11-1-1) vs. Ryan Kelly (20-6-1) – super welterweight (12 rounds)
- Kieron Conway (23-4-1) vs. Mark Jeffers (20-2) – middleweight (10 rounds)
- Shannon Ryan (10-1) vs Nicola Hopewell (8-1) – super flyweight (10 x 2 rounds)
- Tiah Mai Ayton (5-0) vs Stevi Levy (15-4) – (8 x 2 rounds)
- Junaid Bostan (10-1-1) vs. Mohammed Graich (12-4-1) – super welterweight (8 rounds)
- Louie Ward (1-0) vs. Jesus Carrasco (2-3-2) – (4 rounds)
- Harley Burrows (debut) vs. Lewis Howells (3-7) – (4 rounds)
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