Sheeraz entered the bout under huge pressure after his last fight against Carlos Adames was controversially scored a draw with most thinking Sheeraz was fortunate to claim that decision . Against Berlanga, he remined people of his quality and it now looks like he could have a huge fight against Canelo Alvarez in 2026.

Trinidad stopped 35 of his 42 victims on his way to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and inspired a generation of fighters from his homeland and beyond. One who has gone back and studied the legendary Trinidad is Edgar Berlanga, for whom Trinidad was a staple ingredient of his boxing education over the years.

Sheeraz had reeled off 15 in a row before his very fortunate draw against Adames, while Berlanga’s first 16 pro bouts were all won by stoppage in addition to more recent meetings with the likes of Gonzalez-Ortiz and Ireland’s Padraig McCrory either side of that defeat by Canelo.

Amid all the hullabaloo and hysteria of a typically chaotic press conference, Edgar Berlanga still insisted he would have the last word against Hamzah Sheeraz this weekend. The Chosen One is a man typically keen to put his money where his mouth is. Across his career, the super-middleweight superstar has built a reputation he frequently backs up.

The press conference ahead of the fight between Edgar Berlanga and Hamzah Sheeraz at the Ring III event turned into chaos as the Puerto Rican boxer had promised. Tension was in the

Stevenson is 23-0 with a modest 11 early finishes and his elusive style and strong defence are his main weapons. But Zepeda is a high-pressure fighter who will keep pushing forward and that could leave him open to Stevenson’s counters.