Canelo Alvarez Vs. Hamzah Sheeraz in 2026?

New York-Hamzah Sheeraz (22-0-1, 18 ko) has overcome himself at the top of the list for Fighting Canelo Alvarez after his impressive victory over Edgar Berlanga (23-2, 18 kos) last Saturday.

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For those who didn’t know who Hamzah was, they definitely know his name now after leading the Starred Ring III card in New York. Sheraz beat out in spectacular fashion of the self-published “King”.

During the pre -fighting period, Berlanga threw several insults at Sheeraz. Calling him a giraffe because of his frame 6’3 “and noting that if he stood in the pocket and fought it on the inside, he would cast him out.

Sheeraz, however, had the victory struck out. This was Hamzah’s first fight at Super Middleweight, as he struggled to put pressure at 160 lbs. In the before Berlanga fight, Carlos Adames fought for a draw. His weight issues, along with manual injury, contributed to his poor fighting performance. Then he decided that he needed change; He moved up to 168 lbs and hired Andy Lee as his coach.

“We have only scratched the face of what he can do. And I knew … well, because we didn’t come to the best start, but I knew he would have grown into the fighting. I never met such a strong, strong young man that he was very determined and focused and focused, and we’ve had 8 weeks together.

This was their first battle together, and there will only be an improvement from now on. Hamzah has excellent potential in this subsection, to the extent that the Fighting of Canelo Alvarez is discussed.

“He showed that that was his weight. He was struggling last time in the fight that Spencer has mentioned a new mentioned because he had drained weight. He couldn’t do the weight. He showed how comfortable he is and he did something tonight that Canno couldn’t do. Canelo couldn’t do. He stopped (Berlanga). September between Canelo and Crawford, ”said Frank Warren at a post -fighting press conference on Saturday. The stunning performance has many calling for a canelo fight.

Turki Alalshikh took himself to X (Twitter):

Hamzah now deserves Canelo in 2026🔥🥊

– Turki Alalshikh (@Turki_alShikh) July 13, 2025

Canelo has a four -fight deal with Riyadh’s season. After fighting Terence Crawford in September, he will have two fights left. A possible game against Hamzah could be projected for either May or September 2026, and that’s when Canelo is usually fighting.

The media asked Sheeraz in the presser on Saturday what would be able to fight Canelo. “It would be an honor to share a ring with him. It would be really, someone who, as I said, I’ve looked up to it. Then the next thing you know, you … you … you’re in the circle with them. Do you know what I mean?

“So, as I said, it’s an achievement in itself, but one thing I can guarantee is that if I ever share the ring with Canelo, it will not be the case with what happened in his last battle. Where his opponent was trying to run, I promise you, as he is on camera here, even if I cast it out, who will know and trade at the end.

“So, I’ll maintain a good performance because that’s what it is.

Not only did Sheeraz fame and sequel with his performance on Saturday night, but he also did so because of his humble and gracious nature. He is a gentleman outside the circle and a warrior inside him. The sky is the limit for this young talent.