One of the best fights that can be made in the super middleweight division could happen in early 2026.<\/p>\n
The Ring <\/a>has learned that Riyadh Season is interested in a bout between unbeaten super middleweight contenders Diego Pacheco<\/a> and Hamzah Sheeraz<\/a>. February is the targeted date for a potential clash, though, that would mean a rapid turnaround for Pacheco, who is coming off a unanimous decision victory over the previously unbeaten Kevin Lele Sadjo <\/a>on Saturday in Stockton, California.<\/p>\n Pacheco (25-0, 18 KOs) overcame an eighth-round knockdown to win 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 across the three judges’ scorecards against the rugged Sadjo (26-1, 23 KOs). Pacheco, 24, went 3-0 in 2025, with all three victories coming by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n Pacheco, who stands 6-foot-4, is ranked by all four sanctioning bodies, including No. 3 by the WBO. He is No. 5 in The Ring\u2019s super middleweight rankings.<\/a> With both fighters highly ranked by multiple sanctioning bodies, that could potentially pave the way for a world title to be on the line if a bout between the two comes to fruition. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the best fights that can be made in the super middleweight division could happen in early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,2989,2983,2831,2988,2981,2984,2985,2986,2987,2982,1920,2993,2992,1913,2976,2977,2990,2978,2975,2994,2772,85,2991,2974,2980,2979],"class_list":{"0":"post-347734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-boxing-community","12":"tag-boxing-fights","13":"tag-boxing-history","14":"tag-boxing-interviews","15":"tag-boxing-magazine","16":"tag-boxing-photos","17":"tag-boxing-rankings","18":"tag-boxing-results","19":"tag-boxing-schedule","20":"tag-boxing-videos","21":"tag-boxing-news","22":"tag-disqualification","23":"tag-draw","24":"tag-fight","25":"tag-fighter","26":"tag-fighter-news","27":"tag-knockout","28":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","29":"tag-ring","30":"tag-ring-magazine","31":"tag-split-decision","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-technical-knockout","34":"tag-the-ring","35":"tag-top-fighters","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sheeraz 26, who is also a towering super middleweight standing 6-3, rebounded from a controversial draw with WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames by dropping Edgar Berlanga three times in a fifth-round stoppage victory in his debut at 168 pounds<\/a> on July 12. Sheeraz (22-0-1, 18 KOs), who is ranked No. 8 by The Ring at super middleweight, is ranked inside the top six for four sanctioning bodies, including being No. 2 in the WBC’s and WBO\u2019s rankings.
The WBC has ordered Sheeraz to face fellow undefeated contender Christian Mbilli<\/a> (29-0-1, 24 KOs) for its vacant super middleweight title after stripping Terence Crawford. Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) remains the unified IBF\/WBA\/WBO and Ring Magazine super middleweight champion. <\/p>\n