If Eddie Hearn were to have his way, two of boxing\u2019s rising, undefeated stars in the super middleweight division would square off in their next fight.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Ring<\/a>, Matchroom Boxing\u2019s CEO called for the WBO President Gustavo Olivieri to order a final eliminator bout between Diego Pacheco<\/a> and Hamzah Sheeraz.<\/a> Hearn\u2019s plea for the WBO to order the fight comes after the sanctioning body installed Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) as the No. 1 contender and mandatory challenger for Canelo Alvarez (63-2-2, 39 KOs) earlier this week ahead of their bout for the undisputed super middleweight title on Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n \u201cGustavo Olivieri, this is my appeal to you to order Hamzah Sheeraz against Diego Pacheco for the mandatory position for the WBO world title, because that is one of the best fights in boxing,\u201d Hearn said to The Ring\u2019s Louis Hart. \u201cThat is a 24-year-old against a 26-year-old, two guys who I believe are the future of the 168-pound division. Make the fight. <\/p>\n “You’ve also just ordered Callum Smith to fight David Morrell <\/a>out of nowhere, no problem. We\u2019d also take that fight, but you want to order those types of fights; order Hamzah Sheeraz against Diego Pacheco for a final eliminator, and we will accept that fight. It’s a brilliant fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Pacheco (24-0, 18 KOs), 24, is coming off a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Trevor McCumby<\/a> (28-2, 14 KOs) on July 19 at The Ford Center at The Star, in Frisco, Texas. The 6-foot-4 Pacheco is ranked No. 3 by the WBO and WBC, No. 8 by the WBA and No. 13 by the IBF. Pacheco also holds secondary WBC and WBO titles. Pacheco vs. Sheeraz is one of the best fights that can be made between two rising stars. It could also easily serve as a headliner for a second edition of Matchroom vs. Queensberry, with Sheeraz being promoted by the latter Frank Warren entity.<\/p>\n No matter the circumstances, Pacheco and Sheeraz are on a collision course, and no one would complain if they were standing across from each other in their next fights. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Eddie Hearn were to have his way, two of boxing\u2019s rising, undefeated stars in the super middleweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":["post-26509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-news","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-results","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sheeraz (22-0-1, 18 KOs), 26, announced his arrival to the super middleweight division in emphatic fashion, knocking Edgar Berlanga down three times and stopping him in the fifth round on July 12 <\/a>at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Flushing, New York, in a WBC title eliminator. Sheeraz leapfrogged Pacheco in the WBO rankings and is No. 2, only trailing Crawford. The 6-foot-3 Sheeraz is also ranked No. 6 by the WBC and No. 10 by the IBF.<\/p>\n