{"id":618255,"date":"2026-06-03T04:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618255\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:21:12","slug":"canelo-alvarez-tells-hamzah-sheeraz-who-he-must-face-next-to-earn-mega-fight-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/618255\/","title":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez tells Hamzah Sheeraz who he must face next to earn mega-fight in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canelo Alvarez thinks Hamzah Sheeraz should fight Osleys Iglesias before a showdown is booked.<\/p>\n

Mexican superstar Alvarez is being heavily linked with British giant Sheeraz, with the pair seemingly on a collision course to a clash at 168lbs.<\/p>\n

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Canelo wants Sheeraz to earn his chance to face himCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Sheeraz became a world champion at the second time of asking as he battered overmatched Alem Begic<\/a> into submission to capture the WBO super-middleweight world title.<\/p>\n

And now the possibility of a huge showdown, potentially on British soil, could lay in waiting.<\/p>\n

In the past Alvarez has opened the door to a bout<\/a> insisting it would be on his radar.<\/p>\n

But now he has set a new condition<\/a> for Sheeraz to fulfil, a unification clash with IBF champion Iglesias.<\/p>\n

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He told Ring Magazine: \u201cI think they [Sheeraz and Osleys] need to fight each other, and then I fight the winner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the most smart thing they can do. We all need to earn what we deserve, and they need to earn it. <\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not saying they don\u2019t deserve it, they deserve it. <\/p>\n

“That\u2019s why they are champions or number ones or whatever, but they need to fight each other, and then after my fight, we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iglesias picked up the belt with a victory over Pavel Silyagin, after the belts fragmented following Terence Crawford<\/a>‘s win over Alvarez.<\/p>\n

He is a feared fighter at 168lbs and the tricky Cuban even believes Alvarez himself will avoid him.<\/p>\n

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Sheeraz has already earned his stripes at 168lbs, but could look to quickly unifySheeraz vs Canelo in the UK?<\/p>\n

Alvarez has never fought professionally on British shores, with the vast majority of his bouts landing in the US, Mexico and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

He has been heavily linked with a UK appearance, particularly against Chris Eubank Jr, with the pair planned to meet last year.<\/p>\n

Eubank Jr lost to Conor Benn<\/a> and will first need to make a comeback planned in Australia<\/a> later in 2026 before it is considered again.<\/p>\n

And Sheeraz is now deemed the most likely option.<\/p>\n

Alvarez is open to fighting away from the home comforts and going into the new champion’s back yard.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we’ll see after. Why not?,” he said. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI have my fight on September 12, and he just had his fight, we’ll see. But why not?\u201d<\/p>\n

Alvarez will first need to snatch the WBC title from Christian Mbilli when the pair meet later this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canelo Alvarez thinks Hamzah Sheeraz should fight Osleys Iglesias before a showdown is booked. Mexican superstar Alvarez is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,9554,210190,9732,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-618255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-canelo-alvarez","tag-canelo-next-fight","tag-hamzah-sheeraz","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618255","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=618255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}