{"id":740752,"date":"2026-08-17T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740752\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:26:08","slug":"hamzah-sheeraz-called-out-for-all-british-stadium-fight-that-would-be-huge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/740752\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamzah Sheeraz called out for all-British stadium fight: “That would be huge”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamzah Sheeraz has been called out for a \u201chuge\u201d British stadium showdown, but only if he retains his WBO title by the time next summer rolls around.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old became a world champion in May, scoring a second-round finish against overmatched challenger Alem Begic for the vacant super-middleweight belt.<\/p>\n

Since then, Sheeraz has successfully defended his WBO strap \u2013 via points victory over Simon Zachenhuber last month \u2013 and is now set to face mandatory challenger Janibek Alimkhanuly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pair have been ordered to collide in due course, with former unified champion Alimkhanuly moving up to 168lbs after testing positive for banned substance Meldonium in December.<\/p>\n

It is therefore uncertain that Sheeraz will retain his title but, if he does, a domestic dustup with Callum Simpson could suddenly become realistic.<\/p>\n

The Barnsley man exacted his revenge over Troy Williamson<\/a> last Saturday, unanimously outpointing his man after suffering a 10th-round stoppage defeat in their first encounter.<\/p>\n

But while pleased to reclaim his British and Commonwealth belts, Simpson is now targeting a world title shot and a return to Barnsley\u2019s Oakwell Stadium.<\/p>\n

Speaking with talkSPORT<\/a>, the 29-year-old explained that Sheeraz represents his most desirable opponent for the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might be Hamzah Sheeraz at Oakwell \u2013 he\u2019s the one that\u2019s got the [WBO] title. If we do Oakwell, it would have to be in the summer. That would be a huge fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Simpson fight could materialise, Sheeraz will likely be targeting a unification match \u2013 possibly against the winner of Christian Mbilli vs Canelo Alvarez \u2013 if he proves successful against Alimkhanuly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hamzah Sheeraz has been called out for a \u201chuge\u201d British stadium showdown, but only if he retains his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-740752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740752","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=740752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}