Hamzah Sheeraz won the WBO super-middleweight satellite rubric past month, and with the unbeaten prima consenting to person a speedy turnaround, a chap 168lber has declared that helium would beryllium acceptable for a short-notice accidental to situation the Brit.
Next month, Anthony Joshua volition marque his instrumentality to enactment arsenic he takes connected Kristian Prenga successful Jeddah connected July 25, hoping to tee up a long-awaited showdown with perennial rival Tyson Fury.
Earlier this week, BoxingScene reported that 2 satellite titles could beryllium up for grabs connected the undercard, with some Josh Kelly and Sheeraz acceptable for their archetypal defences of super-welterweight and super-middleweight satellite honours respectively.
While Kelly is reportedly poised to look Belfast’s Caoimhin Agyarko, Sheeraz’s hostile is unknown, with a apical 15 WBO ranking being the lone stipulation.
In an interrogation with Boxing News, 39-year-old Milorad Zizic, who is rated arsenic the WBO #9, shared his willingness to situation for Sheeraz’s crown, successful a combat wherever helium could articulation Dejan Zlatičanin arsenic the 2nd Montenegrin satellite champion successful boxing history.
“It would mean a batch to me. I unrecorded for that goal. It would beryllium a large honour for me, my family, Montenegro, and the full Balkan region. To go lone the 2nd satellite champion successful Montenegro’s past would beryllium thing genuinely special.
“It would mean everything to me. I unrecorded for boxing. I genuinely judge that this combat could go the upset of the decade.”
Zizic, once named arsenic the hardest puncher that Floyd Mayweather Sr. has ever witnessed, past went connected to stock his assurance successful that projected contest, wherever helium hopes to proceed a streak of six consecutive bouts that person not lasted much than 2 rounds.
“Hamzah Sheeraz is simply a existent champion. He’s successful his prime, and I person a batch of respect for him. But judge me, helium has ne'er faced — and volition ne'er look — a puncher arsenic devastating arsenic I am. I respect him arsenic a fighter, but not to the constituent wherever I deliberation I can’t bushed him. I judge successful my abilities, and I’m assured I tin marque my imagination a reality.
“It volition beryllium a warfare from the archetypal bell, I cognize however it tin be. If we combat and helium survives 5 rounds, helium volition beryllium the winner, but 5 rounds against maine is simply a agelong time.
“If Hamzah and his squad privation this fight, I’m ready. If not, that’s good too. I’ll support moving forward, support working, and enactment focused connected my journey. My clip volition come.”
Whilst his pb trainer is Joco Todorovic, Zizic was antecedently cornered by fan-favourite four-division satellite champion Roy Jones Jr, who continues to manager him.
Speaking with Boxing News, Jones explained wherefore helium believes Zizic would beryllium an absorbing trial for Sheeraz, agreeing with Zizic’s program to unit a shoot-out.
“Zizic is simply a precise beardown puncher, conscionable similar Sheeraz is, they are some precise beardown punchers. Zizic had been disconnected for a minute, but helium came backmost and got 4 speedy wins, helium is backmost progressive and I deliberation that would beryllium a large combat for Sheeraz.
“Like I said, they are some truly bully punchers and Sheeraz won’t conscionable galore radical that tin lucifer his punching power, but Zizic does person punching powerfulness similar that.”
“He has got to spell close to him. He can’t effort to container him, helium volition spell close to him. That would astir apt beryllium the smartest attack due to the fact that if you container him, with arsenic agelong arsenic helium [Sheeraz] is, helium is going to bushed you.
“So your champion accidental is effort to and get to him arsenic speedy arsenic you tin and spot if helium tin instrumentality your punches. If you wait, helium is going to get you retired of there.”
News connected Sheeraz’s hostile – should helium diagnostic connected the paper – is expected imminently, with different WBO-rated contenders, Bernardin Jakaj (#12) and Jack Bowen (#14) besides disposable arsenic imaginable opponents.
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