 Hamzah Sheeraz will make his return to the ring on the Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois undercard on 26 August. The rising middleweight star has not fought since November 2022 after easing past River Wilson-Bent in two rounds. A hand injury which required surgery delayed his plans this year having been sidelined for three months. Sheeraz, based out in Los Angeles training under Ricky Funez, will now seek to go 18-0 against Dmytro Mytrofanov, another Ukrainian fighting in neighbouring Poland on that world heavyweight title bill. 'It is time to get cracking, time to get on that world scene and show people what I am really about,' Sheeraz told Metro.co.uk. 'I think people have been getting used to me fighting, domestic, British names. Now it is time to get out there and step it up. There were loads of names out there but sometimes you have to go against the grain and this is one of them.' Mytrofanov, 33, is a decorated amateur, undefeated as a professional having won 13 of his 14 bouts. Like IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight champion Usyk, he will be fighting in front of a passionate Ukrainian crowd with millions fleeing their homeland to its western neighbour following the Russian invasion of their country in February 2022. Usyk puts his IBF, WBO and WBA titles on the line against Dubois on 26 August (Picture: Getty) 'We're going into his home territory, he is of course going to have a bigger fan base out there,' Sheeraz said. 'But to be great in this sport you have to do things like this. I am confident, I have been working hard and the time is now and by early next year I want to be a world champion and these are the sort of steps I need to take.' Sheeraz has designs on winning a world title before his 25th birthday in May next year but is also on collision course with Queensberry stable mate Denzel Bentley. The British Boxing Board of Control confirmed on Thursday an agreement has been reached for th){kind=link}
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Hamzah Sheeraz will make his return to the ring on the Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois undercard on 26 August.
The rising middleweight star has not fought since November 2022 after easing past River Wilson-Bent in two rounds. A hand injury which required surgery delayed his plans this year having been sidelined for three months.
Sheeraz, based out in Los Angeles training under Ricky Funez, will now seek to go 18-0 against Dmytro Mytrofanov, another Ukrainian fighting in neighbouring Poland on that world heavyweight title bill.
‘It is time to get cracking, time to get on that world scene and show people what I am really about,’ Sheeraz told Metro.co.uk.