Hamzah Sheeraz is no longer a world champion. The Brit vacated his WBO super middleweight title on Friday after officially withdrawing from his ordered fight with Janibek Alimkhanuly.
The WBO ordered Sheeraz to face the former unified middleweight champion in August, but after the pair couldn’t agree to terms, purse bids were set.
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Queensberry Promotions ultimately won the purse bids, bidding $1,001,809. The split would’ve entitled Sheeraz to $751,356.75 for the fight, but that ultimately wasn’t enough to entice him to proceed.
Alimkhanuly may now be ordered to face the division’s next highest-rated contender, Diego Pacheco…
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