Hamzah Sheeraz continued his march in the direction of stardom as he beat Tyler Denny in emphatic vogue at Wembley Stadium to clinch the European middleweight title on Saturday night time.
The 25-year-old made it 15 successive stoppage victories to enhance his excellent report to 21-0 (17 KOs) as one in every of British boxing’s rising world title contenders.
Sheeraz delivered a brutal assertion within the opening seconds as he floored Denny with a flash left hook, earlier than ending the job with one other dazing headshot within the second because the referee introduced the competition to a halt.
“I’m a very humble man, humble in life, but I feel great. Massive thank you to everybody for coming out to support me,” mentioned Sheeraz.
“I at all times depart it right down to my staff. This wasn’t a banana pores and skin for me, they acquired me in right here for a purpose and I delivered.
“I’m tired of calling for world title fights now. Whoever is put in the ring with me, I’m knocking them out. It means everything and more (to be fighting here).”
An extension of Denny’s exceptional underdog story was to not be in entrance of a bustling London crowd as he fell sufferer to the dimensions and energy of his youthful opponent.
He felt the pressure of Sheeraz’s high quality simply seconds into the primary spherical when he was toppled by a left hook, which had didn’t land cleanly however packed sufficient to drop the Black Nation fighter.
Denny recovered nicely over the subsequent two minutes of the spherical, working low and dealing arduous to take the struggle on the within with a purpose to eradicate Sheeraz’s harmful attain.
He was animated as he returned to his nook after the bell, punching himself within the head in frustration at his early fall.
Sheeraz retained his dominance within the second as he continued to look the quicker, stronger, extra harmful of the 2 fighters, working on the entrance foot and providing Denny few if any openings.
Denny gave the impression to be discovering some momentary pleasure along with his effort to work doggedly on the within, focusing on the physique with brief sharp photographs earlier than being caught by a pointy mixture that left him on the canvas as soon as extra.
From there he managed to beat the eight depend, just for referee Mark Bates to wave off the competition a lot to the frustration of the defending champion.
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