Britain's Hamzah Sheeraz makes a successful step up to super middleweight with a destructive fifth-round stoppage victory against Edgar Berlanga in New York.

Shakur Stevenson faces William Zepeda for Stevenson’s WBC lightweight title on Saturday, July 12, 2025 (7/12/25) at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York. Edgar Berlanga will face Hamzah Sheeraz in a super middleweight fight.

Hamzah Sheeraz flattened Edgar Berlanga with a steamrolling display, dropping him twice en route to KO glory. British rising star Sheeraz was looking to make his splash on US soil in a huge night

Trinidad stopped 35 of his 42 victims on his way to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and inspired a generation of fighters from his homeland and beyond. One who has gone back and studied the legendary Trinidad is Edgar Berlanga, for whom Trinidad was a staple ingredient of his boxing education over the years.