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Hamzah Sheeraz
Mohammed Hamzah Sheeraz (born 25 May 1999) is a British-Pakistani professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC middleweight title in 2025. At regional level, he held the European middleweight title in 2024 and the Commonwealth title between 2022 and 2024.
Sheeraz was born on 25 May 1999 in Slough in Berkshire, England. His father is of Pakistani Muslim descent and his mother is of Indian Muslim descent. His paternal family belongs to the Janjua clan of Rajputs, originating in the village of Matore, in the Kahuta Tehsil of Rawalpindi District in Punjab, Pakistan. His father Kamran Sheeraz was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire while his paternal grandfather and uncle were both boxers, the latter winning ten national amateur titles for the Slough and Pinewood Star clubs.
I never set sights of being an Olympian, going to world amateur championships, this-that-and the other, it’s difficult to explain but I just didn’t have that much interest in it. The professional game and winning pro titles is just so much more appealing to me.
Sheeraz was first directed to a gym by his uncle at the age of eight and had his first bout at 12. He went on to become a three-time finalist at the national junior championships. However, he became disillusioned with the sport after being overlooked for the Commonwealth Youth championships and took a year off to focus on an electrician's apprenticeship. A meeting with his then-trainer Lenny Butcher led him to come back and try his hand as a professional.
Sheeraz turned professional in 2017, signing a deal with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions on his eighteenth birthday. He made his pro debut on 16 September 2017 on the undercard of the Billy Joe Saunders–Willie Monroe Jr. world title fight at the Copper Box Arena in London. He defeated 35-year-old journeyman Duane Green via technical knockout (TKO) in the second round for his first victory. By the beginning of 2019 he was sporting a 6–0 record. He dropped Rod Douglas Jr. three times en route to a first-round TKO in March before stopping Ladislav Nemeth in the second round of their April bout at Wembley Arena. He registered his third-straight TKO victory on 13 July, beating Scott James in under two minutes on the undercard of the Daniel Dubois–Nathan Gorman British heavyweight title fight at The O2 Arena in London.
On 30 November 2019, Sheeraz defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Kelly (14–2, 7 KOs) by sixth-round TKO for the vacant WBO European junior-middleweight title. Late in the sixth round of their fight at Arena Birmingham, he dropped his opponent with a straight right hand. Kelly got up but was forced back onto the ropes as Sheeraz threw a barrage of punches that he was not able to overcome. The referee stopped the fight with two seconds left in the round, giving Sheeraz his first title belt as a professional. The win also moved him into the top 15 in the WBO rankings.
He retained his title with stoppage wins over Paul Kean on 10 July 2020, Guido Nicolas Pitto on 28 November 2020. and Ezequiel Gurria on 24 July 2021
Sheeraz defended his title for a fourth and final time against Bradley Skeete at the Copper Box Arena in London on 4 December 2021 winning the fight by stoppage in the ninth-round of a controversial contest which saw him docked a point in round eight for punching Skeete while he was on the canvas after being knocked down.
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Hamzah Sheeraz
Mohammed Hamzah Sheeraz (born 25 May 1999) is a British-Pakistani professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC middleweight title in 2025. At regional level, he held the European middleweight title in 2024 and the Commonwealth title between 2022 and 2024.
Sheeraz was born on 25 May 1999 in Slough in Berkshire, England. His father is of Pakistani Muslim descent and his mother is of Indian Muslim descent. His paternal family belongs to the Janjua clan of Rajputs, originating in the village of Matore, in the Kahuta Tehsil of Rawalpindi District in Punjab, Pakistan. His father Kamran Sheeraz was a cricketer who played for Gloucestershire while his paternal grandfather and uncle were both boxers, the latter winning ten national amateur titles for the Slough and Pinewood Star clubs.
I never set sights of being an Olympian, going to world amateur championships, this-that-and the other, it’s difficult to explain but I just didn’t have that much interest in it. The professional game and winning pro titles is just so much more appealing to me.
Sheeraz was first directed to a gym by his uncle at the age of eight and had his first bout at 12. He went on to become a three-time finalist at the national junior championships. However, he became disillusioned with the sport after being overlooked for the Commonwealth Youth championships and took a year off to focus on an electrician's apprenticeship. A meeting with his then-trainer Lenny Butcher led him to come back and try his hand as a professional.
Sheeraz turned professional in 2017, signing a deal with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions on his eighteenth birthday. He made his pro debut on 16 September 2017 on the undercard of the Billy Joe Saunders–Willie Monroe Jr. world title fight at the Copper Box Arena in London. He defeated 35-year-old journeyman Duane Green via technical knockout (TKO) in the second round for his first victory. By the beginning of 2019 he was sporting a 6–0 record. He dropped Rod Douglas Jr. three times en route to a first-round TKO in March before stopping Ladislav Nemeth in the second round of their April bout at Wembley Arena. He registered his third-straight TKO victory on 13 July, beating Scott James in under two minutes on the undercard of the Daniel Dubois–Nathan Gorman British heavyweight title fight at The O2 Arena in London.
On 30 November 2019, Sheeraz defeated "Ruthless" Ryan Kelly (14–2, 7 KOs) by sixth-round TKO for the vacant WBO European junior-middleweight title. Late in the sixth round of their fight at Arena Birmingham, he dropped his opponent with a straight right hand. Kelly got up but was forced back onto the ropes as Sheeraz threw a barrage of punches that he was not able to overcome. The referee stopped the fight with two seconds left in the round, giving Sheeraz his first title belt as a professional. The win also moved him into the top 15 in the WBO rankings.
He retained his title with stoppage wins over Paul Kean on 10 July 2020, Guido Nicolas Pitto on 28 November 2020. and Ezequiel Gurria on 24 July 2021
Sheeraz defended his title for a fourth and final time against Bradley Skeete at the Copper Box Arena in London on 4 December 2021 winning the fight by stoppage in the ninth-round of a controversial contest which saw him docked a point in round eight for punching Skeete while he was on the canvas after being knocked down.