Hamzah Sheeraz and Alem Begic will contest the vacant WBO super-middleweight title on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk-Rico Verhoeven on May 23.
By the time they do so, as BoxingScene previously reported, Jack Catterall and Shakhram Giyasov will have fought for the WBA “regular” welterweight title, promoters The Ring Magazine have confirmed.
There will also, at the pyramids of Giza in Egypt, be a heavyweight contest between Frank Sanchez and Richard Torrez Jnr, a WBO welterweight title fight between the champion Mizuki Hiruta and Mai Soliman, a cruiserweight match-up between Basem Mamdouh and Jamar Talley, and fights between the Egyptians Mahmoud Mobark and Michael Kalyalya, and Omar Hikal and Ali Sserunkuma.
The super-middleweight titles became vacant when Terence Crawford, in the aftermath of his victory over the previous undisputed champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, retired.
Sheeraz is promoted by Queensberry Promotions. Queensberry’s Frank Warren has confirmed that he is considering legal action against the Saudi Arabia-owned Sela, the owners of The Ring, and American company TKO.
