Round seven was an exhibition of elite shadow boxing, as Adames dodged every one of Sheeraz’s meaningful digs and the Brit caught all of Adames’ looped efforts on his golden gloves.
Adames retained his WBC middleweight title and challenger Sheeraz was frustratingly cautious - despite some serious orders getting sent his way by the sport’s most powerful man, Turki Al-Sheikh.
BOXING fans slammed Carlos Adames' contentious split decision draw with Hamzah Sheeraz as "rigged".
It’s amazing what a director order from the richest and most powerful dictator in boxing can do, as Sheeraz turned it on and enjoyed his best stanza in the 11th, with three big shots harming Adames.
Sheeraz’s performance was so flat that, before the tenth round, Al-Sheikh walked around the VIP seats and into Sheeraz’s corner to tell him he had two desperate rounds to pull something from the fire.
