Promoter Eddie Hearn is assured that Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams will rating an upset knockout victory over Queensberry captain Hamzah Sheeraz (19-0, 15 KOs) on Saturday night time of their middleweight struggle on the ‘5 vs. 5’ occasion, reside on DAZN PPV in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The price of the occasion is $69.99 on PPV.
Hearn notes that Queensberry believes in Sheeraz a lot that they’ve already acquired his subsequent struggle lined up for Wembley, however he feels that the underdog Ammo Williams (16-0, 11 KOs) goes to tear up the script tomorrow night time.
Sheeraz, 6’3″, towered over Williams throughout right now’s weigh-in, wanting like a brilliant middleweight subsequent to a middleweight. It’s exhausting to consider Sheeraz could make 160, however he’s he’s slender and nonetheless younger at 25. Sheeraz’s future goes to be at tremendous middleweight, however for his sake, he wants to maneuver up quickly if he needs to get an opportunity to struggle Canelo Alvarez earlier than he retires.
Hearn Predicts a Late Knockout
“I feel everyone seems to be underestimating Ammo Williams. He’s effectively on the market, however he a troublesome, robust man with large reflexes. He can actually punch, and he’s unpredictable as effectively,” mentioned promoter Eddie Hearn to Queensberry about Austin ‘Ammo’ Willams, who has a troublesome struggle forward of him on Saturday night time in opposition to Hamzah Sheeraz.
Ammo Williams has acquired the facility to win this struggle, however he’s going to need to keep away from getting hit by one in every of Sheerez’s energy photographs early within the contest when he’s his most harmful.
He’s a kind of fighters who’s deadly early however loses energy because the rounds go by. Nobody is aware of how good Sheeraz is as a result of his opposition has been on the British home degree his complete profession. Williams praises Sheeraz’s administration for maneuvering him so skillfully and preserving him away from threats, however tomorrow night time, he can now not be protected.
“What about Ammo Williams vs. Hamzah Sheeraz. Queensberry is so sizzling on this child, Hamzah Sheeraz, that they’ve already booked his subsequent struggle at Wembley,” mentioned Hearn. “Ammo Williams goes to tear up the script and knock him out late within the struggle.
“I actually consider tomorrow night time that every thing he’s been by means of has led him to this second, and possibly I’m a Cinderella story believer, however this ain’t only a child with out potential. It is a large fighter,” mentioned Hearn to Charlie Parson’s YouTube channel, speaking about Ammo Williams.
If Ammo Williams defeats Queensberry captain Sheeraz, it could be a giant deal, nevertheless it wouldn’t be the primary time that we’ve seen a fighter who has been protected and closely hyped introduced all the way down to earth.
It might be a bitter tablet for Queensberry to swallow seeing their group captain overwhelmed, however Hearn’s captain has an excellent shot of getting overwhelmed as effectively tomorrow night time, with Deontay Wilder.
Sheeraz ought to have been examined lengthy earlier than this as a result of he’s been within the sport for too lengthy to get his first true top-tier opponent lastly, however that is how promoters on this period deliver fighters alongside. They match them weakly to make them lengthy higher than they really are, after which put them in cash-out fights that they’re not ready for.
“It is a nice athlete; it is a massive puncher. He’s a really non secular man, Ammo, and I simply acquired this sense inside myself that he’s going to do it tomorrow night time, and I’m very happy with him,” mentioned Hearn.
“He pulled me apart and mentioned, ‘I simply wish to thanks, and I’m going to win for you on Saturday night time,’ and will probably be out. There shall be a documentary the place you will note it,” mentioned Hearn about what Ammo Williams mentioned to him after the ultimate press convention this week.