Hamzah Sheeraz No Longer World Champion After Final Decision on 'Corrupt' Mandatory Fight
Queensberry won a $1,001,809 purse bid, but Sheeraz still gave up the belt and left Janibek Alimkhanuly without a title defense.
- On Friday, Hamzah Sheeraz officially vacated his World Boxing Organization super-middleweight title rather than defend it against mandatory challenger Janibek Alimkhanuly.
- Queensberry Promotions won the purse bid with $1,001,809, yet Sheeraz reportedly vacated due to dissatisfaction with the purse and Alimkhanuly's previous doping suspension.
- Calling the mandate "disgraceful" on 'The Ariel Helwani Show,' Sheeraz criticized the WBO for ordering the defense after it "terminated" Alimkhanuly's suspension in July.
- Alimkhanuly's manager Egis Klimas posted, "Ha, I was right, if you scared yesterday, you scared today and you will be scared tomorrow."
- The WBO World Championship Committee will render a ruling on Monday, September 21, regarding the vacant super-middleweight title's status and the division's future.
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