Just saw Hamzah Sheeraz after spar looking massive at 168lbs

Styles make fights. Berlanga would lose to Carlos Adames i think. He's not that good and I don't even like Sheeraz but I expect him to win here, just keeping range and hitting Berlanga with some hard power shots. Could be wrong though

 

me too. edgar is horrible, winging hard wide punches with nonexistent vision. combine that with his glass chin and he will surely get seizure koed by a counter puncher soon. hamzah sheeraz boxes like hes wearing the leg braces from forrest gump. i think it will be a good slugfest

 

We'll see, size is overrated, thats why Carlos beat Sheeraz. The same thing will apply here imo. Berlanga can't outbox him and has bad defense he has to walk sheeraz down and Hamzah should logically have the power to make him think twice. I could be wrong, not a fan of Sheeraz but thats how I see it playing out stylistically

 

I just checked the odds and it looks like Sheeraz is the slight favourite which is a bit surprising since I though Berlanga would be the more popular choice, though the odds are still pretty close.

After learning that Sheeraz is trained by Andy Lee, I think I have to lean towards him more since all of Lee's fighters have shown markable improvement under him so far and I feel like he isn't far away from having his first champion boxer.

 

If Sheeraz doesn't fight smarter, he's going to lose.

He has the skills, but not the ring smart. He need to up his output and throw more punches. Keeping your hands up and waiting for the perfect shot rarely win fights at the top level.

Maybe the weight cut affected him against Adames, or maybe that's how he is. I'm not betting on this fight giving the inconsistency of Sheeraz, but if he wants to succeed at 168, he need to throw more punches.

 

Berlanga looked like a heavyweight against Canelo. His team said he had rehydrated to over 200 lbs. I don't know if that's true but it's not unbelievable looking at him.

Clash of the weight bullies. Isn't boxing great.

 

Two 190lbs guys fighting at 168 is kind of a big deal. And the OP made a point about Hamzah being likely bigger on fight night, which my comment was aimed at.
It´s physically impossible for him to be bigger that Berlanga, without missing weight.