Frank Warren says Hamzah Sheeraz is ready to face Canelo Alvarez.

Sheeraz made a big statement in his super middleweight division debut by stopping Edgar Berlanga in the fifth round. Canelo has said he wants to fight in the UK before he retires. Chris Eubank Jr. is a possible name for that fight, now that the Conor Benn rematch appears to be off. However, Warren said Canelo was offered as an opponent over a year ago, but they turned it down since Sheeraz wasn’t ready for that bout. Now Warren feels his fighter is ready to take on the challenge.

“We’ve gotta wait for him [Canelo]. He’s fighting in September on that show in the States in Vegas. It’s gonna be a terrific fight between him and Crawford and he [Sheeraz] is ready to fight the winner. That’s what we want to do. We could have fought Canelo 18 months ago, we were offered the fight and I wouldn’t take it because I don’t think he was ready for it,” Warren said