The knockout artist's promise to fight Zhanibek Alimkhanuly was exposed – Boxing/MMA

British top middleweight contender Hamza Shiraz (21-0, 17 KOs) plans to first take the WBC title from the Dominican Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KOs), and then unify for 3 belts with the Kazakh Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (16-0, 11 KOs), Sports.kz reports with reference to Vringe.com.

“Shiraz was clearly in a hurry, promising Zhanibek unification, because in this situation very little depends on him: “Hold your hand. As soon as I resolve matters with Adames, we will do this – we will carry out unification. It's simple.”

In fact, it's not up to Shiraz to decide next. And certainly not Zhanibek. And the man who makes the decisions seems to have his own plans – Riyadh Season boss Turki Al ash-Sheikh wants Shiraz to fight compatriot Chris Eubank Jr. after Adames: “You will fight next year.”

Note author: first, first to Shiraz, Alimkhanuly and Eubank…