Hamzah Sheeraz played it too safe and that does not win world titles, writes Jeff Powell, while the British fight with Carlos Adames ends in a raffle

When the acid test arrived, he was closer to the land of his parents than his place of birth at the borders of Essex in London.

Hamzah Sheeraz traveled three parts of the road to Pakistan for the first serious examination of its potential as the future of British British boxing of the British ring

With hostilities in the Middle East in Pause, the flight route may have flirted in Gaza.

He certainly took it to the capital of Saudi Arabia, where world leaders have been trying to build a peace.

Sheeraz mostly keeps his advice on the conflict. He makes his wars in the ring. With an undefeated effect when the world champion of medium weight of the WBC Carlos Adames came to challenge.

With much, the most dangerous opponent in his incipient career. But the last one is not full on its great night.

The clash of the MMB's medium weight title between Hamzah Sheeraz and Carlos Adames ended up in a raffle

After the rapid start of Sheeraz, Adames persisted and the aggression kept his title

You can have something to say about the raffle that, hopefully, will be just a lump in your path. While finding out the clear and simple lesson of tonight Arab

That boxing man does not win worldwide titles of the left soaps in peace.

There was a question of whether the opportunity for the first world title had arrived soon.

The way in which he took care of the first rounds with the jab of which Long Rel rapist seemed to be disabled that argument from the beginning.

The judges tired of that. They needed to see more at the end only of them found in their favor. Closely for 115-114. One was 118-110 for Adames. A gross exaggeration. The other sat in the fence at 114-114.

In my book, Sheraz was three rounds ahead in a short time, not until the fifth was there, any sign of Adames that broke into the control zone established by Sheraz with its advantages of height, reach and its trial.

Winning a world title was your priority. But security was not enough. Adames persisted and the aggression kept his title

Sheeraz has more expansive skills to deploy, there were glimpses of more to come when he shook the frustrated champion with a peach of a uppercut followed by two solid rights in 11

The British has more expansive skills that were not exhibited this time in Saudi Arabia.

Boxing is a risk and reward game and Sheerz did not take enough the first

But Big Time Boxing is a risk and reward game.

There were none of the blood, Agallas and Heroicos of Victorv by Callum Smith about Joshua Buatsi previously in Card of the Century

Then Adames escaped with his title. Sheraz not only lived to fight another day. His goal did