Overview
- If no deal is reached within the 20-day window, the bout moves to a WBO purse bid, with reports citing a $300,000 minimum bid.
- Sheeraz also holds a WBC mandate to face Christian Mbilli for that organization’s vacant belt, presenting an alternative title route.
- The WBO title became vacant after Terence Crawford retired and relinquished his championships following his undisputed run at 168 pounds.
- Sheeraz is promoted by Frank Warren’s Queensberry and Pacheco by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, requiring cross-promoter negotiations or a purse bid.
- Both fighters are unbeaten, with Sheeraz coming off a knockout of Edgar Berlanga at super-middleweight, and Pacheco publicly welcoming the matchup in the U.S., the U.K., or Saudi Arabia.