Hamzah Sheeraz knocks out Edgar Berlanga in round 5, earning a title shot against the Canelo vs. Crawford winner at super middleweight.

In the main event of an exciting "Ring III" card, presented by Turki Alalshikh, Sheeraz scored a pair of knockdowns to break open a tense start before brutally finishing Edgar Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) in Round 3 inside Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York.

Hamzah Sheeraz dropped Edgar Berlanga twice before finishing the job with a 5th round TKO in the main event of Ring Magazine 3 at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Saturday night.

The time has come as the Ring III goes down on Saturday night from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, N.Y., live on

On Saturday at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City, Hamzah Sheeraz dropped (on three occasions) and stopped Edgar Berlanga for the first time in his career.

British star Hamzah Sheeraz has eyes on a potential fight against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez following his emphatic knockout win over Edgar Berlanga.

Hamzah Sheeraz took a week’s worth of torment from Edgar Berlanga and then flipped it on the hometown fighter with a punctuating statement Saturday

Plenty have mentioned that Edgar Berlanga might not be as focused as he needs to be for Hamzah Sheeraz, who has looked bulletproof in the build-up.

Fight time, undercard, latest odds, prediction, ring walks tonight - Ring III main event in New York comes after Shakur Stevenson vs William Zepeda