Hamzah Sheeraz is targeting the biggest fights possible at super-middleweight after making the jump up from 160 pounds following his WBC world title split draw with Carlos Adames in February.

Ilford's Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs), who announced on Monday he has hired revered Irishman Andy Lee as his new head trainer, is recovering from a broken hand he sustained in the controversial bout with Adames on the 'Last Crescendo' card in Riyadh.

Many observers believed Adames to be the winner of that fight, but the judges, with scores of 118-110 Adames, 115-114 Sheeraz and 114-114 even, saw things differently.

Sheeraz is now putting his destructive days at middleweight behind him, though, and has firmly set his sights on the biggest names at 168, including a showdown with Edgar Berlanga, who has previously expressed his own interest in wanting to fight the Brit.

"One hundred million percent, let's go man," he told The Ring's Louis Hart when asked about the Berlanga fight. "It's one of them ones, I don't want to talk too much, if that's the fight [Team Berlanga] want, then send me the contract.

"We're in an era of boxing where the best fight the best and you put it all on the line, so let's go. I've already given the impression I'll fight whoever.

"It's the division, isn't it? I'm new, I've just entered the division, I don't really want to be in a situation where I've got to fight no names and build myself up."

Sheeraz made a name for himself and became one of the most exciting talents in Britain as a 160-pound fighter, stopping each of his last seven opponents before the Adames fight.

But Sheeraz, who stands at 6ft 3in and previously campaigned at 154, grew out of his middleweight frame, struggling to to boil everything down for both Adames and Tyler Denny last September.

"The last two fights, it was a myth," he added. "I'm not using it as an excuse because I should've moved up sooner but the world title opportunities were there.

"When it's in front of you you're not gonna say 'no'. I should've moved up sooner but I don't regret it because I believe you should always stand on your decisions, stand on your victories, losses and mistakes on everything you choose to do and that's what I've done.

"It was hard, put it that way, but it's done now, it's all behind me and 168 here we come. A few more pies and I'll be alright."

With a new weight division comes a change of trainer for Sheeraz, too.

After a trip to Dublin to watch a training session between former WBO middleweight champion Lee and Ben Whittaker, who recently joined Ballybrack Boxing Club himself, Sheeraz had his mind made up.

Lee now has Sheeraz, Whittaker, Paddy Donovan and Joseph Parker all training under the same roof, and Sheeraz believes his new trainer's 'calming aura' is exactly what he needs.

Sheeraz said: "[Lee} is a very respectful man, he's been a world champion, experienced, he has a very calming aura about him as well. I believe this is the right move for me. My team believes that as well, we're all in agreement, I'm looking forward to going out to Dublin to train with him.

"[Leaving Ricky Funez] was always going to be difficult, I've been with Ricky for so long, I'll forever be grateful for that, he got me to the world title position, he didn't do a bad job.

"It just comes down to me as a fighter, a lot of people think it's the team who say to the fighter 'you've got to change, you've got to change'. If that was the case I would've done it four or five fights ago when there were those whispers happening. This has come down to me as a fighter, as a man, to make this decision, and I stand on it. Here's to a fresh start."

Though Sheeraz continues to recuperate from his hand injury, a return to action, and an assault on the 168-pound division, is already in the works.

He said: "Hopefully in the summer, June or July. Back to it again, back on the ladder, back climbing, let's see what happens.

"Hopefully I have a good breakthrough in the 168-pound division."

The current champions at super-middleweight are Canelo Alvarez, who holds The Ring, WBC, WBA, WBO titles, and William Scull, who possesses the IBF strap.

The pair will clash on a Riyadh Season card on May 3 at the ANB Arena in Saudi, and if huge favourite Alvarez wins, plans are already in place for him to defend the undisputed titles against Terence Crawford in September, leaving Sheeraz to wait until 2026, at the earliest, for another title shot.