  The soft gamma-ray repeater candidate SGR 0755$-$2933 was discovered in 2016
by Swift/BAT, which detected a short ($\sim$30 ms) powerful burst typical of
magnetars. To understand the nature of the source, we present here an analysis
of follow-up observations of the tentative soft X-ray counterpart of the source
obtained with Swift/XRT, NuSTAR and Chandra. From our analysis we conclude
that, based on the observed counterpart position and properties, it is actually
not a soft gamma ray repeater but rather a new high mass X-ray binary. We
suggest to refer to it as 2SXPS J075542.5$-$293353. We conclude, therefore,
that the available data do not allow us to confirm existence and identify the
true soft X-ray counterpart to the burst event. Presence of a soft counterpart
is, however, essential to unambiguously associate the burst with a magnetar
flare, and thus we conclude that magnetar origin of the burst and precise burst
location remain uncertain and require further investigation.
