Edgar Berlanga says he’d be open to combating David Benavidez if he comes again right down to 168 after he faces unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez a month any more September 14th on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Though Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) views Benavidez as a bitter, envious “Crab” as a result of his vital feedback about him being blessed by Canelo, he’d nonetheless wish to combat him after he captures the three 168-lb titles.
Benavidez could be unable to drop to 168 as a result of he’s combating at 175, placed on measurement, and it could be an excessive amount of for him to return to the division. If Berlanga agreed to a catchweight of 172, it may need been simpler for Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs) to make the load.
A victory for Berlanga over Canelo subsequent month would imply a profitable rematch between them, and it might be Edgar’s first order of enterprise. Canelo has an excessive amount of delight to stroll away from a loss to Berlanga with out making an attempt to avenge it.
“He’s a clown as a result of he says it’s a ‘trash combat,’ but when me and him had been combating, he wouldn’t be saying it’s a trash combat. He’s solely saying that as a result of he’s not getting the combat, and Canelo will in all probability by no means give him that combat,” stated Edgar Berlanga to TheOnlyKayla YouTube channel about David Benavidez criticizing Canelo Alvarez for selecting him as his opponent for September 14th.
Benavidez has been making an attempt to get a combat in opposition to Canelo for a number of years, and you’ll’t blame him for being jealous at seeing Berlanga get the chance after changing into Alvarez’s WBA obligatory final February. The velocity with which Berlanga bought the combat was fast as a result of he didn’t should beat anybody good, and wasn’t toiling away like Benavidez.
“He’s a detailed, and his father [Jose Benavidez Sr.] is a clown. That’s why I posted on Instagram, ‘You do clown exercise. You’re a clown.’ He’s a cornball,” stated Berlanga.. “That’s why you don’t get blessed like that. When he was combating Plant and all these guys, you by no means heard me say, ‘That’s a trash combat.’ He’s a hater. So, I don’t pay no thoughts to him too.
“Benavidez goes to should combat Canelo when he’s had 100 fights. His father is a crab. That’s why guys like him don’t get blessed like that,” stated Berlanga.
Berlanga views Benavidez as somebody who doesn’t wish to see others succeed and simply desires them to remain down with out rising up. In different phrases, a “crab.”
“In fact, that’s a giant combat,” stated Berlanga when requested if he’d combat David Benavidez if he got here right down to 168. “That’s one other cash combat. That’s large proper there. You already know that with me and him, I’m not going to be operating, and he’s not going to be operating,” stated Berlanga.
A combat between Benavidez and Berlanga can be enormous if Edgar beats Canelo a couple of times. That may be an enormous combat at any weight, as lengthy Benavidez doesn’t get crushed at 175.
