Edgar Berlanga weighed in at a thin-looking 167.7, whereas unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez got here in at 166.8 lbs throughout immediately’s early weigh-in for his or her headliner tomorrow night time in Las Vegas. The official ceremonial weigh-in shall be later immediately for the general public.
Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) goes to must combat more durable on this combat than he has shortly as a result of Berlanga has extremely motivated to detrone him. As he factors out, he has a complete island behind him, and he doesn’t need to allow them to down.
The Challenger Berlanga (22-0, 18 KOs) didn’t look good on the weigh-in, showing drawn and badly emaciated, signaling that he’s blow up tonight after he rehydrates for the combat. We’ll discover out on Saturday night time if the ordeal of shifting that a lot weight was an excessive amount of for him.
If Berlanga can put the burden again on with out being weakened, Canelo may have a nightmare in entrance of him on Saturday. That is by far the most important man Canelo has fought since his match towards WBA mild heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in 2022, and that combat didn’t go effectively for him.
Canelo shall be at his finest within the first 4 to 5 rounds, however after that, he’ll probably tail off and wrestle if Berlanga remains to be round. We noticed that in Canelo’s latest fights towards Jaime Munguia, John Ryder, Gennadiy Golovkin, and Dmitry Bivol. He fought effectively for roughly half of the combat, however then coasted within the second half after tiring.
“I actually really feel that if Edgar begins effectively and will get a foothold within the combat, Edgar’s going to do that,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to iFL TV, going with Berlanga to defeat Canelo. “I like his possibilities within the combat as a result of I like his mentality, however Canelo’s very tough to beat. I’ll go on the market, and I’ll say Edgar Berlanga wins on factors.”
It’s in Hearn’s finest curiosity that his Matchroom fighter Berlanga win this combat as a result of that may end in a rematch, making tons of cash.
✅ CANELO & BERLANGA MAKE WEIGHT
🇲🇽 Canelo Alvarez – 166.8lbs🇵🇷 Edgar Berlanga – 167.7lbs
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