Edgar Berlanga roasted Caleb Plant as we speak on X, reacting to him selecting the bottom-ranked Jose Armando Resendiz to battle subsequent month on Could thirty first on PBC on Prime Video.
Plant (23-2, 14 KOs) had been hounding Berlanga for a battle. He left himself vast open to be dumped on by Edgar in addition to the boxing world for selecting #15 WBA Resendiz (15-2, 11 KOs) as his opponent. This man was just lately knocked out by Elijah Garcia.
Opponent Selection
Berlanga had rather a lot to say about Plant’s selection of opponent. He says it’s “unhappy” that ‘Sweethands’ is combating a non-contender. This selection hurts Caleb’s potential to proceed pushing for a battle towards Berlanga as a result of if he’s going to be combating guys like Resendiz and Trevor McCumby, he doesn’t have the flexibility to argue that he’s worthy of a battle.
“All of the s*** SweetHands Plant was speaking. Now, he’s combating a prospect that’s not ranked and has two losses. You’re a f***** shame to boxing. Man, it’s f***** unhappy!” mentioned Edgar Berlanga on X, roasting WBA interim tremendous middleweight champion Caleb Plant for cherry-picking #15-ranked Jose Armando Resendiz for his subsequent battle on Could thirty first relatively than one of many prime 5 killers at 168.
Final week, Plant mentioned that his administration despatched a contract to Berlanga however by no means heard something again. Edgar mentioned there was no contract despatched to him, but when he needed to battle, he may take $200,000 whereas he pockets $30 million. Berlanga is ready for the smoke to clear from the Jaime Munguia vs. Brunco Surace 2 rematch on Could third. He desires to battle Munguia subsequent if he’s victorious.
Plant probably doesn’t select his opponents, however he clearly has some say-so in who he fights, and he may have vetoed this choice in favor of one of many prime 5 contenders.
Nevertheless, after the way in which Plant appeared in his final battle, getting dropped within the fourth by fringe contender Trevor McCumby, it is sensible that he’s selecting from the underside of the barrel together with his battle towards Resendiz.
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