Edgar Berlanga believes he brings extra issues to Canelo Alvarez than the blokes he’s been dealing with throughout his profession.
The unbeaten Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) thinks he’s received the suitable substances to hassle the undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo in September if he chooses him as his opponent. Canelo hasn’t tipped his hand to point whether or not he’ll bless Berlanga for the possibility to get a payday in opposition to him.
If Canelo does select to struggle Berlanga, it may open the floodgates for promoters to match their fighters in the identical method that he was to swiftly place them for an enormous payday with out matching them in opposition to powerful opposition. It could be a nasty factor for the followers.
“I do know he fought huge punchers and everyone, however I really feel with me, it’s one thing totally different,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to Cigar Speak, talking about Canelo Alvarez, who he hopes to struggle subsequent in September. “I’m going to convey one thing totally different to the desk.”
The previous High Rank-promoted Berlanga doesn’t clarify what he means by saying that he “brings one thing totally different to the desk” for Canelo from the blokes he’s fought previously. Evaluating Berlanga to Gennadiy Golovkin, you may solely say that Edgar lacks the facility, abilities, and resume he had earlier than his first struggle in opposition to Canelo.
Berlanga, 27, is likely one of the two fighters Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) is believed to be contemplating for his subsequent title protection. Jermall Charlo, the previous two-division world champion, is the opposite.
Neither fighter is good for Canelo, as they’ve not overwhelmed any stable competitors lately. Berlanga, then again, has by no means fought an A-level fighter throughout his eight-year skilled profession.
The New Yorker Berlanga continues to be on the prospect stage of his profession. Nonetheless, surprisingly, the World Boxing Affiliation gave Berlanga the #1 rating of their group after he lately beat an obscure fighter named Padraig McCrory by a sixth-round knockout earlier this 12 months on February 24 in Orlando, Florida.
Berlanga had the possibility to struggle WBA ‘common’ tremendous middleweight champion David Morrell when he turned his obligatory challenger earlier this 12 months after his win over McCrory however selected to carry out with hopes of getting chosen by Canelo.
It could have seemed higher if Berlanga had taken the struggle with Morrell as a result of it will have positioned him in a extra stable place to be chosen by Canelo.