Work is ongoing to finalize Edgar Berlanga’s return to the ring in Puerto Rico on March 8 – and to rearrange the undercard.
Berlanga was final seen shedding a choice to Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in September 2024, however the tremendous middleweight has vowed to bounce again impressively.
He may, on that very same promotion, be joined by the unbeaten Puerto Rican flyweight Yankiel Rivera, 7-0 (4 KOs), who defeated the then-14-0 Angel Gonzalez in 4 rounds on the undercard of Liam Paro-Richardson Hitchins in December on the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan.
Whereas no opponent is confirmed, BoxingScene understands {that a} fighter being thought of to face the unbeaten Puerto Rican is South Africa’s Sivenathi Nontshinga. Nontshinga, 13-2 (10 KOs), has been a preferred addition to a number of Matchroom payments and is a former two-time champion at light-flyweight, the place he was defeated by Masamichi Yabuki in Tokyo in October.
Rivera is ranked second by the WBA, however the number-one spot is empty as a result of Seigo Yuri Akui, the WBA champion, meets his WBC counterpart Kenshiro Teraji in March.
Matchroom chief government Frank Smith advised BoxingScene that the plan for Berlanga was to return on March 8 after which to focus on additional huge fights.
“That is what we’re making an attempt to work on,” Smith stated. “That is the main target for us proper now. Hopefully, we will get that performed – it is coming round very quickly, that date. , he had a fantastic battle towards ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, and the hot button is getting again energetic and getting again in these huge fights.
“There’s a number of huge fights to be made at 168. We’re simply working by way of choices now [for March 8]. We’re taking a look at some extremely ranked individuals, each within the WBO, hopefully high 15 on this planet for him. , the main target is, as I say, getting again in these huge fights – the likes of the Caleb Plant battle, and we’ll see what occurs with [Jaime] Munguia if he comes again. Diego Pacheco’s a battle that is been referred to as for a lot of occasions over time. So, let’s have a look at how issues play out.”
