Edgar Berlanga says he’s not simply taking the combat towards celebrity Canelo Alvarez for the big-money million+ payday he’ll be getting for his or her headliner on September 14th.
He says he’s taking it for his “legacy” as a result of he needs to be in Canelo’s place sometime as the large star within the sport.
Legacy Over Cash?
Followers really feel that Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) is simply there for the payday as a result of if he cared about his legacy, he would have fought higher opposition to get up to now.
When the most effective identify in your resume is Jason Quigley, that’s an indication that getting “that bag” from Canelo is extra necessary than your legacy. Berlanga might have already fought these fighters if he actually cared about his legacy:
- David Morrell: Berlanga was Morrell’s WBA obligatory, and selected to not combat him
- Caleb Plant: The previous IBF tremendous middleweight champion Plant known as out Berlanga, however he didn’t need it. Too dangerous?
- David Benavidez: By no means confirmed curiosity.
- Jaime Munguia
- Christian Mbilli
- Diego Pacheco
“I bought Puerto Rico behind me, and I additionally bought the hip-hop tradition. That’s why I say I bought the most effective of each worlds,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to the Million {Dollars} Value of Recreation YouTube channel about his following going into his combat towards unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 14th.
Berlanga says he’s bought Puerto Rico behind him, however he’s from New Yorker. So, it is perhaps wishful pondering on Berlanga’s half to say he’s bought that nation behind him. He’s not Miguel Cotto or Felix Trinidad, fighters from Puerto Rico who achieved loads within the sport by the point they have been Berlanga’s age at 27.
“I like having an island behind me, having the haters speaking, and having New York behind me. That’s one thing I dreamed of, and I bought it. The cash is cool, however I’m large on legacy. My greatest worry is shedding,” mentioned Berlanga about him not simply approaching September 14th to get a payday.
If cash isn’t Berlanga’s precedence, we’ll see what opposition he faces after his match towards Canelo subsequent month. Berlanga ought to have already been preventing top-level fighters at his age, particularly since he mentioned he’d been within the sport for 20 years since he was seven.
I get the impression that if Berlanga loses to Canelo, he’ll resume preventing the identical stage of opposition he’d been preventing and look again his approach into one other payday towards him by preventing comfortable jobs.
“That’s why I hate these people who say, ‘Payday.’ I’m not a crab. I’m not somebody that chases cash,” mentioned Berlanga, who turned down a combat towards WBA ‘common’ tremendous middleweight champion David Morrell earlier this yr to attend for the larger payday towards Canelo.
Individuals who say that Berlanga is simply out for cash are basing that view on his weak resume and the truth that he selected to not combat guys like Plant, Morrell, Benavidez, and Munguia when he might have.
“He gave me the chance and I labored laborious for this. The bag is there on September 14th,” mentioned Berlanga about him supposedly working laborious for the Canelo combat. “It’s [the payday] there already. Now, it’s about stamping my identify into boxing. I’m making an attempt to get to the place he’s at. It’s not bodily with this combat. It’s psychological. It’s intelligence, and that’s what’s going to make the distinction.”
Berlang’s greatest opposition is these fighters:
– Jason Quigley
– Steve Rolls: 40
– Roamer Alexis Angulo: 40
– Marcelo Esteban Concernes
– Padraig McCrory
– Demond Nicholson
“Everybody retains speaking concerning the energy. ‘You’re large.’ It’s cool. He’s robust, too. He can punch, too, but it surely’s concerning the mentality, the IQ. That’s what it’s for September 14th,” mentioned Berlanga
Edgar isn’t recognized for being clever, and he sounds out of contact with actuality when he sees himself as matching Canelo within the psychological aspect of the game.
