Edgar Berlanga says he has little interest in preventing Caleb Plant as a result of he’s on the “again burner” for him. Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) says he’ll decide up “that bag” preventing Canelo Alvarez subsequent, and he has no want to struggle the twice-beaten Plant.
Followers needed to see Berlanga struggle the previous IBF tremendous middleweight champion ‘Sweethands’ Plant earlier than he fought for Canelo for his undisputed 168-lb championship.
Berlanga: A Enterprise-Stage Fighter for Canelo?
If Berlanga, 27, beat Plant, it will be his first struggle towards a real world class fighter, and he could be seen as a reputable opponent for Canelo as an alternative of somebody getting the match on account of plastic resume stuffed with horrid opposition.
Berlanga could be a business-level fighter for Canelo, a man who’s picked as a result of he has a big following in elements of New York and isn’t considered as a risk.
“He’s straightforward work. He’s meals. I’m not even nervous about him. He on the again burner. He already obtained beat up twice, and he went about it the mistaken manner. I’m on to greater issues. I’m the necessary for Canelo,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to Cigar Discuss when requested if he’s interested by a struggle towards Caleb Plant.
Berlanga earned the WBA necessary spot with a win over Irish fighter Padraig McCrory final February. The World Boxing Affiliation had given McCrory a excessive rating after beating 39-year-old Marco Antonio Peribán and Leon Bunn.
Berlanga made straightforward work of McCrory, stopping him within the sixth spherical final February.
“We not [Jermall] Charlo. We from New York. I’m about to make that bag. I’m going to beat him,” mentioned Berlanga about Canelo.
Berlanga has a great likelihood of getting the struggle towards Canelo subsequent as a result of the Mexican star doesn’t have a number of choices for well-known, beatable opposition. Canelo shouldn’t be going to struggle anybody harmful with abilities like David Benavidez, David Morrell, Christian Mbilli, or Diego Pacheco.
At the least Berlanga has a great document at first look, and he’s well-liked in New York. Nonetheless, you’d wish to have seen Berlanga beat at the very least one credible fighter earlier than going through Canelo as a result of his resume is just too poor for him to be thought-about a viable possibility.
Berlanga’s greatest wins:
– Steve Rolls: 40
– Padraig McCrory: 36
– Marcelo Coceres
– Roamer Alexis Angulo: 40
– Demond Nicholson
– Jason Quigley
