Underdog Edgar Berlanga wore a ski masks for the grand arrivals in the present day to debate his title battle towards unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on Saturday evening, September 14th, for Mexican Independence Day. It’s unclear why the ski masks, however it could have been good if this had been Halloween.
Talking in Spanish and English, Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) predicted a sixth-round knockout of Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) and vowed to make “historical past” by unseating the three-belt 168-lb champion on the T-Cell Enviornment.
Berlanga says he’s been constructing as much as this history-making battle for 20 years, and that second is lastly right here. He’ll benefit from it by destroying Alvarez within the “Puerto Rico vs. Mexico warfare” dwell on DAZN PPV. Berlanga didn’t point out the value of the occasion, nevertheless it’s promoting for $89.99 on pay-per-view.
“I’m prepared. I’ve been on this sport for 20 years. We’re about to make historical past. There’s one thing particular that’s going to occur this weekend,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to the media throughout in the present day’s grand arrivals for his battle towards Canelo Alvarez on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Motivating the Fence-Sitters
Berlanga must encourage the fence-sitter earlier than Saturday as a result of many boxing followers are nonetheless undecided about paying $90 to order the occasion on PPV. The undercard isn’t ok to encourage people who find themselves nonetheless making an attempt to resolve whether or not to order it on DAZN PPV. One thing spectacular must occur on the weigh-in on Friday to encourage the folks holding off on ordering it.
“Hear, he’s going to place me to that degree, and all my life, I’ve been there. When it’s time to shine, and it’s my second, I all the time come by way of,” continued Berlanga. “This weekend, Saturday goes to be historical past.
“That is warfare. It’s Puerto Rico vs. Mexico. It’s one thing for the historical past books. So far as Canelo, we all the time have respect him for his accolades within the sport of boxing. It’s a battle on September 14th. We’ve obtained an enormous battle this weekend.
“He’s moving into to harm me, and I’ve obtained to go in and harm him. I’m going to knock him out within the sixth spherical. He informed me eight rounds. I obtained him six. Shout out to the haters. I like y’all. Y’all push me for greatness, man,” mentioned Berlanga.
