Edgar Berlanga revealed his scheme to get a quick rematch with Canelo Alvarez by capturing the IBF tremendous middleweight title. It’s a sneaky, weasel-like technique that Berlanga has dreamed up, with nearly no probability of being profitable in getting the rematch with Canelo.
It’s unclear if Berlanga cooked up the thought himself or his administration got here up with it to get a fast second payday struggle towards Canelo, nevertheless it appears half-baked.
The Matchroom-promoted Berlanga believes that if he can win the IBF belt, he and Canelo can meet for the undisputed 168-lb championship subsequent yr.
The U.S. boxing public doesn’t care as a lot about titles. They wish to see nice fights between common fighters profitable, not shedding, one-sided fights, as we noticed with Berlanga final night time. After his loss to Canelo, Berlanga must do far more than simply win the IBF title to get a rematch with the Mexican star.
Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) was outclassed final Saturday night time, shedding a large 12-round unanimous choice to WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
The scores have been 118-109, 118-109 and 117-110. Berlanga largely threw jabs and was unwilling to throw energy photographs. Berlanga displayed a great chin as he soaked up a number of arduous photographs from Canelo. One cause for that was Berlanga’s measurement.
Edgar seemed like a light-weight heavyweight contained in the ring final night time and had an enormous measurement benefit over Canelo. With the additional weight, Berlanga may take photographs that he wouldn’t have the ability to take if he have been preventing within the 175-lb division towards Artur Beterbiev. The best way Berlanga fought final night time, Artur Beterbiev would have knocked him out in three rounds.
Berlanga feels he fought nicely sufficient that followers will wish to see him and Canelo run it again subsequent yr.
Berlanga is attempting to take a shortcut to a quick rematch towards Canelo for a second big payday by capturing the IBF title by beating the winner of the October nineteenth struggle between William Scull and Vladimir Shishkin.
It’s comprehensible why Berlanga is focusing on the IBF title as a backdoor path to a profitable rematch towards Canelo. These two fighters, Shishkin and Scull, are very beatable and would seemingly lose to most of the prime 10 contenders.
#1 Scull and #2 Shishkin meet for the vacant IBF 168-lb title subsequent month on October nineteenth in Germany. If Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn can arrange a struggle between the winner of that struggle and Berlanga, the New Yorker can probably seize the IBF title.
Even with the IBF title, Berlanga’s recognition gained’t enhance a lot as a result of Scull and Shishkin aren’t well-known to U.S. followers. Berlanga has bought to do far more than simply beat the likes of Scull or Shishkin to extend speedy curiosity in a second struggle with Canelo.
Alvarez can be shedding cash by preventing Berlanga once more as a result of a rematch gained’t promote to the U.S. public after what they noticed final Saturday night time. Berlanga misplaced each spherical of the struggle and was like an overmatched punching bag. He was not the subsequent Gennadiy Golovkin or Miguel Cotto. He was Munguia 2.0, and followers don’t wish to pay to observe a rematch between Canelo and him both.
“I do know the IBF is on the market. So whoever wins the IBF, I’d wish to struggle the winner of them. I feel it’s [Vladimir] Shishkin and William Scull preventing for the IBF. So whoever wins that, I’d wish to go seize that title, after which see if we will do a rematch with Canelo subsequent yr for the undisputed,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to the Matchroom Boxing channel about his plans following his loss to Canelo Alvarez final Saturday night time.
Capturing the IBF tremendous middleweight title towards the obscure fighters, Scull or Shishkin gained’t be sufficient for Berlanga to get a quick rematch towards Canelo. Until the Mexican celebrity feels beneficiant and desires to assist Berlanga, he can earn more money preventing different fighters.
The fights followers wish to see from Canelo:
- David Benavidez
- Terence Crawford
- Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev winner
“I do know he’ll [Canelo] give me a possibility. It was a tremendous struggle. So, I’m going to speak to him to see if he can wait and let me attempt to beat one in every of these guys. Seize the IBF so I could be world champion, and we will run an undisputed for actual now,” mentioned Berlanga.
You’ll be able to perceive why Berlanga desires to get a second payday towards Canelo, however it’s important to earn it. Going to a straightforward path to get that second mega-million payday is weak. If Berlanga desires the rematch with Canelo, he’s bought to be prepared to make the final word sacrifice by taking up David Benavidez, David Morrell, Beterbiev, Bivol, Christian Mbilli, or Osleys Iglesias.
“I already bought the expertise. I bought to really feel his energy. He bought to really feel my energy, and it could be a fantastic struggle.”
