Edgar Berlanga fired again immediately on social media with venom, reacting to former WBC tremendous middleweight champion David Benavidez’s labeling his September 14th match in opposition to unified 168-lb champion Canelo Alvarez a “trash” combat.
Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) says Benavidez is a “dirtbag” and a hater along with his feedback.
David Benavidez’s Frustration and Departure
Benavidez had been Canelo’s WBC necessary at 168 and has been ready for a world title shot in opposition to him since 2022 however with no luck. He’s now determined to surrender his necessary to maneuver to 175, searching for extra alternatives.
It’s comprehensible why Benavidez could be offended that Canelo selected Berlanga, 27, reasonably than him for his subsequent title protection. Berlanga is a basic instance of a fighter with a flimsy cardboard document crammed from high to backside with the worst of the worst.
“F*** that fats a**. He’s a dirtbag identical to his father, and God doesn’t bless no person who’s at all times hating on one other man. That’s for females, bro,” stated Edgar Berlanga on X, reacting to David Benavidez’s criticism of Canelo Alvarez for combating him.
Berlanga’s Doubtful Report
– Marcelo Coceres
– Roamer Alexis Angulo
– Padraig McCrory
– Jason Quigley
– Steve Rolls
Most followers on social media have ridiculed Canelo’s alternative of Berlanga, viewing it as a basic instance of a cherry choose. As a substitute of combating Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), the inheritor obvious to the throne at 168, Canelo selected a straightforward mark, Berlanga, a fighter with a resume void of notable fighters.
“It’s a trash-a** combat. No one needs to see that. Canelo doesn’t face the strongest opposition,” stated David Benavidez to 2ToneDaSupastar, discussing his ideas on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga combat on September 14th.
Canelo ought to have at the very least fought Benavidez first earlier than taking the straightforward combat in opposition to Berlanga as a result of it will have been the precise factor to do, and the followers have been asking for that match.
Fan Backlash and Cherry-Choosing Accusations
The boxing public didn’t ask Canelo to defend his three 168-lb titles in opposition to the New Yorker Berlanga. That is Canelo’s child. He needed this combat, and now he’s received it and is coping with a withering backlash from the followers. It hurts Canelo’s legacy to swerve Benavidez and combat one of these contender, who doesn’t charge a world title shot.
Berlanga is a venture fighter who has but to be developed, and a few really feel he has been deliberately matched in opposition to tomato cans to construct a pretend resume to get him a cash-out combat. In different phrases, he’s just like Jaime Munguia, who was matched in opposition to opposition his complete profession.
To earn the Canelo combat correctly, Berlanga ought to have fought this assassin’s row of predators first:
- David Morrell
- David Benavidez
- Diego Pacheco
- Caleb Plant
- Christian Mbilli
- Hamzah Sheeraz
May Berlanga have crushed any of those fighters? I doubt that Berlanga would even make it to the sixth spherical in opposition to these fighters earlier than folding.
Inflated Resumes and Sanctioning Our bodies
If the New Yorker had run the gauntlet in opposition to these killers, at the very least you might say he’d earned the Canelo combat. However within the absence of that, Berlanga doesn’t belong within the ring with Canelo, and he actually doesn’t charge a #1 rating with the World Boxing Affiliation after beating the tin cans on his resume.
The sanctioning our bodies must make it a rule that fighters be examined in opposition to the most effective earlier than being given title photographs as a result of it hurts the game when fighters with inflated resumes are routinely chosen by champions to artificially delay their reigns as belt holders.
Would Canelo nonetheless be a world champion if he had already been compelled to combat David Benavidez and David Morrell? I don’t assume so. He would have misplaced his belts ages in the past, and fighters like Berlanga wouldn’t even be within the high tier.
