Edgar Berlanga views his battle towards famous person Canelo Alvarez as his time to take over the 168-lb division in 10 days to any extent further September 14th on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Berlanga’s Backdoor Path to the Title Shot
Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) acknowledges that followers have put a query mark over his head, having doubts about him due to the backdoor route that he’s taken to get this title shot.
Prime Rank was attempting to develop Berlanga as a result of he was terribly flawed, however he abruptly left them as a result of he wished to maneuver sooner along with his profession.
So, as an alternative of getting all Berlanga’s studying fights, his promoter, Eddie Hearn, has fed him two British tomato cans, Jason Quigley and Padraig McCrory. Now, Berlanga is getting the title shot towards Canelo, which he’s not prepared for, and the end result is clear.
If boxing have been higher regulated, Berlanga would have needed to battle his technique to get a title shot by working by means of these killers:
– David Morrell
– Christian Mbilli
– Caleb Plant
– David Benavidez
– Osleys Iglesias
– Jaime Munguia
If Berlanga may beat all these fighters, he would deserve a battle towards Canelo. Sadly, that didn’t occur, and Berlanga is getting the battle towards Canelo off the again of his wins over British fighters Quigley and McCrory.
Cash over Benefit
It’s fairly unhappy as a result of the followers who can be shelling out $89.99, pondering they are going to be seeing a terrific between Canelo and Berlanga, will get little worth for his or her cash for this contest reside on DAZN PPV.
“It is a probability to show that I’m among the best within the sport of boxing. Lots of people have a query mark over my head proper now. That query mark goes to be eliminated once I battle the legend,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel.
Berlanga had the possibility to show he was among the best by difficult WBA ‘common’ champion David Morrell, however handed up on the battle, solely wanting Canelo. That tells you it’s all about cash for Berlanga and never about proving himself.
After Berlanga loses this battle, it’ll rinse and repeat along with his administration matching him towards lesser fighters, hoping to take him the backdoor route a second time for a title shot. Fighters like Berlanga are all the things that’s flawed in regards to the sport.
A Flawed System and a Plastic Document
Combating weak opposition to construct a phony plastic file to win over impressionable followers in New York Metropolis who’re searching for one other Miguel Cotto hero to worship. They’ve naively latched on to Berlanga, fooled by his pretend file, impressed by his gold chains, and bragged about himself.
“It’s time for a brand new younger blood to come back in and take over the 168 division,” Berlanga continued. “Lots of the fellows are caught at what they do with the identical repetition, the identical all the things.”
Canelo must be 100% washed to lose this battle to Berlanga as a result of, on paper, it is a mismatch. Berlanga would lose to at the least 10 high 15 contenders within the tremendous middleweight division. Even Jermall Charlo, who has fought simply as soon as within the final three years, would beat Berlanga.
“With me, I’m like a sponge. Preserve getting higher, hold getting higher. There’s no stopping. We nonetheless obtained to go on the market and win and change into a legend. The higher the opposition, the higher I change into. I’ve been doing this for 20 years,” mentioned Berlanga.
“They are saying after ten years, you change into a grasp at one thing when you’ve been doing it every single day. I’ve been doing this every single day of my life since I used to be six or seven years outdated. So, that is my time,” mentioned Berlanga.
He’s not any form of “grasp” within the sport. Tinkering round for ten years in boxing doesn’t make a fighter a “grasp.” Berlanga would want to beat top-level fighters to suit that class, and he hasn’t achieved that. His finest wins are Quigley, McCrory, Roamer Alexis Angulo and Marcelo Coceres.
“I really like Canelo. I studied him loads. Canelo was considered one of my idols. Once I began coming to the sport, I preferred his fashion as a result of his fashion jogged my memory of myself. He’s a puncher. He likes to battle, and he’s good,” mentioned Berlanga.
