Oscar De La Hoya advised us all that he wouldn’t be watching final evening’s struggle between his former fighter/buddy Canelo Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga, that he would as a substitute be attending Dana White’s UFC gig down the street in Vegas. De La Hoya additionally advised we struggle followers to save lots of our dough and never pay to look at the person he used to advertise have interaction in what he predicted can be “one other lame ass struggle.”
Effectively, it seems De La Hoya was mistaken, with final evening’s struggle being a enjoyable struggle, an thrilling struggle, and a struggle that advised us lots about Canelo and Berlanga. Canelo appeared higher than he has executed in a while, though he didn’t get the specified KO. This had a heck of loads to do with the truth that “The Chosen One,” as Berlanga is nicknamed, has one heck of a very good chin, and a few actual preventing coronary heart. It was in brief a very good struggle, one value watching.
Berlanga confirmed he’s for actual and he can come once more, whereas Canelo, at age 34, confirmed he nonetheless has loads of fireplace in his stomach. What comes subsequent for Canelo we’re all eager to search out out – will it’s a return struggle with Dmitry Bivol (if Bivol defeats Artur Beterbiev subsequent month), or may it’s Terence Crawford (who was there final evening on the T-Cell and referred to as Canelo out after the Mexican star had pounded out his UD win over Berlanga?) Or will it’s another person on Cinco de Mayo? Once more, we are going to wait and see, however Canelo, for now, stays the face of boxing.
However De La Hoya launched into Canelo after final evening’s struggle, with the Golden Boy head adopting an ‘I advised you so’ method. De La Hoya suggests final evening’s struggle was boring and a waste of cash.
“I advised you so. You must have saved your heard earned cash,” De La Hoya wrote on social media, with a number of sleeping emojis connected to his phrases. “Wow so he threw greater than 3 punches a spherical.”
In truth, Canelo threw a heck of much more than three punches a spherical, his energy punch join at 50 -percent at one stage within the struggle. However De La Hoya can not give Canelo any credit score in any respect, and consequently the previous multi-weight champ comes throughout as bitter, very bitter. It’s a disgrace. De La Hoya used to have extra class than this.
If De La Hoya had been selling final evening’s struggle, if he was nonetheless with Canelo, he would little doubt have been telling us all immediately what an awesome occasion he placed on. However immediately, and seemingly forever, De La Hoya and Canelo are sworn enemies.
What do YOU assume – was final evening’s Canelo W12 Berlanga struggle a snoozer or a doozy?
