Edgar Berlanga appeared badly drained on Thursday forward of as we speak’s weigh-in for his title combat in opposition to WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez this Saturday on the Mexican Independence Day on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
It’s time for Berlanga to think about shifting as much as 175 as a result of he’s too large for the 168-lb division. He’s in the identical boat as David Benavidez. He was additionally an enormous at that weight earlier than shifting as much as mild heavyweight, the place he belongs.
It will be fascinating to know the way a lot weight Berlanga places on after he rehydrates for the combat on Saturday night time. It wouldn’t be stunning if he weighs 190+ lbs, that means that Canelo could be combating a small cruiserweight.
Even with Canelo’s way more expertise and expertise than Berlanga, combating a younger cruiserweight on Saturday can be troublesome for him. If Canelo didn’t embody a rehydration restrict within the contract for his combat with Berlanga, he dropped the ball as a result of he ought to have seen how large he’s for his fights.
If this combat is nearly Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) getting a payday, you possibly can’t fault him for that, however he’s clearly a real 175-pounder and needs to be combating the place he needs to be. All these knockouts that Berlanga has scored at 168 are attributable to his being a lightweight heavyweight together with his body.
If Berlanga strikes up in weight to 175, these knockouts will dry up when he begins combating guys his dimension who can take his energy. Shifting as much as 175 would put Berlanga in with these sharks:
– David Morrell
– Artur Beterbiev
– Dmitriy Bivol
– Wily Hutchinson
– David Benavidez
– Anthony Yarde
– Wily Hutchinson
– Joshua Buatsi
– Craig Richards
Berlanga is an effective fighter, however an enormous purpose for that’s his dimension. He doesn’t appear to be he belongs at 168 and doubtless ought to have moved up in weight six years in the past.
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