Eddie Hearn informed Edgar Berlanga he’ll be a “completely different fighter” from this level on after his efficiency in opposition to Canelo Alvarez final weekend. The Matchroom promoter Hearn stated to Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) that he had by no means fought like that earlier than and had raised his sport.
Hearn plans a tune-up battle for Berlanga for New York or Puerto Rico in early 2025. That battle is just not anticipated to be a high-level opponent to rebuild the 27-year-old Berlanga.
Berlanga appeared to lose each spherical, however the judges gave him some mercy rounds that he didn’t price in his one-sided 12 spherical unanimous determination loss to unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) on the T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
“You by no means boxed anyplace close to that stage. That’s going to enhance you. That stage is up to now above everyone else,” stated Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing, praising Edgar Berlanga after his loss to Canelo Alvarez final Saturday evening.
“You had been matching him in rounds. You by no means regarded out of your depth, ever. Now, while you battle another person, you’re going to be a distinct fighter,” stated Hearn.
What helped Berlanga maintain from trying worse was his large measurement. His rehydrated weight of 193 lbs gave him a bonus over Canelo, permitting him to take photographs that he wouldn’t have been capable of deal with if he had been combating a man his measurement at gentle heavyweight or cruiserweight. If this had been Jai Opetaia or Artur Beterbiev, who Berlanga was combating, he wouldn’t have been capable of deal with the photographs.
“You had been unfortunate since you hit him on the brow there as a result of for those who had hit him on the chin, you’d have knocked him out,” stated Hearn about how Canelo walked away from Berlanga within the closing seconds of one of many later rounds, heading in direction of his nook. Berlanga chased after Canelo and hit him simply because the spherical ended, making the beginning look dangerous.
Hearn is blowing smoke up Berlanga’s bottom by telling him he would have knocked out Canelo if he’d hit him on the chin on the finish of the spherical. Even when Berlanga had landed on the chin, it wouldn’t have achieved something to Canelo as a result of his toes weren’t set, and he ran throughout the ring to discover a low-cost shot.
What Hearn doesn’t say is Canelo got here out for the following spherical and actually put it on Berlanga, paying him again for a budget shot by touchdown quite a few energy photographs that had him harm. When the spherical ended, Berlanga staggered again to his nook.
