Canelo Alvarez is locked in for an additional championship combat.
At Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins for Canelo’s upcoming bout towards Edgar Berlanga in Las Vegas, the reigning WBA, WBC and WBO tremendous middleweight champion was introduced at at 166.75 kilos. Berlanga additionally efficiently made weight, tipping the scales at 167.5 kilos.
This marks Canelo’s eighth consecutive tremendous middleweight title bout, a run that was solely interrupted by a lightweight heavyweight championship combat towards Dmitry Bivol in Might 2022. Bivol defeated by unanimous choice, the Mexican star’s solely loss in his previous 21 fights. Most lately, Canelo defeated Jaime Munguia to retain his belts and enhance his professional document to 61-2-2.
Berlanga enters the competition carrying an undefeated document, with 22 wins and 17 knockouts to his identify.
With the combat taking place on Mexican Independence Day weekend, the fighters’ respective nationalities has develop into a much-discussed a part of the narrative. Berlanga proudly represents his Puerto Rican heritage and spoke in regards to the rivalry in his post-weigh-in interview.
“Shit, it’s a battle tomorrow,” Berlanga stated. “Puerto Rico vs. Mexico. … I like all this proper right here. It’s all gas for me. I belong right here, you hear me? I belong right here.”
“Knockout,” Berlanga later added when requested for a end result prediction. “After which the rematch, we’re bringing it to New York. Puerto Rican Day weekend.”
Canelo, an enormous favourite hovering round -2000 on some sportsbooks, was unfazed by Berlanga’s discuss.
“Look, I don’t have a lot to say about Berlanga anymore,” Alvarez stated by way of a Spanish translator. “What I can let you know is he’s about to face somebody that’s very, very completely different than what he’s accustomed to.”
“It’s very straightforward to say, however he’s going to search out out Saturday night time,” Alvarez stated of Berlanga’s knockout prediction. “It’s going to be one thing completely different.”
Canelo vs. Berlanga takes place at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas on Saturday.
See predominant card weigh-in outcomes under.
Most important Card (PPV.com at 8 p.m. ET)
Canelo Alvarez (166.75) vs. Edgar Berlanga (167.5) for Alvarez’s WBC, WBA, WBO, Ring Journal titles
Erislandy Lara (156.75) vs. Danny Garcia (156.25) for Lara’s WBA world middleweight title
Caleb Plant (167.25) vs. Trevor McCumby (167.25) for WBA interim tremendous middleweight title
Rolando Romero (140.75) vs. Manuel Jaimes (139.75)
Prelims (MMA Combating at 6 p.m. ET)
Stephen Fulton (126) vs. Carlos Castro (125.6)
Roman Villa vs. Ricardo Salas
Jonathan Lopez vs. Ricky Medina
Lawrence King vs. Vaughn Williams
Yoenli Hernandez vs. Jose Charles
Bek Nurmaganbet vs. Joshua Conley
