Edgar Berlanga says he has no real interest in preventing Caleb Plant as a result of he’s on the “again burner” for him. Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) says he’ll decide up “that bag” preventing Canelo Alvarez subsequent, and he has no need to combat the twice-beaten Plant.
Followers wished to see Berlanga combat the previous IBF tremendous middleweight champion ‘Sweethands’ Plant earlier than he fought for Canelo for his undisputed 168-lb championship.
Berlanga: A Enterprise-Stage Fighter for Canelo?
If Berlanga, 27, beat Plant, it could be his first combat towards a real world class fighter, and he can be seen as a reputable opponent for Canelo as an alternative of somebody getting the match because of plastic resume full of horrid opposition.
Berlanga can be a business-level fighter for Canelo, a man who’s picked as a result of he has a big following in components of New York and isn’t seen as a risk.
“He’s straightforward work. He’s meals. I’m not even fearful about him. He on the again burner. He already acquired beat up twice, and he went about it the improper method. I’m on to greater issues. I’m the necessary for Canelo,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to Cigar Speak when requested if he’s all in favour of a combat towards Caleb Plant.
Berlanga earned the WBA necessary spot with a win over Irish fighter Padraig McCrory final February. The World Boxing Affiliation had given McCrory a excessive rating after beating 39-year-old Marco Antonio Peribán and Leon Bunn.
Berlanga made straightforward work of McCrory, stopping him within the sixth spherical final February.
“We not [Jermall] Charlo. We from New York. I’m about to make that bag. I’m going to beat him,” mentioned Berlanga about Canelo.
Berlanga has a superb probability of getting the combat towards Canelo subsequent as a result of the Mexican star doesn’t have lots of choices for well-known, beatable opposition. Canelo isn’t going to combat anybody harmful with skills like David Benavidez, David Morrell, Christian Mbilli, or Diego Pacheco.
No less than Berlanga has a superb document at first look, and he’s well-liked in New York. Nonetheless, you’d prefer to have seen Berlanga beat not less than one credible fighter earlier than dealing with Canelo as a result of his resume is just too poor for him to be thought-about a viable choice.
Berlanga’s greatest wins:
– Steve Rolls: 40
– Padraig McCrory: 36
– Marcelo Coceres
– Roamer Alexis Angulo: 40
– Demond Nicholson
– Jason Quigley
