Berlanga Sees Himself As One Of Greatest Opponents Canelo Has Fought

Edgar Berlanga believes he’s among the many high three opponents Canelo Alvarez has fought throughout his lengthy professional profession. Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) says apart from Dmitry Bivol and Floyd Mayweather Jr, he’s probably the greatest fighters Canelo (62-2-2, 39 KOs) has fought.

It’s exhausting to position the 27-year-old Berlanga within the high three greatest guys Canelo has fought throughout his professional profession as a result of he resembled a punching bag for a lot of the combat and didn’t do a lot apart from throw jabs.

Canelo has fought many various fighters, which gave him a harder combat than Berlanga, and he’s knocked out fighters who had extra skill than him. It’s attainable that Berlanga hasn’t checked out Canelo’s resume to know of the various high fighters he’d confronted that gave him extra issues than he did.

Berlanga’s success final evening in absorbing punishment from Canelo is extra a product of his rehydrating to 193 lbs, which is an incredible weight for anybody to weigh within the tremendous middleweight division.

It’s questionable whether or not Berlanga will ever win a world title in his profession as a result of he’s too flawed and will get hit simply when he opens up together with his offense and tries to go on the assault.

“I believe I used to be [one of the best fighters Canelo has fought during his career]. Moreover Mayweather and Bivol, I believe I used to be probably the greatest opponents for positive. I undoubtedly confirmed quite a lot of IQ in there,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga through the post-fight press convention final Saturday evening, believing he was one of many high opponents Canelo Alvarez has fought throughout his 19-year profession.

Canelo’s High Opponents

Gennadiy Golovkin
Dmitriy Bivol
Erislandy Lara
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Miguel Cotto
Jaime Munguia
Austin Trout
Daniel Jacobs
Caleb Plant

Berlanga is an efficient fighter, taking photographs and throwing a reasonably respectable jab. Nonetheless, he didn’t resemble a man who belonged among the many high three opponents Canelo has confronted throughout his profession.