Edgar Berlanga fired again at present on social media with venom, reacting to former WBC tremendous middleweight champion David Benavidez’s labeling his September 14th match towards unified 168-lb champion Canelo Alvarez a “trash” battle.
Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) says Benavidez is a “dirtbag” and a hater together with his feedback.
David Benavidez’s Frustration and Departure
Benavidez had been Canelo’s WBC necessary at 168 and has been ready for a world title shot towards him since 2022 however with no luck. He’s now determined to surrender his necessary to maneuver to 175, searching for extra alternatives.
It’s comprehensible why Benavidez can be indignant that Canelo selected Berlanga, 27, relatively than him for his subsequent title protection. Berlanga is a traditional instance of a fighter with a flimsy cardboard document stuffed from high to backside with the worst of the worst.
“F*** that fats a**. He’s a dirtbag identical to his father, and God doesn’t bless no person who’s all the time hating on one other man. That’s for females, bro,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga on X, reacting to David Benavidez’s criticism of Canelo Alvarez for preventing him.
Berlanga’s Doubtful Document
– Marcelo Coceres
– Roamer Alexis Angulo
– Padraig McCrory
– Jason Quigley
– Steve Rolls
Most followers on social media have ridiculed Canelo’s alternative of Berlanga, viewing it as a traditional instance of a cherry decide. As an alternative of preventing Benavidez (29-0, 24 KOs), the inheritor obvious to the throne at 168, Canelo selected a straightforward mark, Berlanga, a fighter with a resume void of notable fighters.
“It’s a trash-a** battle. No one needs to see that. Canelo doesn’t face the strongest opposition,” mentioned David Benavidez to 2ToneDaSupastar, discussing his ideas on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga battle on September 14th.
Canelo ought to have at the least fought Benavidez first earlier than taking the straightforward battle towards Berlanga as a result of it will have been the best factor to do, and the followers have been asking for that match.
Fan Backlash and Cherry-Selecting Accusations
The boxing public didn’t ask Canelo to defend his three 168-lb titles towards the New Yorker Berlanga. That is Canelo’s child. He wished this battle, and now he’s obtained it and is coping with a withering backlash from the followers. It hurts Canelo’s legacy to swerve Benavidez and battle such a contender, who doesn’t charge a world title shot.
Berlanga is a venture fighter who has but to be developed, and a few really feel he has been deliberately matched towards tomato cans to construct a pretend resume to get him a cash-out battle. In different phrases, he’s much like Jaime Munguia, who was matched towards opposition his complete profession.
To earn the Canelo battle correctly, Berlanga ought to have fought these fighters first:
David Morrell
Jaime Munguia
Diego Pacheco
Caleb Plant
Christian Mbilli
David Benavidez
May Berlanga have crushed any of those fighters? I’ve critical doubts that Berlanga would even make it to the sixth spherical towards these fighters earlier than folding.