Edgar Berlanga views his struggle in opposition to famous person Canelo Alvarez as his time to take over the 168-lb division in 10 days any further September 14th on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Berlanga’s Backdoor Path to the Title Shot
Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) acknowledges that followers have put a query mark over his head, having doubts about him due to the backdoor route that he’s taken to get this title shot.
Prime Rank was making an attempt to develop Berlanga as a result of he was terribly flawed, however he abruptly left them as a result of he needed to maneuver quicker along with his profession.
So, as an alternative of getting all Berlanga’s studying fights, his promoter, Eddie Hearn, has fed him two British tomato cans, Jason Quigley and Padraig McCrory. Now, Berlanga is getting the title shot in opposition to Canelo, which he’s not prepared for, and the result is clear.
If boxing had been higher regulated, Berlanga would have needed to struggle his solution to get a title shot by working by way of these killers:
– David Morrell
– Christian Mbilli
– Caleb Plant
– David Benavidez
– Osleys Iglesias
– Jaime Munguia
If Berlanga may beat all these fighters, he would deserve a struggle in opposition to Canelo. Sadly, that didn’t occur, and Berlanga is getting the struggle in opposition to Canelo off the again of his wins over British fighters Quigley and McCrory.
Cash over Benefit
It’s fairly unhappy as a result of the followers who can be shelling out $89.99, considering they are going to be seeing an incredible between Canelo and Berlanga, will get little worth for his or her cash for this contest stay on DAZN PPV.
“This can be a probability to show that I’m among the best within the sport of boxing. Lots of people have a query mark over my head proper now. That query mark goes to be eliminated once I struggle the legend,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel.
Berlanga had the prospect to show he was among the best by difficult WBA ‘common’ champion David Morrell, however handed up on the struggle, solely wanting Canelo. That tells you it’s all about cash for Berlanga and never about proving himself.
After Berlanga loses this struggle, it’ll rinse and repeat along with his administration matching him in opposition to lesser fighters, hoping to take him the backdoor route a second time for a title shot. Fighters like Berlanga are all the things that’s mistaken in regards to the sport.
A Flawed System and a Plastic File
Combating weak opposition to construct a phony plastic file to win over impressionable followers in New York Metropolis who’re searching for one other Miguel Cotto hero to worship. They’ve naively latched on to Berlanga, fooled by his faux file, impressed by his gold chains, and bragged about himself.
“It’s time for a brand new younger blood to come back in and take over the 168 division,” Berlanga continued. “A variety of the blokes are caught at what they do with the identical repetition, the identical all the things.”
Canelo must be 100% washed to lose this struggle to Berlanga as a result of, on paper, it is a mismatch. Berlanga would lose to not less than 10 prime 15 contenders within the tremendous middleweight division. Even Jermall Charlo, who has fought simply as soon as within the final three years, would beat Berlanga.
“With me, I’m like a sponge. Maintain getting higher, maintain getting higher. There’s no stopping. We nonetheless obtained to go on the market and win and grow to be a legend. The higher the opposition, the higher I grow to be. I’ve been doing this for 20 years,” mentioned Berlanga.
“They are saying after ten years, you grow to be a grasp at one thing when you’ve been doing it every single day. I’ve been doing this every single day of my life since I used to be six or seven years previous. So, that is my time,” mentioned Berlanga.
He’s not any sort of “grasp” within the sport. Tinkering round for ten years in boxing doesn’t make a fighter a “grasp.” Berlanga would wish to beat top-level fighters to suit that class, and he hasn’t accomplished that. His finest wins are Quigley, McCrory, Roamer Alexis Angulo and Marcelo Coceres.
“I truly like Canelo. I studied him so much. Canelo was one among my idols. Once I began coming to the sport, I preferred his model as a result of his model jogged my memory of myself. He’s a puncher. He likes to struggle, and he’s sensible,” mentioned Berlanga.
