The undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez is finalizing a battle in opposition to his WBA obligatory Edgar Berlanga for September 14th on the T-mobile Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Boxing insider Mike Coppinger stories that the Canelo vs. Berlanga battle will “go forward to move with UFC 306,” which will probably be held on September 14th at The Sphere in Las Vegas.
Whereas followers hate the concept of Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) throwing a bone to an unqualified contender, Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs), along with his flimsy, inflated resume, crammed 100% with total scrubs, he’s the one possibility the celebrity needed to take again his September 14th Mexican Independence Day date from the UFC.
Since Canelo wasn’t going to chew the bullet and battle David Benavidez on 7 1/2 weeks’ discover for September 14th, Berlanga was the very best he may do. He’s well-liked in New York, however that is likely to be sufficient.
Chris Eubank Jr. wouldn’t serve the aim for Canelo to take again the date from the UFC, and once more, there wasn’t sufficient time for him to organize for a fighter with the large gentle heavyweight measurement of Benavidez on two months’ discover.
The Canelo-Berlanga promotion will probably be a twin one involving PBC and Matchroom Boxing. Berlanga is with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, whereas Canelo is with PBC. It’ll be a twin community broadcast involving DAZN and Prime Video PPV.
Berlanga’s reputation in sections of New York amongst his Puerto Rican fan base and Canelo’s Mexican followers ought to make this successful when it comes to PPV. Whether or not it’ll carry within the monstrous 1 million PPV buys that Berlanga predicts is uncertain, nevertheless it’s doable.
Berlanga’s fanbase in New York may herald loads of buys, and he’s good at angering followers by bragging about himself, the identical manner fighters like Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney do. Followers don’t like seeing fighters given alternative spots based mostly on wins over pure tomato cans.
It units followers’ kettles to a boiling level to see fighters who’re faux and have horrible information being given #1 rankings and essential fights.
Some followers see Berlanga as a man created initially by Prime Rank, matched deliberately in opposition to horrible opposition to create a faux star to promote tickets, and introduced in PPV buys to create a Milli Vanilli kind of pseudo star.
Canelo’s Mexican fanbase will end up to see this battle and order it on PPV. Berlanga has a manner about him that angers followers as a result of he’s cocky regardless of his meager expertise.
Eddie Hearn lately signed Berlanga, however he’s taken no probabilities with him, matching him in opposition to lesser fighters, Padraig McCrory and Jason Quigley. He is aware of Berlanga’s limitations.
The anointed one ✝️ pic.twitter.com/gb1sfapKgQ
— Edgar Berlanga Jr (@EdgarBerlangaJr) July 23, 2024
