Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis roasted Edgar Berlanga for celebrating in Puerto Rico his latest loss to Canelo Alvarez on September 14th. Tank finds it alien to see a fighter celebrating shedding a one-sided struggle.
The unbeaten light-weight champion Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) mocked the beforehand unbeaten Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) for “celebrating failure” in his lopsided 12-round unanimous determination defeat in opposition to unified tremendous center champ Canelo.
The New Yorker, Berlanga, appeared to lose each spherical in opposition to Canelo however was given a few mercy rounds by the judges. Edgar appeared like he was in survival mode from the primary and solely fought laborious within the twelfth. Even in that spherical, the a lot greater Berlanga was retreating and never attacking the best way he ought to have, given how far behind he was.
Berlanga feels that he did one thing particular, and his followers appear to assume so, too, as he’s adopted by a freeway stuffed with supporters.
“[Berlanga] celebrating failure..lol yo congrats on getting ya ass beat,” mentioned Gervonta Davis on X, ridiculing Edgar Berlanga on celebrating his loss to Canelo Alvarez.
It did look bizarre how Berlanga was handled like a conquering hero by his followers, nevertheless it reveals how determined followers are to have somebody to worship. The gold-chain-wearing Berlanga has a glance and talks the lingo these followers search. Clearly, Berlanga shouldn’t be the following Felix Trinidad or Miguel Cotto.
The shortage of effort that Berlanga put in in opposition to Canelo confirmed that he doesn’t have the warrior’s coronary heart or the expertise to ever win a world title. At finest, Berlanga could be choose up a trinket belt from one of many sanctioning our bodies, however by no means the true factor.
Berlanga is pushing for a struggle in opposition to Jaime Munguia, as he thinks that can promote on PPV with a Mexico vs. Puerto Rico angle. It would, however his probabilities of being victorious in opposition to Munguia are slim. Munguia has acquired the engine to knock out Berlanga.
Berlanga ought to transfer as much as 175 as a result of his reported rehydrated weight of 193 signifies that he doesn’t belong preventing at 168. He wouldn’t have a large dimension benefit over his opposition at mild heavyweight, and life could be laborious in that weight class.
Puerto Rico te amo 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 pic.twitter.com/ZKqizXLKGe
— Edgar Berlanga Jr (@EdgarBerlangaJr) September 27, 2024
