Edgar Berlanga is focusing on a struggle in opposition to Jaime Munguia later this 12 months if the Mexican fighter wins his rematch with Bruno Surace on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull on Might third in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Munguia Over Plant?
Selecting the lately knocked-out Munguia as his desired opponent fairly than Caleb Plant goes to make Berlanga look dangerous. Boxing followers already view Berlanga as having ducked Plant, however it will additional cement that view if he chooses to face Munguia.
There’s no achieve for Edgar preventing Munguia as a result of he’s 2-2 in his final 4 fights, and he’s prone to lose his rematch in opposition to Surace on Might third. Followers had been wanting ahead to Berlanga’s struggle with Plant when he talked about his title after his final struggle.
Berlanga feels that Munguia, 28, is his best choice as a result of it will appeal to curiosity from Mexican and Puerto Rican followers. He thinks that win over Munguia will get him a rematch with unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.
The previous tremendous middleweight world title challenger Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) informed Ring Journal that he views Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) because the man he desires fairly than Caleb Plant or Jermall Charlo.
First-Spherical Fantasies
Berlanga believes he can knock out Munguia within the first spherical. Edgar’s first-round knockout in opposition to the 35-year-old Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz on March fifteenth has given him concepts that he can do the identical factor to Munguia. Assuming Berlanga does get his want to struggle Munguia subsequent, and he beats him, it’s going to take greater than that to get a rematch with Canelo.
Berlanga is relying on Riyadh Season taking an curiosity in him and financing his hoped-for struggle in opposition to Munguia subsequent. If it occurs, good for him. Munguia and Berlanga are birds of a feather. Each guys have been rigorously maneuvered their total careers, matched in opposition to strictly weak opposition to get the massive Canelo payday. Each received the struggle and had been completely overmatched in one-sided losses.
The “Bag” Issue
Predictably, Berlanga will goal Jermall Charlo after Mungua as a result of he’s a better choice than Caleb Plant. If Canelo goes to make it troublesome for Berlanga to get “the bag” from him, he’s going to should undergo some powerful contenders at 168, even perhaps guys at 175.
Edgar resembled a rehydrated cruiserweight for his struggle in opposition to the obese-looking Gonzalez-Ortiz. If Berlanga is REALLY determined to get a rematch with Canelo, he’s going to should deal with harder outs from this listing:
– David Benavidez– David Morrell– Dmitry Bivol– Artur Beterbiev– Osleys Iglesias
Beating these guys would drive Canelo to take discover of Berlanga and provides him that “bag” that he’s chasing. That appears to be his profession focus fairly than successful world titles like common fighters.
“I’m the king of the first-round knockouts, and I’m active. You got Turki Alalshikh there, who is ready to give anything to us,” stated Munguia to Brian Campbell’s YouTube channel. “You bought DAZN on the market that’s keen to present us the bag. I wish to chop these guys down one after the other. They begin with Munguia, Caleb, [Jermall] Charlo, and the listing retains happening.
“Clearly, it’s about this [Berlanga scratches his fingers together to indicate that he wants money when asked if he’s looking for a short-term deal with a promoter]. We’re doing it for ourselves [me first attitude] and our pockets. The struggle has received to make sense and the cash has received to make sense. It must be for a bag.
“People aren’t coming to watch these promoters. They’re coming to watch us. They’re coming to watch me and Munguia try and knock each other out. So, we got to get paid our bag.”
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Publish date : 2025-03-27 04:49:00
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