Edgar Berlanga believes he’s the largest puncher Canelo Alvarez may have ever fought once they meet on September 14th.
Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) charges his energy above previous Canelo opponents, Gennadiy Golovkin, Miguel Cotto, Sergey Kovalev, and Dmitry Bivol.
If Berlanga is a greater puncher than these fighters, his potential to KO his opposition has confirmed to be missing since he started dealing with B-level fighters. He did not knock out 5 of his final six opponents, although these fighters had been lesser guys that the fighters, as talked about above, would have absolutely stopped.
Berlanga will must be a KO artist to defeat WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) as a result of he’s not going to outbox him.
“1000%,” mentioned Edgar Berlanga to the Struggle Hub TV YouTube channel when requested if he’s the largest puncher Canelo Alvarez has ever fought throughout his 19-year profession. “I knocked out heavyweights in sparring. “Guys 230, 240, placing them out.”
It’s laborious to think about Berlanga being a much bigger puncher than GGG as a result of his incapability to KO these fighters suggests he’s not what he says he’s:
– Demond Nicholson
– Steve Rolls
– Roamer Alexis Angulo
– Marcelo Esteban Coceres
– Jason Quigley
“I received away from that, the killer intuition,” mentioned Berlanga about his aggressive combating model that produced knockouts. “I received ex-felons on my group. Guys that did a number of years in jail. I received that mentality. I’m a killer, and he[ex-trainer] implanted that in me. My dad implanted that in me. In that ring, I’m a killer. That’s what I carry.”
Being in a coaching camp with ex-felons doesn’t imply that Berlanga can be hardened or improved for the Struggle. Ex-felons aren’t any totally different from anybody. That is perhaps worse in the event that they’ve lived a lifetime of medication and alcohol and haven’t stayed devoted to their careers.
“I’m prepared for all the things. September 14th goes to be one thing,” mentioned Berlanga. “It’s going to be spectacular. That’s how respect goes to be gained that night time. You [Canelo] bleed like me. You breathe the identical air I breathe. You stroll on the identical earth as I stroll on.”
Canelo’s pedigree is way totally different than Berlanga’s. He’s been combating high-level fighters for years, and is a confirmed commodity. In distinction, Berlanga a man that his administration manufactured with placing him in with solely opposition to ramp up for a money out.
“He’s nothing totally different. He’s not a robotic from outer area,” mentioned Berlanga. “He’s a human. It’s the mentality. You bought to be right here. That dude isn’t a robotic. He bleeds out like I bleed. He breathes the identical air. The identical folks.”
Canelo is probably not a robotic, however he’s been an elite-level fighter for a few years, and he’s not somebody who was matched towards horrible opposition for 22 fights for cash-out functions. Sadly, Berlanga has been maneuvered the best way he has as a result of he won’t ever win a world title, and his profession will evaporate in a single or two fights.
“I simply received to go on the market and do what I do and do my factor. Flip up for the town and put my identify within the historical past ebook like a legend. I may sit there with Tito [Trinidad] and Miguel Cotto and [Hector] Camacho, Wilfredo Benitez, and Amanda Serrano. Simply be there with the greats,” mentioned Berlanga.
