Canelo Alvarez claims his opponent Edgar Berlanga can not beat him and that he’s already victorious forward of their battle on Saturday, September 14th, on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
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It’s comprehensible why Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) is so positive of victory. He has the expertise, expertise, and boxing IQ to make this a straightforward battle on Saturday night time towards the unbeaten challenger Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs).
Most would agree that Berlanga, 27, wanted extra seasoning and wasn’t prepared but to problem Canelo or face any of the proficient contenders. He pushed for the battle, and his promoters at Matchroom obliged him.
Berlanga might have understood that he might not have ever gotten this shot if he needed to battle the highest contenders to get the wanted expertise as a result of he’d had lots of hassle in fights towards Jason Quigley, Roamier Alexis Angulo, Marcelo Coceres and Steve Rolls.
“No, no likelihood. The expertise I’ve, the intelligence, my boxing potential, I’ve already received, September 14th,” stated Canelo Alvarez to Premier Boxing Champions.
Followers aren’t shocked that Canelo is assured of profitable as a result of he picked out Berlanga and clearly vetted him earlier than making the choice to make sure that he was a protected, beatable alternative. If he had doubts, he seemingly wouldn’t have chosen him.
At this stage of Canelo’s profession, he’s selective. He’s now not combating harmful opposition like he did years in the past when he fought Gennadiy Golovkin and Miguel Cotto.
Canelo will defend his WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight titles towards Berlanga stay on DAZN PPV. Berlanga is Canelo’s WBA necessary after beating Padraig McCrory earlier this 12 months in February.
“I see him throwing photographs at folks’s arms,” Berlanga stated. “He began doing that when he began combating greater fighters; break the arms down so within the later rounds he can simply begin connecting. That’s his technique on a regular basis.”
Canelo wasn’t throwing lots of punches to the arms of John Ryder, Jermell Charlo, or Jaime Munguia. He was throwing largely headshots in these fights.
