WBA #1 welterweight Shakhram Giyasov (14-0, 9 KOs) meets former world title challenger and WBA #6 rated Pablo Cesar Cano (35-8-1, 25 KOs) in a world title eliminator on the undercard of the super middleweight showdown between Edgar Berlanga and Padraig McCrory on February 24 at Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, live worldwide on DAZN.
In a second WBA eliminator, WBA #2 bantamweight Antonio Vargas (17-1, 9 KOs) faces #4 Jonathan Rodriguez (17-1-1, 7 KOs). Rodriguez recently demolished former world champion Kal Yafai in less than one round.
Also, in a clash of unbeaten flyweights, Yankiel Rivera (4-0, 2 KOs) meets Andy Dominguez (10-0, 6 KOs) for the WBA Continental Americas title. And, super lightweight Aaron Aponte (8-1-1, 2 KOs) and heavyweight Herich Ruiz (4-0, 3 KOs) will both face opponents to be named soon.
The bouts named today feature on the previously announced Berlanga-McCrory clash with former Olympic Gold medalist Andy Cruz defending his IBF International lightweight title against Brayan Zamarippa in theco-feature.
I’ve commented several times on here that Berlanga’s KO streak was probably the worst thing that could have happened to his career. It made him think he was a boxing superstar and phenom (which he was); anything short of a 1st round KO was a failure and he’d get all pissy when his fights started going the distance. In the past 3 years, he’s racked up some solid wins, but has looked less than stellar in doing so. I think in his mind, he still considers himself a major attraction and could get away with only fighting once or twice a year. A guy in his position needs to put himself out there and fight more often against higher caliber opponents. 2024 marks his 8th year as a professional boxer!
I completely agree with you and I think he’s gotten more out of his last 4-5 fights than he did out of that entire streak. You take a regular prospect and they get those first 10-15 fights and they get, hopefully, increasing levels of resistance from their opponents. Berlanga really didn’t get any at all in that time. I don’t think he was a much better fighter, if at all, after that streak ended than when he made his debut and that’s terrible to say after SIXTEEN fights and going undefeated.
Berlanga hasn’t had a stoppage in over 3 years and has gone the distance 5 boring times. I’ll definitely pass on this fight.
Berlanga needs to be tested! Sooner or later he’ll run out of luck, beating bums and he’ll get ko’d himself!
Typical alphabet nonsense. Giyasov has 14 fights against nobodies and he is ranked #1. Now given an eliminator against a retread 140 pounder.
Wildman, cano is a solid opponent although not a world beater. He has had some good wins, but some bad losses too. I agree, cano should be at 140.:
I remember Cano when he was supposed to be a sacrificial lamb for Erik Morales and gave him all he could handle for a while. He then won plenty of fights that he wasn’t supposed to, including a one round destruction of Linares. He’s definitely past his prime now but is still no pushover.