Undefeated super middleweight Edgar Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs) clashes with Jason Quigley (20-2, 14 KOs) June 24 on DAZN from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Edgar Berlanga: “I’m excited to be back in my hometown and to perform at the mecca of boxing once again. I want this night to be a historic for my fans and for all the people of Puerto Rico and to witness greatness. I feel like I’m reborn again in the sport signing with Matchroom and getting back to where it all started with my old coach Marc Farrait. I promise it’ll be something big on June 24.”
Jason Quigley: “On June 24, I step into the ring at Madison Square Garden with the confidence that only comes from years of hard work and experience. I’m ready to give it my all. The bright lights, the roar of the crowd, there’s no better stage to showcase my skills. I’ve been here before, I’ve fought at the highest levels, and nothing will faze me. My spirit and my intuition will guide me, and I know by putting on my best performance I will come out on top.”
Super lightweight Reshat Mati and heavyweight Adam Kownacki return to action on the undercard. Mati (13-0, 7 KOs) faces Wesley Ferrer (17-1-1, 8 KOs) and Kownacki (20-3, 15 KOs) meets Joe Cusumano (21-4, 19 KOs).
Quigley not a bad fighter designed to make Berlanga look good if he’s not the vastly overrated puncher many believe him to be. This should be a descent gauge for Berlanga and his people. Should be interesting. Definitely wouldn’t pick against Quigley pulling off the upset.
Berlanga left Top Rank because he said they were holding him back and he wanted to fight better guys and his first Matchroom fight is against Jason Quigley (and he originally wanted Spike O’Sullivan. You could do worse than Quigley, sure, but I was expecting a bit more. In his next fight, I’m expecting M’billi, Bazinyan, Bek – that level of guy.
From that list I would say he should pick Bek. I do not know much about Bazinyan. M’billi I have not seen fight but I think he will upset the Berlanga apple cart. If he can handle Gongora I think he handles Berlanga! Berlanga has not stopped anyone passed the 1st round and struggled in his last 3 fights. He has the looks, the following, and an exciting storyline start. I think Hearn is trying to get him to Canelo before the truth comes out! I would prefer he fight Munguia then Canelo. If Hearn had Munguia I think it would happen.
Pete, the truth is already out. Berlanga is not going to be great. He appears to lack mental toughness, seems slow for the Division and definitely isn’t as big a puncher as we might of hoped. He is young, but the mental part probably will block him from improving that much as a boxer.
I don’t think Berlanga is even a top 10 contender and Canelo would shred him.
I think you are right Scott. Hearn has to be so careful. I think he is trying to figure out a path to Canelo and it is a tough task. Hearn is no fool. I think he knows he has a fighter that has a following but does not have what it takes to win at the level between the guys he has just gotten by and Canelo. He likely has reached his level. This Quigley fight will be interesting.
Well if he’s trying to get to Canelo and he’s not fighting the PBC guys, then he’s going to have a tough time getting attention. If that’s the case then Munguia probably is Berlanga’s best option but I don’t know if Munguia would fight him, though they could probably help one another at this point. Munguia is still at middleweight and I don’t know if he goes up for Berlanga. Maybe? I know they were also talking about Daniel Jacobs at one point and Jesse Hart before he left Top Rank as well. I just don’t want to see him fight Quigley and then….. Shane Mosley Jr. and Tureano Johnson, Gabe – those type of guys, while talking about he wants to fight Canelo. Matchroom does have Pacheco but I can’t imagine they’d make that fight anytime soon.
Edgar is getting KTFO. I can promise you that. He will get KTFO by Jason Quigley. I have seen Jason fight. He is going to destroy Edgar. After the bite, Jason now has the right to fk this kid up. Go Jason Go. Knock this punk out.
Reshat Mati is a very good talent capable of hanging with the top 4 lightweights (Shakur, Tank, Ryan Garcia, and Haney). He should win this fight easily.
Adam Kownacki is such a joke, he might lose this fight too.
LeKaren, I think “joke” is too harsh. Will he ever be Heavyweight Champion? Nope, but he’s still a fun guy to watch and he’ll likely become a well paid Gatekeeper.
Is this breaking news? I heard about this fight a week ago. I’m assuming Berlanga beats Quigley, the only quetion is how? I don’t think he can afford to win by another unumpressive 10 rd decision. Age wise, Berlanga is still pretty young at 25, but do you guys realize he’s been fighting professionally for 7 years? He can no longer claim prospect status.
I think Quigley will come out on top here. Berlanga won’t get him outta there in a couple of rounds and I don’t think he’ll like the deep water that comes later.
Berlanga has zero defensive boxing talent with good punching power. He looked espectacular against the bums he was facing at the beginning of his career but has definitely been exposed as soon as he started facing better opposition. Yet he hasn’t faced any top guys. As soon as he does the hype train will be derailed. I give him zero chance to live up to the hype.
Its a matter of time before berlanga gets baddly beaten by a journeyman! Too much hype behind this dude! It reminds me of verdejo and juanma lopez! So much expected from them and booom, careers went down the drain after a little exposure and never recoverd after that!