Mexican superstar Canelo Álvarez and WBA #1 mandatory contender Edgar Berlanga went face-to-face Wednesday at the final press conference before their WBC, WBA, WBO super middleweight PPV clash this Saturday from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Canelo Alvarez: “It’s easy to say you’ll knock me out, but it’s much more difficult to do it. Saturday night is gonna be very difficult for him, for sure. I’ve prepared for the knockout. I love the feeling of a knockout and I’m gonna do my best to get it done…I just want to show everyone that I’m still the best. I still love this sport. When I stop loving it, you’ll know. I love my routine and I love going to the gym every day.”
Edgar Berlanga: “I’m a knockout artist. Every fighter wants the knockout. We know that he’s a legend and we can’t just go swing for the fences. We have to do it the right way. Sixth-round knockout, that’s what we’re going for. But we’re ready for all 12 rounds if we have to.”
Berlanga looks like the type of guy who gets punked by TopNotch Idiots on youtube.
blah blah blah. berlanga gets a payday. the fans get hosed
Canelo said so himself “easy fight” why take it then?/ fight Benavidez you coward
Because its an easy fight. As Canelo, I wouldn’t pick a fight with Banavidez as well, he’s too big for a former welterweight like Canelo. Canelo isn’t afraid of him tjough.
Because its an easy fight. As Canelo, I wouldn’t pick a fight with Benavidez as well, he’s too big for a former welterweight like Canelo. Canelo isn’t afraid of him tjough.
They were in the same division for years. Boxing works on divisions – not perceived size.
He’ll stop loving the sport when he can’t generate enough money to sell us the bs.
I’ve reached Canelo fatigue at this point, there’s nothing knew to be learned here. I’m ready to move on from this generation including AJ, Crawford, etc. How has the WBA justified sanctioning an ‘interim’ title fight between Plant and McCumby when the mandatory for the same title is being settled on the same card?
Tslk is cheap. Once the bell rings, all bs talk for Berlanga is over.
Yes, paychecks for both fighters. Boxing is a business and Canelo pads his record, gets a check, and moves onto the next one…
Scoob:
– Add that fighters slightly above/below Alvarez’s weight class are trying to win the Canelo lottery.
– One fight w/Alvarez and they should be set for life.
Talk is cheap. Once the bell rings, all bs talk for Berlanga is over.
BORING . any real fights coming up ?
AJ vs DDD, Beterbiev vs Bivol
Both great fights. Beterbiev vs Bivol could be a classic , there are other good matches on that card
I think Berlanga is going to try to mix it up with some upstairs/downstairs work in the early rounds.
Canelo keeps those hands up high most of the time. The strategy will be to do some body work to lower Canelo’s defense. Follow up with some head hunting. Alvarez will try to time with some serious
counters. Not sure if Berlanga has the chin to withstand those shots. I expect both to get rocked.
Aspirin, anyone? Somebody gonna get a concussion.
– I predict that I will be asleep by the time the main event comes on, and I will be watching the highlights on YouTube on Sunday…….
There is also UFC.
Benavidez should have attended the press conference and sent Canelo running scared. P#$SY.
Since Berlanga went up from 1 star fights to 2 star fights, he’s 6-0 (1 KO)
He left his KO streak back in 2020.
At 6’1 w/ a 73” reach, he’d be dumb not to try to keep distance and go side to side, and stay off the ropes as much as he can.
Berlanga should fight tall.
If he’s gonna go for a kill or be killed strategy, he should let it all hang out in the first 2 rounds. If both guys are standing for round 3, Berlanga is gonna have to move and box.
At 27 and boxing since he was 10 or 12, if not now, when is he at his peak?
Berlanga has to fight unpredictably and look to land a haymaker. I think this is his only chance.
Canelo shall disappoint berlanga -probably a stoppage after 8 rounds
The fact that Berlanga has been boxing since age 10 and has 20 something fights means something, but his record after the knockout streak and who he’s gone the distance with, gives him little chance in this one at this stage, IMO. He needed another couple more tests with the likes of a Dirrel and or Plant to get past that second tier of competition he’s been facing, but it is what it is. Heard he’s only getting $500,000 to $700,000 plus a small chunk of the PPV, while Canelo is getting 30-35 million plus a higher percentage of PPV sales.
Honestly.. this is not even funny. Berlanga is barely a Peter Manfredo level fighter, with a quality of opposition well bellow Chavez Jr of 2011-2015. If this goes even 6 rounds it’s a disgrace of one kind or another (either because of Canelo carrying Berlanga or being almost inconceivably under prepared).
6th round huh? Yeah, Canelo’s gonna stop him in the 5th.