Unbeaten super middleweight Edgar Berlanga uses the nickname “The Chosen One,” but April 24 opponent Demond Nicholson (23-3-1, 20 KOs) says he’s ‘the one’ who will end Berlanga’s streak of 16 consecutive first round knockouts
“When I first started, I was knocking everyone out in the first round as well,” Nicholson said. “I have 20 knockouts, and that speaks for itself. If you look at his opponents, I’d knock them all out. Is he ready for the next level? He might be ready, but he won’t be ready for me!”
Berlanga will knock Demond Nicholson out in either the 1st or 2nd round.
Retraction. Demond is going night night in 1.
I repeat. Berlanga WILL take out Demond in 1.
We will see. Berlanga has been fighting a bunch of stiffs and he was real sloppy the last time out. This will be a nice test. Nicholson has some experience and he can hit. If Berlanga fights sloppy pressing for the 1st rd. Ko it could go south for him.
Well, Nicholson is dreaming while awake, and he will have another dream when he gets KO by Berlanga. Although highly unlikely, I hope Nicholson provides 3-5 rounds to Berlanga.
Nicholson is getting KO’d for sure, only question is what round? He’s a vet, he’s been around the block, he may make it to the 3rd round, perhaps 4th if he brings his A game. After all, as one poster pointed out on a prior thread, he did get KO’d by a guy with a 6-11 record. I disagree that Berlanga has been fighting stiffs. The guys he fights are all guys with decent records and amateur backgrounds, not your typical guys with 7-32 records that most KO phenoms inflate their records with. In my opinion, Berlanga is the hottest thing going in boxing right now, but I am still curious as to how good he really is. Time will tell and Nicholson is a small stepping stone to find out.
Berlanga has been fighting mediocre opposition. They haven’t been horrible but none of them were a threat to beat him. He just hits too hard and has overpowered all his opponents so far. However, those one-round knockouts just haven’t provided him with the experience and rounds he needs when he steps up his level of competition.
Nicholson was a pretty decent fighter 3 or so years ago when he gave Jesse Hart a tough fight, but hasn’t done much since then. He will be a step up for Berlanga.
I hope we see how Berlanga reacts if the bout into the middle rounds. At this point, we just don’t know enough about him to project him as an elite fighter down the road.
Just saw a piece on YouTube about Nicholson battling back from Kidney Failure. There was mention that he was on dialysis for weeks. This was around 2019. No mention of what caused that.
As far as Berlanga goes, I’m really curious to see what kind of chin he has. Nicholson has pretty good hand speed, and apparently can crack a little. It seems a safe bet that Nicholson gets KO’d here, but hoping he can hang around longer than a round and test Berlanga a little, but KO1 seems 50/50 to me here.