Unbeaten super middleweight KO artist Edgar Berlanga (16-0, 16 KOs) scored a first round KO over Ulises Sierra (15-2-2, 9 KOs) on Saturday night in the bubble at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Berlanga dropped Sierra three times before the bout was halted at 2:40. Sierra, a former sparring partner for Canelo and Andre Ward, had never been stopped.
“{I want} rounds,” said Berlanga afterwards. “The better competition, the better opposition we fight, I believe we’re going to get those rounds in. We ended 2020 with a bang. 2021 is big year for us, and I’m looking forward to it.”
Wake me when he fights a top 100 fighter in his division.
His level of opposition is right where it should be for a prospect. His last few opponents have been a step up.
Hes showed some real natural skill in some of his fights with his timing and accuracy but last night he missed a lot of punches and got tagged a few times and looked more one dimensional. He needs to stay focused.
@Scott-He became an overnight sensation after the Lopez-Lomachenko uncercard, but Beralanga has been a pro for nearly 5 years. Believe me, I think Berlanga is one of the hottest things in boxing now, but one has to wonder why he has relatively few fights and hasn’t stepped up his level of competetion yet. All fighters progress differently, but fellow Brooklynite Teofimo Lopez turned pro after Berlanga and has been a world champion for a year!
Berlanga is too big. Even glancing blows or punches to the guard are enough so far
Would love to see him cave Canelos head in!!! This dude is the future not Shaqueer Stevenson
lmao he clout chasing beating up home deopt part time workers so i mean damn step up and fight some fighters with a pulse before putting somebodys name in your mouth lmao weak ass
He Puerto rican so he has to ko.boxer if you know about boxing puerto rican when they fight in the west coast they will never win a decision not even if they knock the other boxer 3 time in every round. He will loose in the west coast the other guy just have to or 10 round that it puerto rican never will win a decision on the west.remember john john molina .
For his sake, they’re going to have to find someone to give him some rounds — see what he really has. You’d hate for him to get all the way to a title fight before you see what’s REALLY in there.
But in the meantime, I have to nothing to say against this guy. There was no way I thought he’d win this one in the first round. Well done Berlanga!
Say no more- Berlanga’s star is going to continue to rise and rise. I honestly believe he doesn not care about his KO streak- it just happens. Like a home run hitter not swinging for the fences; they just get the jacks! Now, I will have to say- he did get tagged solidly a few times. He walked right through them, but what will happen when he steps it up? He was targeting Canelo in 2 years! I say cut that in half, if not sooner!
What negative thing can you say about Berlanga? He’s become one of the most exciting fighters of the sport and gives us what we want to see. This fighting style is dangerous because fighters that fall in love with their power will eventually face a boxer that can pick them apart, counter them, and out them to sleep. My biggest question is can Berlanga actually box?
Joseph-Berlanga can box. I was convinced of that in one of his earlier fights, I think his 7th, when he through and missed with a huge right hand that his his opponent faded, but he timed the fade perfectly and finnished him off with a left hook. I knew right then and there he wasn’t just heavy handed; he was a calculative strategist as well. On the negative tip, his defense was a little suspect tonight. I suppose it was lax because he knew he was in command, but that may come back to haunt him one day.
Bingo. Summed it up perfectly.
I wish there was an option to edit on this-Threw not through!
Canelo Alvarez would Massacre this kid!!! Hahahahaha people dumb asss fukkkk
Canelo would never risk being knocked out so he would never fight this guy.
Oh you’re right Arturo, that’s why Canelo only fights tomato can taxi drivers right, may weather, GGG, Jacob’s, khan, cotto, Kirkland; all tomatoe cans whose opponents don’t stack up to the high level of opposition berlanga has faced. Yes, Canelo has is scared to get KOd. SMH
Canelo lost so many fight the problem is they give him the decicion.looktriple g or lara.he lost to Austin trout to.how they give him those win he lost.
this is todays trend in the fight game trying to win a world title within 15 fights and oh they are the “future” or the next “face” of boxing that shit gets old everybody just chasing the big paydays and not really trying to be the best of the best bunch of weak ass hype jobs
Canelo will never fight this guy no matter what! Canelo will come up with too many excuses.
Berlanga looks like a real Sluggo against inferior opposition. He’s also got that Brooklyn bully thing going on. In his last fight against a tap dancer from some LA hood, he said of his opponent after knocking him out in the 1st round: ” I could tell, he didn’t wanna be in der”. Riiiight. A real humble Sluggo. Sluggos who knock out severely overmatched opponents in the first round don’t impress me. Time to step it up in class of opposition. Time to face some other Sluggos. Some Sluggos from Brooklyn, Queens, Philly, NJ, Rahway prison, Detroit, Chicago. Time to face some real boxer-punchers. Time to face to real opposition, fighters who are HUNGRY.
Wake me up once this happens.
Edgar Berlanga, definitely a name to remember. He has faced some rather decent competition, not only punch-bags.
He has a certain composure I like, working methodically, size, reach, power and how he holds his guard, looks fine.
I would like to watch him against someone who has a fast and distinctive jab, someone that would not let him take the initiative, a skillful counter-boxer with moving feet. I think that would force him to prove more as a boxer not relying on mainly his punching-power.
Edgar Berlanga has huge potential, as it seems, but he is open at times, his defense must improve as well as his head and upper-body movements, if to climb and stay as a top-10 contender.
David Lemieux next fight..let’s see if he will walk him down and throw this hard knowing other guy will fire back pretty hard himself. I’ll be rooting for him but Puerto Rican’s are not know for a chin
Hard to say that. Camacho,Laporte,Ortiz,Cotto were never knocked out.Trinidad,Ramos,Nazario and a few others were a different story. They don’t have chins like Mexicans but to say they are not known for it is premature.
If we are using cotto as a standard then Trinidad was never knocked out. I cannot speak for the rest because I do not know much about their boxing career, I just know they were Puerto Rican greats.
Hard to tell if Berlanga is for real, because he has been fed with part time journeymen in order to keep the hype, but in less than a minute I had a glimpse that he might be not just hype.
Lets assume he is for real and lets go to the fact he is too big and young to be or stay at 168, I mean he is a lightweight.
End of 2021, Madison Square Garden, Berlanga vs. Beterbiev, the dream bang fight.
I meant light heavyweight
Let the overhyping commence and people make their predictions about him easily destroying established world champions and comparing him to ATGs like they did with Valero.
Dude is about to make a crapload of money. Keep matching him like this until his streak stops. He is buzzing right now. Reminds me of when James Kirkland was coming through.
I know one thing, he can sure open up a tomato can. Time to step up his opposition.
he reminds me of the mandingo warrior Kirkland all power but can’t box… when he faced Canelo he went to sleep.
Berlanga 23 years old 16-0, ko artist and great amateur experience. But all of the comments are correct when is picked opponents are questioned. Question is how many rounds can he go with different high quality sparring partners and not be fatigued? 6 -8- 10-12? That answer could give a clue to the class of fighters he is now facing.
Canelo is a chump who lost to GGG twice
Berlanger is the further of boxing l will love to see him fight conalo in 2021 so he could show the world that he can hang out with the top boxer’s of the world..
P.R.here we come