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Edgar Berlanga didn’t make weight at this time, coming in at 169 1/2 kilos on the weigh-in for his ten-round co-feature struggle in opposition to Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz for this Saturday night time on March fifteenth on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
(Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom)
Gentle Heavy?
This can be a clear signal that Berlanga wants to maneuver as much as mild heavyweight [175] as a result of he reportedly rehydrated to 193 for his final struggle. He must struggle in a weight class that he could make. Understandably, he doesn’t wish to transfer as much as 175 as a result of that’s the place all of the killers are. The sunshine heavyweight division is stuffed with proficient fighters who would destroy a restricted man like Berlanga, and his profession could be over nearly instantly.
Even with a protecting promotional firm like High Rank or Matchroom, they couldn’t do a lot with Edgar if he have been competing at mild heavyweight. There are too many good fighters for them to maneuver Berlanga round all of them.
Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) claims he had the flu, and knew he wouldn’t be capable of make weight however selected to remain on the cardboard. Nonetheless, he’s been wanting heavy for months, seemingly celebrating his loss to tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez final September.
Revealing that he’s been battling the flu may benefit Berlanga if he loses to Gonzalez-Ortiz (20-0-1, 16 KOs) or if he struggles to win. Nonetheless, it’s a nasty search for him to overlook weight by 1.6 lbs as he’s about to change into a free agent. Saturday is the tremendous middleweight contender Berlanga’s last struggle of his contract with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom firm, and he says he needs to signal with a unique promoter or community to make “the big bag.”
When you’re a promoter, you need to have a look at Berlanga’s colossal dimension for the 168-lb division, his one-sided loss to Canelo, and his weak resume and conclude that he’s not somebody who will likely be helpful for fights in opposition to top-level opposition at tremendous middleweight. That’s if he may even make weight.
He’ll be appropriate for one single struggle in opposition to one of many contenders, which he’ll probably lose badly, after which it’s over. Berlanga is the sort that needs to be matched in opposition to weak opposition, the way in which High Rank was doing and the way Hearn maneuvered him.
Warrior or Weak?
“People don’t know but I had the flu. I was struggling with my health, and I knew at a certain point, I couldn’t do it,” stated Edgar Berlanga to Fighthype, explaining why he missed weight at this time, coming in 1.6 lbs over the 168-lb restrict for his chief assist struggle in opposition to Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz this Saturday night time in Orlando.
Having the flu doesn’t clarify why Berlanga has been wanting like a cruiserweight since his loss to Canelo final September. He’s all the time been large, however he seems like he crammed out after that defeat.
“All people that’s on the market, they know I take this sport very critical, particularly with my well being. There’s nothing to say. We’re nonetheless getting the struggle on. I wish to say to my followers that the opposite just isn’t what it’s. We might have pulled out of the struggle if we needed to based mostly on my well being scenario. I’m a warrior, bro.
“I’m simply going to go on the market and make the present occur. I had plenty of followers come out right here, purchase tickets, and airplane tickets, flights, coming from Puerto Rico. We’re going to placed on tomorrow. Tune in tomorrow. You’re going to see what occurs.
“He’s got something to prove. Look what happened to Munguia,” stated Berlanga about his little recognized 35-year-old opponent, Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz, who seemed in woeful bodily situation at this time on the weigh-in, sporting a dad’s physique. “That can’t be us on March 15th,” stated Berlanga.
