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Edgar Berlanga is bitter that his battle with Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz (20-0-1, 16 KOs) would be the co-feature as a substitute of the principle occasion this Saturday, March fifteenth, on the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.
The occasion will probably be proven dwell on DAZN. As a substitute of being the headliner, Berlanga’s farewell battle with Matchroom is on the undercard of Austin Williams vs. Patrice Volny.
Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) says he was presupposed to headline on March eighth in Puerto Rico, however promoter Eddie Hearn saved sending him contracts that he didn’t like, together with one involving him extending with Matchroom.
Berlanga didn’t wish to do this as a result of he believed there could be an enormous demand for him as a free agent. He desires to “get the bag.” In line with Hearn, Berlanga wished to take a straightforward comeback battle following his loss to tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez final September. He wished to be in a principal occasion in a non-headliner battle.
Berlanga obtained an enormous payday in opposition to Canelo rumored to be $10 million, which exhibits that Hearn delivered for him. He arguably hadn’t overwhelmed anybody high tier to get that battle, and was not interested by combating former WBA ‘regular’ tremendous middleweight David Morrell when he was the obligatory for his belt.
Saturday’s Card on DAZN
Austin Williams vs. Patrice VolnyEdgar Berlanga vs. Jonathan Gonzalez-OrtizJamaine Ortiz vs. Yomar AlamoJose Roman Vazquez vs. Jalil HackettPablo Valdez vs. Mauro Maximiliano GodoyCarlos Jamil De Leon Castro vs. Carl RogersOmari Jones vs. Alessio Mastronunzio
Free Company Plans
“This free agency tour is going to be like Kobe, Lebron, Carmelo Anthony and Michael Jordan,” stated Edgar Berlanga to Thaboxingvoice in regards to the demand he expects for his companies after his contract with Matchroom ends along with his battle this Saturday in opposition to Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz.
It’s uncertain that there will probably be an enormous demand for Berlanga’s companies as soon as he hits the free company market, like he believes. You by no means know. If Turki Alalshikh and Dana White’s TKO Boxing wish to signal Berlanga for giant bucks, he could be pleased. Nevertheless, Berlanga would must be protected for him to thrive the best way he’s been fastidiously guided with Matchroom and Prime Rank. Turki and Dana couldn’t put Berlanga in with the perfect and anticipate him to do nicely. He’d seemingly lose repeatedly. Dana was saying that the fighters which are with them will lose. So, possibly it received’t matter if Berlanga will get overwhelmed time and again.
“Do you think I want to sit here [with Matchroom] and fight these type of fights. If I was a free agent now, I would be fighting a mega-fight right now,” Berlanga continued. “It would have been Munguia, Caleb [Plant] or [Jermall] Charlo. I’m aiming for the top dogs.”
Jermall Charlo, 34, hasn’t fought in two years, and he’s not the kind that may promote in a headliner on PPV in opposition to Berlanga. It could require the older ones to be interested by buying the occasion for it to do nicely, as a result of they’ve been too inactive.
“I was scheduled to fight on March 8th in Puerto Rico in the main event. Eddie Hearn and his crew kept sending contracts back that we didn’t like, and they wanted to do an extension. We didn’t want to do an extension. I wanted to do a one and done and get a farewell fight with them and do it in Puerto Rico. They wasn’t seeing eye to eye with us,” stated Berlanga.
Notice: The opponent that Berlanga wished to battle for the Puerto Rico present was rumored to be 39-year-old journeyman Gabe Rosado (26-17-1, 15 KOs), who has gone 0-4 in his final 4 fights and hasn’t received since 2021. Clearly, that may be a poor farewell battle for Hearn’s Matchroom and DAZN to point out in the principle occasion on certainly one of their playing cards. They wish to present worth for the followers, and Berlanga vs. Rosado could be pure poison.
Famous person Standing?
“I don’t wish to battle on the co-main occasion, nevertheless it’s a sacrifice for me simply so I is usually a free agent after this so I could make my very own strikes and do what I wish to do. I’m at that stage now the place I’m a famous person now. I’m a high-caliber battle and I promote tickets and I’m a must-watch fighter on TV.
Berlanga isn’t a famous person. He’s standard in components of New York and in Puerto Rico. So far as the remainder of the U.S, he’s only a manufactured fighter protected by his promoters, matched in opposition to tomato cans to set him up with a money out battle in opposition to Canelo Alvarez. He’s performed that, he’s exhibiting his gratitude by wanting to depart Matchroom, believing that issues will probably be higher for him elsewhere.
“There are big, big, big, big fights at 168 that I want to make. I feel that if I’m alone and I can go with a TV network, because the TV networks are the ones that are bosses,” stated Berlanga. “The TV networks are those that dish out the cash, after which the promoters dish out the cash to the fighters.
“So, whatever promoter I decide to go with to promote a big mega-fight and whatever TV network that we lay hands on, we make big money fight so we can both eat and make history. That goes for Jaime Munguia, Caleb Plant, Jermall Charlo. It’s about money moves now. It’s about making a lot of money for me and the other man across the ring.”
Whoever Berlanga indicators with, they must be okay with him getting overwhelmed when combating good opposition, however he hasn’t proven the expertise for him to do nicely in opposition to any of the highest tremendous middleweights. His finest profession wins are Padraig McCrory, Jason Quigley, Steve Rolls, Roamer Alexis Anguilo and Marcelo Conceres.
“You got me. I’m about to be 28. You got Munguia, he’s 28. You got Caleb Plant. He’s in his 30s. Charlo is in his 30s. These guys want to make a legacy, history, and make the bag. So, when they retire, they’ve got their family, their kids, and can eat well,” stated Berlanga.
