I just did it so smooth. At 34, his reflexes and mobility conspire against him against someone who can wing punches like Edgar. Sept. 29, 2018, at Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York I obviously go in there trying to hurt the guy. Lanell will eat shots. Obviously, Berlanga might want to shelve that talk until he meets someone more resistant than the French Army, circa 1940. The best thing that could happen to the young gunner on Saturday is that he doesn’t stop Bellows in round one. So when I stopped his fighter, the coach, when we were in the back, he grabbed my hand and goes, 'What's in these? But he admitted he wants and needs more seasoning. Saadiq Muhammad Edgar Berlanga “I worked hard in the gym, and that’s what every fighter should be doing.

“My first pro fight, I remember it was in Mexico,” Berlanga recalled to FanSided. He’s Mexico; I’m Puerto Rico.

He’s rated as the 47th best super middleweight by Boxrec.com and is quickly speeding up the charts. If I continue to win beautifully and keep doing what I do best, I know that fight will happen. It seems like that’s happened, maybe, though we’ll have to see it to fully believe. Berlanga is a super-middleweight (168 pounds) on his way to light-heavy (175), and he is already talking about a shot at Canelo Alvarez. There is a fine line between belief in self that is earned, and too much confidence.

Edgar Berlanga's Promoter Hopes Bellows Will Last a Few Rounds. “It’s no pressure! The fight between Ramirez and me will happen, and if it doesn’t happen now, it’s going to happen sometime. I was like, ‘Damn, so fast?’, “I didn’t really know. He’s smaller than me. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I didn't fight for, like, seven or eight months. Edgar Berlanga, right, punches Cesar Nunez during their 2019 super middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden in New York City. I knocked him out cold in 40 seconds. Berlanga's team, which includes the trio of Andre Rozier, Terrence Simpson and Lenny Wilson, is looking for an expanded showcase -- but for a different reason. BoxingNews24.com | 13d. Lomachenko and Lopez didn’t get over the top at all, but the seriousness of Saturday’s event was fully on display. And he started running, and I cut the ring off, and I kept cutting the ring off behind my jab, and I hit him in the body. He’d give them problems now, he said, but down the line, he will bring more to the table. They keep trying to step up my opponent little by little. "I'm a precise fighter. Is there any danger that the hype train actually runs over his foot, hobbles him? And in his previous outing, Berlanga took out Cesar Nunez in Dec. 2019. You go to the middle of the ring, you knock out your man, and you raise your hand. I want big fights.”. He’s early into his pro career, and the difficulty level of his opposition is gradually growing stiffer, but you wouldn’t know it because his power is on a different level. Berlanga hasn’t had to box much as a pro, but he had a successful amateur career during his teenage years, winning a youth national championship. I thought I'd have to get him in the second, but I started connecting with crazy shots on him, and I saw it on his face that he wasn't liking it, and I was hurting him. ', "A lot of people that never got hit before, they talk a lot of crap. Berlanga's manager, Keith Connolly, said he'll be taking 10-round bouts in 2021. He’s that type of fighter. He’s a smaller guy, so I know he’s going to bring the pressure.

Edgar Berlanga’s profile has been upped considerably in the last year, with the New York native enjoying the benefit of aligning himself with the estimable Top Rank outfit. So I'm like, 'S---, I'm excited.' I have the world in my hands right now. There were a lot of Mexicans over there rooting for him, but they loved me.

“I think he (Bellows) will come straight at me,” Berlanga said Tuesday. I think it was the only fight I almost went the three minutes. I’d rather do that than have him hurt me.”. His next round will only be his 15th, against Lanell Bellows, one of the lead-ins to Vasiliy Lomachenko’s match with Teofimo Lopez for 135-pound supremacy, easily the top boxing attraction since Tyson Fury knocked out Deontay Wilder on Feb. 22, shortly before the world stopped. It’s good for the culture.”.

Those young women in halter tops? May 25, 2019, at Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida Time of stoppage: 1:42, "I saw video of him, and I saw that he was tough. I was like, 'Damn.' “I know in my mind, I gotta continue to win, continue to execute.”. "He fought champions like Gilberto Ramirez. “It would be a crazy game plan, just to try to survive. “Everybody wants to be next to a winner,” Berlanga noted. "I want to be talked about all through ESPN. [4] He has gone on to compile a record of 14–0, with all his wins coming by first-round stoppage. It was all right. Edgar Berlanga’s profile has been upped considerably in the last year, with the New York native enjoying the benefit of aligning himself with the estimable Top Rank outfit. It was easy work.
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', "So the first 10 seconds of that fight, I land a right hand, hook, and I dropped him right on his bum. My dad was like, 'Yeah, you're going to see. ", The remarkable KO streak of super middleweight Edgar Berlanga, Growing pains: Teofimo Lopez's search for legacy and peace with his family. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. Berlanga will face Lanell Bellows (20-5-3, 13 KO) this Saturday, Oct. 17, on the Vasily Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez card on ESPN. You can quibble with his schedule, since Berlanga has beaten only one undefeated fighter. The undercard also includes rising junior welterweight Josue Vargas against Kendo Castaneda and 17-year-old Top Rank-signed welterweight phenom Jahi Tucker (1-0, 1 KO). "Then I landed that right hand, right on his chin, and I put him out.

I hurt him bad, too, with a body shot. Billam-Smith to face Jumah on Povetkin-Whyte 2 card, Andrade vs Hernandez-Harrison joins Jacobs-Rosado card. Goodman also said he believes that once Berlanga starts to get extended a bit, fights might become easier for him. Berlanga came out patiently at the opening bell, popping a stiff jab, following with a few power shots to the head and body, waiting for an opportunity. April 29, 2016, at Isla San Marcos, Mexico ET. “He’s easy to bring down, and if I see something, I will tell him in a minute,” Rozier said. Indeed he did. Every fight I go in that ring, if we gotta go those rounds, we’ll go those rounds. But I wasn't nervous at all. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Dusty Harrison on November 27th, Sergiy Lipinets vs. Custio Clayton on Oct.23 on Showtime, Barboza vs. Saucedo and Edgar Berlanga Set for Loma-Lopez Undercard, Chris Billam-Smith vs. Deion Jumah on November 21, Queensberry Poland Announce First Show November 21 In medieval Gniew Castle, Lewis Ritson vs. Miguel Vazquez Final Press Conference Quotes. "Everyone's going to see my skills.". “This streak doesn’t bring any pressure. I was like, ‘do I really hit this hard?'”. You have to be humble, you have to know (a foe is going to come forward),” he said. People should expect fireworks and I just need them to tune in.

Those sorts of fights, with that Puerto Rico vs Mexico flavor, are good for the sport, he shared.

As it turns out, yes. Although we do not pre-screen comments, we reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. Lopez is 15-0 now; if Teofimo gets that victory, you think maybe Berlanga, if he goes to 15-0, won’t be thinking that maybe he should be challenging for a crown? All Rights Reserved. Whether it comes in the second round or the fourth, it doesn’t matter. ", 8. Also, he’s proud and stubborn, and will not come to the ring psyched out, as some Berlanga foes have. Lomachenko vs. Lopez: Is Teofimo the toughest test of Loma’s career? The main card (Lomacheko-Lopez, Saucedo-Barboza, and Berlanga-Bellows) will begin at 10 p.m ET on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, AND ESPN+. Those IG pics with the Fat Joes and the Tracy Morgans, that’s OK, if he doesn’t install himself mentally into the Hall of Fame as he’s posing for those pics. I like that one because that was on Puerto Rican Day parade weekend in New York. Real or not: Canelo-GGG III in 2021? He was selected for induction to the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame in 2020. Eric Moon Maybe equal power in his left and right, and that will be worrisome to opponents. ", "I still have so much room to grow as a fighter.

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So professional boxing has been a no-frills experience for Berlanga, 23, from New York, with a heavy following in the Puerto Rican community. If Berlanga keeps winning, how he handles it is going to be something to watch. I actually touched on the topic with his trainer Andre Rozier.

“Obviously, I go in to hurt the guy, I’m always looking to hurt them before they hurt me, I’ve always had that mindset since I’ve been a pro. But now he sounds like a frustrated singer who feels like he’s wasting his songbook. How will Berlanga react when he hears the bell for the second round of a fight? My people wanted me to beat him up -- his team, everything. He’s trying to get back to where he was, and I’m trying to get where he was at when he fought for the belt.”, “I worked hard in the gym, and that’s what every fighter should be doing.

They keep trying to step up my opponent little by little. “Eventually, in sparring, I would knock guys out in sparring,” said Berlanga. April 20, 2019, at Madison Square Garden, New York I don’t care about bigger plans or what people say about bigger plans. ET Saturday on ESPN and ESPN Deportes: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez, 12 rounds, for Lomachenko's WBO and WBA lightweight titles and Lopez's IBF lightweight title. This is going to be a pretty good fight, man.
Editor's note: Responses have been edited for clarity. Comment. As Berlanga gets ready to step back into the ring, he told ESPN what he remembers from each of his 14 appearances. Gregory Clark Berlanga’s next opponent is Lanell Bellows. In the 10-round junior welterweight co-feature, former world title challenger Alex Saucedo will take on the unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jr. Edgar Berlanga (14-0, 14 first-round KOs) will fight the durable Lanell Bellows in an eight-round super middleweight special feature. Berlanga said he regularly goes long distances in the gym with title contender Sergiy Derevyanchenko. Berlanga had Moon … “There’s a lot of tough days in the gym. Berlanga really hits that hard. "I don't want him to get into the realm of just being the puncher, where you can punch, and it's the only thing you can do to be successful," Rozier said.

There are bigger things to come after this fight, but I don’t really look in the future. He believes he has a wide variety of tools that go far beyond the ability to punch. What went wrong between Canelo Alvarez, Oscar De La Hoya and DAZN? Mark Whicker has worked for SCNG newspapers since 1987. 2 months ago; 49 views; #BOXING The full weigh in and face off for the edgar berlanga vs eric moon fight where both edgar berlanga and eric moon weighed in and faced off against each other!

Second fight, the same thing happened. So then five minutes before we're supposed to go in, we start practicing in the back, southpaw stuff, like the right hand, hook, and my coaches were like, 'Just set him up, line him up with the right hand, hook,' and I'm like, 'Cool. Share. Can Tyson KO Jones? We prepared to go rounds, but I got him hurt and got him out of there.