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Eddie Hearn acknowledges that Edgar Berlanga has to fight an almost perfect fight to emerge victorious against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on Saturday, but he insists that, win or lose, Berlanga will come to fight.
Edgar Berlanga says “it means everything” to be headlining a major Las Vegas fight card for the first time Saturday against unified super middlweight champ Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
When it was suggested to Erislandy Lara (30-3-3, 18 KOs), who puts his WBA middleweight title on the line against former two-weight world titlist Danny Garcia, that a Garcia victory would be the ticket that granted the Philadelphian entry to the most exclusive of boxing clubs, the Cuban-born emigre countered that the same was every bit as true of him.
Super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has predicted that he will knock out challenger Edgar Berlanga in eight rounds “or less” at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night. So Berlanga decided to go two better.
On 8 June 1969, the soccer teams of El Salvador and Honduras met in the first leg of a two-legged tie to qualify for the following year's World Cup. The game took place in the shadow of growing tension between the neighbors; and after Honduras won the game, which took place in its capital Tegucigalpa, 1-0, Salvadoran fans set fire to the stadium
Nathan Rodriguez delivered an impressive performance against a game opponent in a quality fight Friday night, earning a clear unanimous decision over Bryan Mercado at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California.
The next edition of “Most Valuable Prospects” will take place in Caguas, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 11, headlined by three MVP boxers as part of a collaboration with Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano.
Ninety-eight years and one month ago, arguably the greatest fighter never to win a world title entered the ring for the final time. His name was Sam Langford.
Callum Walsh says it's “unbelievable” to think that his next fight will mark his professional debut in his home country of Ireland. The unbeaten junior middleweight from Cork, who has fought his entire fledgling professional career in the United States to this point, will face Poland's Przemyslaw Runowski at Dublin's 3Arena on September 20.
Cain Sandoval remained calm and focused throughout Saturday's fight against Romero Duno, gradually shifting through the gears before securing the win with a body punch in the sixth round in Santa Ynez, California.