You heard it here first. By the end of 2021, Berlanga is going to be one of the top 5 most popular boxers. Within a few years he will get a superfight with Canelo or GGG. This kid has all the makings of being a star. He just won the 2020 Prospect of year award after knocking out 3 opponents in the 1st round. Everyone ****s on his competition, but it was better than Mike Tyson's.
Brad Goodman, the veteran Top Rank matchmaker who assigned opponents to Berlanga this year, says, “No one was expecting him to knock out Eric Moon, Bellows or (Sierra) in one round. You’ve gotta start believing. Edgar Berlanga is earning it now.”
Berlanga manager Keith Connolly grew so tired of the ridicule he decided to calculate the records of Berlanga’s first 16 opponents to the first 16 foes of Tyson.
While four of Tyson’s first 16 opponents made it through the first round, their cumulative record was 125-87-6.
Berlanga’s 16, all flattened in the first, were a combined 175-67-16.
“There was so much hype around Tyson and so much doubt around Edgar, but if you really look into it and compare, Edgar is fighting much better guys,” Connolly said. “And Edgar’s never stepped into the ring with an opponent who had a losing record. Tyson had five in his first 16.”
Hearing that, Berlanga replied, “Men lie. Women lie. Numbers don’t.”
https://theathletic.com/2293458/2020/12/31/edgar-berlanga-the-athletics-2020-prospect-of-the-year/
he should stop fighting bums so he has the right to talk shlt and can call out huge names in boxing. i'm not impressed with his record unless he start fighting caliber fighters.
Im talking opponent selection. Tyson would've got ripped to shreds for all the bums he ran through. social media age everything is under a microscope, that's the era Berlanga is in
Maybe a little, but it was different with Mike because people seemed to think he was destined for greatness due to high praise from Cus D'Amato. He had built a big cult following even in the early days.
It's funny though how Berlanga's competition is actually better than Mike's, yet for some reason people just don't believe in him. Maybe because he's associated with Bob Arum. Maybe because they think he's being oversold to the PR fans. But he's obviously talented and I'm excited for him. We'll find out very soon (probably within 3 or 4 fights) if he's truly ready for a title shot.
Tyson didn't come up in the social media age. he would've been ridiculed the same way
I doubt it. Tyson was not much of a talker. He was just literally a young criminal from BK who turned to boxing because a former cop put him on to it. If anything Tyson’s story, because it was so genuine, would have made him immensely more popular than he was in the 80s and 90s. Fighters nowadays don’t have such a background like Tyson. A lot of them are wannabees.
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that's what they are doing.. fighting bums for the clean records.. 0-L is pointless if people knew it came from the bums.. example is loma he has a very few fights but those were came from known fighters though he got exposed by lopez..
Yeah that’s crazy. Pigeons, is Ukranian, and Lomachenko is his favorite fighter. I gave him a call immediately after the fight to cheer him. He was bawling his eyes out man.
the kid is ALL brawling. no defense no jab no footwork and does not pace himself. some day, I don't think soon tho. will face somebody who will take his punches and hit as hard and then we will see. at this point we don't know if he has a chin, stamina and a heart. no but..... he is a "beast" as he calls himself. facepalm
Can we see him vs an established journeyman first? If I fight Uber drivers and Amazon Warehouse workers, I think I have a good shot at staying undefeated.
Might as well go for it. It's always nice to brag about having profesional fights, even more if you have an undefeated record, even if it's against tomato cans, it's more than most could say.
Still has ways to go and a lot of prove but he is on the right path for sure. Top Rank and ESPN doing a masterful job building him up
I think going forward you will see MULTIPLE Superstars in boxing which is a great thing instead of that 1 Face 1 Superstar. NFL, NBA all of these other sports leagues have MULTIPLE Superstars not just 1 Guy. Berlanga has all the potential to be one of boxings next big stars for sure. He will have MSG going crazy once this Pandemic is over and they're able to have a Crowd again!
That's what people said about Tyrone Brunson a few years ago....where is he now??
that's a good shout, he had like 18 1st round ko's than got turned into a journeyman
why he doesn't mention that they were knock out 59 times. 16 opponents and 59 ko loses combined. Obviously the kid can punch, but he needs a live body that can and would punch back.
They say that about lots of guys and it usually does not come true. His best opponent to date was rated 150th by boxrec. If he is still koing guys if and when he starts fighting guys in the top 20 then maybe so but I will wait until he does before I get too excited about him. They are feeding him garbage trying to make him a star but he must beat really good fighters to become a superstar and he is miles away from doing that right now.
Can we see him vs an established journeyman first? If I fight Uber drivers and Amazon Warehouse workers, I think I have a good shot at staying undefeated.
that's what they are doing.. fighting bums for the clean records.. 0-L is pointless if people knew it came from the bums.. example is loma he has a very few fights but those were came from known fighters though he got exposed by lopez..
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