Edgar Berlanga: record, next fight and profile →
After months of jockeying over who would next face unified super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, it was confirmed Thursday that the fighter would face Edgar Berlanga on September 14.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will be criticized for choosing Edgar Berlanga as his next opponent, but one of his most vocal critics delivered praise for his stance in not budging off Mexican Independence weekend.
Edgar Berlanga Jr., an unbeaten fighter with one-punch power, is in the final stages of emerging as Canelo Alvarez’s Sept. 14 Mexican Independence weekend opponent, BoxingScene has learned.
As Saul “Canelo” Alvarez finalizes his inner debate over who to fight next, Timothy Bradley Jr. says the real discussion should be over who the four-division champion won’t fight next.
Arizona’s McCumby (28-0, 21 KOs), a rising undefeated super middleweight, says Alvarez isn’t ducking any 168-pounder. The viewpoint contrasts what many fight fans and fighters, including Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward, Daniel Jacobs and Paulie Malignaggi have said about a potential Canelo-Benavidez fight—all of whom have declared Canelo is avoiding the unbeaten two-time super middleweight champion who has been calling out the Mexican great for years.
Mexican Independence Day weekend has been a staple on Saul "Canelo" Alvarez's annual fight schedule, but it may not be in the cards for a second straight year. Another option being floated: a London date with England’s Chris Eubank Jr.
It’s that ‘Who will Canelo fight next?’ time again, the Saul Alvarez sweepstakes that occur twice a year when the biggest attraction in the sport readies himself to announce his next move.
Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn, who has promoted six of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez’s last nine fights, believes that the undefeated super middleweight contender will next face Edgar Berlanga.
David Benavidez was granted a two-week extension by the World Boxing Council on Friday to decide whether he wants to remain mandatory super middleweight challenger or an interim light heavyweight titleholder.
