Edgar Berlanga: record, next fight and profile →
Criticism in boxing is seldom ever constructive and is often unsolicited. Like the punch they fail to see, it tends to arrive when a boxer could do without it and comes not from coaches, or people whose views they respect, but from men and women whose names and faces they will never know.
Bradley said he recognized Berlanga's defensive flaws and was impressed by Hamzah Sheeraz's fifth-round TKO victory.
In Saturday’s co-main event atop the “Ring III” card at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City, Sheeraz violently knocked down Edgar Berlanga twice in the fourth round and stopped him seconds into the fifth.
On Saturday at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City, Hamzah Sheeraz dropped (on three occasions) and stopped Edgar Berlanga for the first time in his career.
BoxingScene will have live, round-by-round coverage of Saturday's Edgar Berlanga-Hamzah Sheeraz and Shakur Stevenson-William Zepeda co-main events, as well as Alberto Puello-Subriel Matias, David Morrell-Imam Khataev and Reito Tsutsumi-Michael Ruiz on the undercard.
Edgar Berlanga reveals the extent of Felix Trinidad's influence, writes Tris Dixon
Plenty have mentioned that Edgar Berlanga might not be as focused as he needs to be for Hamzah Sheeraz, who has looked bulletproof in the build-up.
Stevenson-Zepeda, Berlanga-Sheeraz, and Ring III fighters make weight
Hamzah Sheeraz was one of several fighters Edgar Berlanga previously selected to fight
The main talking point of the press conference for Saturday’s bout between Edgar Berlanga and Hamzah Sheeraz came when Berlanga and promoter Oscar De La Hoya exchanged words. It had been expected.