Edgar Berlanga: record, next fight and profile →
Diego Pacheco headlined for the third straight fight on Saturday night – but this time the stakes were raised for the super middleweight stud as he welcomed Marcelo Coceres to his Los Angeles hometown, as they clashed at YouTube Theater.
Diego Pacheco is looking to prove his ceiling is much higher than fellow upstart Edgar Berlanga. Pacheco (19-0, 16 KOs) will have a shot to make his case on Saturday when he takes on Marcelo Esteban Coceres (32-5-1) at the YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California to headline a Matchroom Boxing card on DAZN.
The 2023 calendar has been filled with big fight after big fight. Eddie Hearn, having put together a few noteworthy shows of his own, wanted to close out his year with a blockbuster.
A fight with Canelo Alvarez ostensibly slipped right through the fingers of Edgar Berlanga. Just a few months ago, he was a hot-shot free agent. Practically all of the big names surrounded him, wanting to get his name inked on the dotted line.
The storyline practically wrote itself. Two young, hungry, up-and-coming fighters with a ton to give and even more to prove? It was perfect. The natural rivalry shared between Puerto Rican and Mexican fighters added more fuel to the fire. There was no need to sell fans on an Edgar Berlanga vs. Jaime Munguia showdown. Simply put, they were destined to get it on.
Edgar Berlanga is still willing to fight Jaime Munguia next. The unbeaten Berlanga just wants to make sure that he will be paid appropriately for what on paper would be the most difficult fight of the super middleweight contender’s seven-year professional career. Berlanga denied during an interview with BoxingScene.com on Thursday that he has turned down the seemingly fan friendly Munguia match, which DAZN executives have pushed promoters Eddie Hearn (Berlanga) and Oscar De La Hoya (Munguia) to make for the streaming service’s subscribers.
A super middleweight fight between Jaime Munguia and Edgar Berlanga should be a cinch to make, according to promoter Eddie Hearn—"should" being the operative word. Although they share different promoters—Munguia is with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy, while Berlanga with Hearn’s
When Edgar Berlanga officially announced that he was a promotional free agent, practically every prominent figure in the boxing world picked up the phone and gave him a call. From advisor Al Haymon to promoter Oscar De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions - everyone wanted to get their hands on the talented 26-year-old.
Diego Pacheco has told promoter Eddie Hearn that he’ll show he’s ready to face his fellow contenders at Super-Middleweight as he defends his WBO International and USWBC Super-Middleweight titles against Manuel Gallegos at Cintermex in Monterrey, Mexico tonight, live worldwide on DAZN.
Zanfer Promotions CEO Fernando Beltran, who co-promotes Mexican slugger Jaime Munguia, is interested in a possible fight with David Benavidez - but he makes it clear that his boxer is without question the A-side of the equation.