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Edgar Berlanga will need more than punching prowess and a constituency to land a shot with boxing cash cow Canelo Alvarez. According to his new promoter Eddie Hearn, Berlanga will need to look impressive in his next few fights in order to earn a shot at the Mexican superstar and current undisputed champion of the 168-pound division.
As BoxingScene.com first reported earlier today, Edgar Berlanga has signed a multi-fight deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom.
Edgar Berlanga has chosen a new promoter. BoxingScene.com has learned that the undefeated super middleweight contender and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing have agreed to terms on a multi-fight agreement. The promotional plan for Berlanga, whose fights will now be streamed by DAZN through its exclusive content deal with Matchroom, is for him to fight Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez as part of this contract.
Oscar De La Hoya believes his company has the best personnel to bring out Edgar Berlanga’s potential. De La Hoya, the head of Golden Boy, recently had a meeting with the New York-born, Puerto Rican super middleweight about entering a promotional relationship.
Although Edgar Berlanga enjoyed being on the fast track to superstardom, the 168 contender reached an impasse with Bob Arum and Top Rank. As a result, with both sides unable to solve their differences, Top Rank cut him loose, making the 25-year-old one of the most sought out free agents around.
Edgar Berlanga has somewhat been boxing’s version of the “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” of late. After kicking off his career with 16 consecutive first-round KOs, the knockout phenomenon Berlanga has gone the distance in his last four fights, logging in a total of 38 rounds against the likes of Roamer Alexis Angulo, Steve Rolls, Marcelo Esteban Coceres, and Demond Nicholson.
NEW YORK – Edgar Berlanga has been presented with three appealing options a couple weeks after he parted ways with longtime promoter Top Rank Inc. Berlanga and his manager, Keith Connolly, informed BoxingScene.com that Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions,
Edgar Berlanga and Top Rank parted ways because the boxer felt that his career wasn’t being guided in a direction or pace that he felt he was ready for.
Edgar Berlanga and Top Rank severed their promotional pact in January due to differences around how the super middleweight wanted to steer his career. The 25-year-old unrestricted free agent Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs) is already in the midst of entertaining offers from a foursome that includes the likes of Al Haymon, Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, and Eddie Hearn.
Super middleweight Edgar Berlanga was too ambitious for his own good, according to his former promoter Bob Arum. That, apparently, was the biggest reason why Arum’s Top Rank and Berlanga, the hard-hitting, popular Puerto Rican from Brooklyn, New York, decided to part ways a few weeks ago.