Edgar Berlanga: record, next fight and profile →
Edgar Berlanga has never needed more than three minutes to end any of his previous fights. The irony in the 23-year-old super middleweight knockout artist going the distance for the first time in his career was that all he needed was another 10 seconds to avoid that fate.
Edgar Berlanga finally needed more than one round to get the job done. This time, he needed all eight. The perfect knockout-to-win ratio comes to a close for the unbeaten Puerto Rican knockout artist, who was forced to go the distance in an eight-round unanimous decision over Demond Nicholson. Berlanga scored four knockdowns—including one in the closing seconds of the bout—but he had to settle for lopsided scores of 79-68, 79-69 and 79-69 for his latest victory Saturday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 3,262 socially distanced but rabid fans at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
The question surrounding any opponent brought in for Edgar Berlanga is whether or not they will be able to make it to the second round. Demond Nicholson isn’t stressing over that concern. He has much loftier goals in mind.
Edgar Berlanga remembers the electrifying feeling from the night he attended the Miguel Cotto-Zab Judah fight at Madison Square Garden. Berlanga was 9 years old when Cotto stopped Judah the night before the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York. Nearly 14 years later, Brooklyn’s Berlanga cannot wait to headline his own show at the self-proclaimed “Mecca of Boxing.”
It’s days before the biggest fight of his career but Demond Nicholson felt the need to get in one last workout to the point of having to multitask. Zoom interviews are scheduled for the veteran super middleweight, who has an assistant trainer hold up his phone as he answers questions while he jumps rope without breaking stride. No stone has been left unturned ahead of his dangerous challenge versus unbeaten knockout artist Edgar Berlanga (16-0, 16KOs), who he faces this Saturday live on ESPN from Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida.
Super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga (16-0, 16 KOs) will look to continue his streak of knockouts on Saturday night in Florida. In a contest being televised on ESPN, Berlanga will face the more experienced Demond Nicholson. Berlanga has not only knocked out every opponent on his record - none of them were able to get out of the first round.
Berlanga-Nicholson Weights Photos Gallery - Central Florida will turn into Northern Puerto Rico on Saturday evening when two of the island's favorite boxers look to make emphatic statements. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Emanuel Navarrete and Christopher ‘Pitufo’ Diaz are set for the next entry of boxing’s rich in-ring rivalry between Mexico and Puerto Rico on the title stage.
There is still a long way to go, but hard-punching super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga (16-0, 16 KOs) believes that a showdown with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will come together at some point in the future. Berlanaga is growing his brand in rapid fashion - after picking up all of his victories by way of knockout in the very first round.
Navarette, Diaz Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Central Florida will turn into Northern Puerto Rico on Saturday evening when two of the island's favorite boxers look to make emphatic statements. (photos by Mikey Williams)