Edgar Berlanga: record, next fight and profile →
Heavy-handed boxer Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga does his best to maintain a bond with his Puerto Rican roots. Although he is not fluent in Spanish, that is not an impediment for him to try to start a conversation.
The World Boxing Organization (WBO), chaired by Francisco 'Paco' Valca?rcel, Esq. held this afternoon the official belt presentation ceremony dedicated to new WBO Junior Lightweight Female World Champion, Mikaela Mayer (14-0, 5 KOs), from California.
Undefeated Puerto Rican super middleweight Edgar Berlanga hopes to give the crowd more rounds in his final fight of 2020 after extending his streak of first-round knockout wins to 15. Berlanga will not have many days off as he hopes to be back in the gym next week for his next fight, scheduled for December 12 at the MGM Grand's Conference Center in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Keith Connolly isn’t concerned about applying pressure on Edgar Berlanga that the young knockout artist cannot handle. The hard-hitting super middleweight welcomes comparisons to Puerto Rican icons. The 23-year-old Berlanga wants nothing more than to become the next wildly popular Puerto Rican fighter to pack Madison Square Garden.
Super middleweight puncher Edgar Berlanga (15-0, 15 KOs) is quickly getting the attention of people. This past Saturday night at the MGM Grand's Conference Center in Las Vegas, Berlanga blew away Lanell Bellows in the first round.
MGM Grand Conference Center, Las Vegas - In a super middleweight contest, Edgar Berlanga (15-0, 15 KOs) continued with his streak of first round knockouts, as he took out Lanell Bellows (20-6-3, 13 KOs) in a single one-sided round.
Edgar Berlanga continued his incredible first-round knockout streak Saturday night. Lanell Bellows came to fight, but the hard-hitting Berlanga buzzed him with a left hook, further hurt him with a right hand and wasted little time finishing off the veteran super middleweight with punishing power punches. Referee Robert Hoyle stopped their scheduled eight-rounder just one minute and 19 seconds into it, with a staggered Bellows still on his feet at MGM Grand Conference Center.
There is a certain faction of the industry who would love to see Edgar Berlanga keep alive his current streak of 1st round knockout wins. Then there are those who would like to see another level to his game and for an opponent make him work over the long haul. You can count the Brooklyn-bred Boricua knockout artist among that group.
Even with a full career ahead of him and longing for the day when he sees the second round of a fight, Edgar Berlanga Jr. has never felt more complete as a prizefighter. The red-hot super middleweight prospect from Brooklyn, New York is brimming with confidence ahead of his upcoming step-up fight versus Lanell Bellows. The two collide Saturday evening, live on ESPN from The Bubble at MGM Grand in Las Vegas in support of the lightweight superfight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez.
Berlanga, Bellows Weights Photos Gallery - WBO/WBA/WBC Franchise world champion Vasiliy “Loma” Lomachenko, the pound-for-pound “Boxing Baryshnikov” from Ukraine, will fight unbeaten IBF world champion Teofimo Lopez, the knockout artist from Brooklyn who has lobbed verbal haymakers at Lomachenko for more than two years. The two will fight from the MGM Grand Conference Center aka the “Las Vegas Bubble.”