Edgar Berlanga: record, next fight and profile →
Berlanga, Dogboe Weights Photos Gallery - The first run of Top Rank on ESPN shows inside the MGM Grand “Bubble” will conclude with a certified boxing action hero ready for another toe-to-toe tussle. (photos by Mikey Williams)
The weigh-in for Oscar Valdez’s televised fight Tuesday night was quite different than when he weighed in the day before his last fight. Valdez’s opponent, Jayson Velez, was heavier than Valdez when they stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale Monday, but Velez wasn’t absurdly overweight. Puerto Rico’s Velez (29-6-1, 21 KOs) officially weighed in at 130 pounds, the contracted maximum for their 10-round junior lightweight fight.
The first run of Top Rank on ESPN shows inside the MGM Grand “Bubble” will conclude with former featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez, ranked No. 1 by the WBC and WBO at junior lightweight, facing former world title challenger Jayson Velez in the 10-round main event Tuesday, July 21, inside the MGM Grand Conference Center.
Rising super middleweight star Edgar Berlanga is deep in camp ahead of his scheduled outing, on July 21, at 'The Bubble' at the MGM Grand's Conference Center in Las Vegas, as part of Top Rank's summer series live on ESPN.
Stevenson, Marriaga Press Conference Photos Gallery - Shakur Stevenson, the 22-year-old phenom on the cusp of pound-for-pound greatness, will make the first defense of his WBO featherweight world title Saturday, March 14, against three-time world title challenger Miguel “Escorpión” Marriaga at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga (13-0, 13 KOs), the Puerto Rican puncher who calls Brooklyn home and has 13 first-round knockouts to begin his pro career, will return in an eight-round super middleweight bout Saturday, March 14 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Madison Square Garden, New York City - This wasn't unlucky number 13. Super middleweight sensation Edgar "The Chosen One" Berlanga (13-0, 13 KOs) scored the 13th consecutive first-round knockout to begin his career, icing the normally durable Cesar Nunez (16-2-1, 8 KOs) in only 2:45. Berlanga notched a pair of knockdowns before the referee halted the bout. (photos by Mikey Williams)
NEW YORK – Edgar Berlanga still hasn’t let a pro opponent out of the first round. The hard-hitting Puerto Rican prospect from Brooklyn knocked out Cesar Nunez in the first round of their scheduled 10-round super middleweight match Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. The 22-year-old Berlanga scored two knockdowns and stopped Spain’s Nunez with 15 seconds to go in the opening round on the Terence Crawford-Egidjius Kavaliauskas undercard.
Edgar Berlanga is ready to put on another explosive show as he readies himself an appearance at Madison Square Garden’s final marquee combat sports event of the year. Berlanga features on a card which sees Terrence Crawford defend his world welterweight title, Richard Commey and Teofimo Lopez alongside Michael Conlan’s attempt at redemption against Olympic foe Vladimir Nikitin. The New Yorker, who stays close to his Puerto Rican roots, opened up about being on the all-action card put together by Top Rank.
Two weeks after Andres Gutierrez inexplicably came in 11 pounds overweight for an ESPN+ main event versus Oscar Valdez, there were no issues at the scale Friday afternoon for Top Rank’s card Saturday night in New York. Terence Crawford, Egidjius Kavaliauskas, Richard Commey, Teofimo Lopez, Michael Conlan and Vladimir Nikitin made weight for the three fights ESPN will air from Madison Square Garden.