Comments Thread For: 'The eyes don't lie, chico': Edgar Berlanga predicts 6th-round KO of 'Canelo' Alvarez

[PRvazquez]

I root for PR fighters. I liked Cotto while he was active. I liked Juanma before we found out he became a wild swinging puncher whenever he got hurt. Ivan Calderon wasn’t the most entertaining but he was one of the slickest fighters of our era. More people came to watch him just to see him make his opponents miss and shout, “Ole!” whenever he evaded punches. But I only caught him at the tail end of his career.

The only time I saw Juanma fight in person was the first Salido fight…and the only time I went to see Calderón was when Segura stopped him on his turf.

My father was absolutely pissed. But I took it in stride. They were both fun fights while they lasted. Our guy just happened to come up short. The Juanma fight in particular was a little bit dicey because the fight started rioting. And needlessly, I might add. Juanma was getting tagged constantly.

It’s on the Showtime broadcast.

Al Bernstein: “The crowd is upset that they stopped the fight and I don’t—*Loud thud!* AAAAAAGH!

Gus Johnson: “They’re throwing water bottles! My partner has just been hit!”

Lol. I loved Juanma. He was entertaining as hell. Fun! Salido is his father. I never could understand that happening. My feelings were hurt. Juanma had the skills to beat Salido . Yes , I agree his chin got cracked . I gotta say that you bring up good points. I agree with you . Before he became a joke , those Salido fights were dramatic. Like a Spanish Novela

[TintaBoricua]

If you live there then what is the problem . You the one with the issues not me. We talking smack for fun . I'm not gonna hate on my people. I was raised in PR and Jersey back and forth. Not likely, but yes I want Berlanga to go in and get an upset ! It's corny . But I'm gonna roll with it .

I root for PR fighters. I liked Cotto while he was active. I liked Juanma before we found out he became a wild swinging puncher whenever he got hurt. Ivan Calderon wasn’t the most entertaining but he was one of the slickest fighters of our era. More people came to watch him just to see him make his opponents miss and shout, “Ole!” whenever he evaded punches. But I only caught him at the tail end of his career.

The only time I saw Juanma fight in person was the first Salido fight…and the only time I went to see Calderón was when Segura stopped him on his turf.

My father was absolutely pissed. But I took it in stride. They were both fun fights while they lasted. Our guy just happened to come up short. The Juanma fight in particular was a little bit dicey because the fight started rioting. And needlessly, I might add. Juanma was getting tagged constantly.

It’s on the Showtime broadcast.

Al Bernstein: “The crowd is upset that they stopped the fight and I don’t—*Loud thud!* AAAAAAGH!

Gus Johnson: “They’re throwing water bottles! My partner has just been hit!”

[boxingitis]

If you watched boxing, you'd realize that Madrimov is no amateur. Casuals just look at the fact that he's only had 12 fights and didn't know who he was. I bet you going forward that Madrimov will beat a Tsyzu, a Fundora, a Spence, or a Charlo.

And I dunno, but Crawford is a boxer who takes pride, currently, in being a boxer....and not an exhibition joke. As undefeated as Floyd is, he's not in my top 10 fighters of all time list. After he beat DLH, he stopped daring to be great.

Bud dares to be great. I hope he does get that fight with Canelo next....so the world can be entertained. This fight can go either way in my opinion....but I'm giving the edge to Crawford.

I already saw Fundora beat up Madrimov with own eyes, just check their resident locations on Boxrec and you will see. They live in towns next to each other. If you want to bet let me know, if it even happens which I doubt.

[PRvazquez]

Bro, three posts in a row? And I’m bothered? Who’s running this account? Edgar Berlanga himself? And I’m the one that’s triggered? Yikes.




Okay, here we go.




#1: Of course you’re entitled to root whoever you want to, it’s a free country. Root for Berlanga. If that’s your boy, that’s your boy. I just don’t think he has potential. My two cents.




#2: Yes, I HAVE lived in PR. I LIVE in Puerto Rico. I’ve been here for nearly two decades. As to why I’m getting called an “Uncle Tom”, I dunno. But if that’s your shot, you do you.




#3: I know all about the Berlanga lookalikes. They’re all around PR. They typically travel in groups of three to five and like to catcall women or brag about how many “mamis” they’ve bagged. They typically originate out of the projects, people of rough upbringing, or those who are partial to the AutoMech school for would be car mechanics or tricked out cars (ie: “La fiebre”, or being “fiebru”). Berlanga lookalikes are also known to come out at night and be drawn to bass thumping typically found in the reggaeton genre. Think of people like Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Wisin y Yandel or Ñengo Flow. Their visual aesthetic is derived from independent neighborhood barbershops where they’re known to communicate stating such phrases as: “Acho, papi…”, “Mera cabrón…”, “Dale, ¡de verdad! ¡No miento! ¡Right true! ¡Jurao por papito Dios!” *Kisses fingers and does a downward slicing gesture* or…last but not least, “Que clase huelebi***.” I censored that last word. It’s de****able, but admittedly funny.




But please, enlighten me how little I know.




I am not going to root for Berlanga on the sole basis of him being Puerto Rican. He just doesn’t move the needle for me. But if he does for you, that’s fine. To each his own.

If you live there then what is the problem . You the one with the issues not me. We talking smack for fun . I'm not gonna hate on my people. I was raised in PR and Jersey back and forth. Not likely, but yes I want Berlanga to go in and get an upset ! It's corny . But I'm gonna roll with it .

[TintaBoricua]

Ha ha ha ha ha . You a joke as a puerto Rican. You ever live there? They would call you a gringo. Everything I stated was correct. Everything I stated bothered you . You are obviously an Uncle Tom Rican. Think you know everything because your checking commas. Ha ha ha ha ha . Goodbye what you said made 0 sense. You just try to sound smart. They have to fight in the ring . I'm allowed to root for whoever I want for . What you should do is spend that comma energy ******* your own Horse . You obviously never ever lived in PR. And your not from the NY/NJ metro area. You might as well be Mexican. Hater . Too many these days lol. You had a bad day today . I can tell . It gets better papito.

Come this way or PR . You get alot of Berlanga look alikes. Tight fades . Sunglasses. Let him do it his way . No need to be hater fake Boriqua. You obviously didn't spell check your Spanish. Now you should go learn . So you can ponder how bad you are wrong .

TintaGinger

Bro, three posts in a row? And I’m bothered? Who’s running this account? Edgar Berlanga himself? And I’m the one that’s triggered? Yikes.




Okay, here we go.




#1: Of course you’re entitled to root whoever you want to, it’s a free country. Root for Berlanga. If that’s your boy, that’s your boy. I just don’t think he has potential. My two cents.




#2: Yes, I HAVE lived in PR. I LIVE in Puerto Rico. I’ve been here for nearly two decades. As to why I’m getting called an “Uncle Tom”, I dunno. But if that’s your shot, you do you.




#3: I know all about the Berlanga lookalikes. They’re all around PR. They typically travel in groups of three to five and like to catcall women or brag about how many “mamis” they’ve bagged. They typically originate out of the projects, people of rough upbringing, or those who are partial to the AutoMech school for would be car mechanics or tricked out cars (ie: “La fiebre”, or being “fiebru”). Berlanga lookalikes are also known to come out at night and be drawn to bass thumping typically found in the reggaeton genre. Think of people like Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Wisin y Yandel or Ñengo Flow. Their visual aesthetic is derived from independent neighborhood barbershops where they’re known to communicate stating such phrases as: “Acho, papi…”, “Mera cabrón…”, “Dale, ¡de verdad! ¡No miento! ¡Right true! ¡Jurao por papito Dios!” *Kisses fingers and does a downward slicing gesture* or…last but not least, “Que clase huelebi***.” I censored that last word. It’s de****able, but admittedly funny.




But please, enlighten me how little I know.




I am not going to root for Berlanga on the sole basis of him being Puerto Rican. He just doesn’t move the needle for me. But if he does for you, that’s fine. To each his own.

[PRvazquez]

TintaGinger

[PRvazquez]

Come this way or PR . You get alot of Berlanga look alikes. Tight fades . Sunglasses. Let him do it his way . No need to be hater fake Boriqua. You obviously didn't spell check your Spanish. Now you should go learn . So you can ponder how bad you are wrong .

[PRvazquez]

I agree.

They DO teach that an elementary school. They also teach basic grammar and punctuation. Please don’t forget to use commas in your posts, sir. It’s the difference between

“Come on, Vazquez! Help your Uncle Jack off the horse!”

and

“Come on Vazquez help uncle jack off the horse!”

You’re Puerto Rican and you want your guy to win, and so do all casuals in PR that are going to hear about the fight the week of and on the day of the fight, but Berlanga isn’t the guy.

Plant beats him, Benavidez beats him, Morrell beats him, Pacheco beats him, Munguia beats him, a drunk and inactive Jermall Charlo probably beats him. Berlanga is a gatekeeper in progress.

And yes, it’s my opinion. If I’m wrong, I’ll eat my words. But I don’t think I’m going to be eating humble pie. Highly highly highly highly highly doubt it.

PS: Girls like what? You mean them having someone having to act a certain way? Berlanga can act however he wants. I’m just not buying into anything he has to offer right now.

The tough guy persona, the entitlement, the inversely proportionate coupling between his talent and his perception of where he stands among his peers, showing up to the first press conference shirtless while wearing sunglasses like a gang****er. Ugh…second hand embarrassment as a Puerto Rican through the roof.

Ha ha ha ha ha . You a joke as a puerto Rican. You ever live there? They would call you a gringo. Everything I stated was correct. Everything I stated bothered you . You are obviously an Uncle Tom Rican. Think you know everything because your checking commas. Ha ha ha ha ha . Goodbye what you said made 0 sense. You just try to sound smart. They have to fight in the ring . I'm allowed to root for whoever I want for . What you should do is spend that comma energy ******* your own Horse . You obviously never ever lived in PR. And your not from the NY/NJ metro area. You might as well be Mexican. Hater . Too many these days lol. You had a bad day today . I can tell . It gets better papito.

[TintaBoricua]

No you dont know anything! No facts you are spitting homie. See homie what you stated was an opinion. They do teach that in elementary school I believe. I'm enjoying the entertainment. So what he got the fight? I'll take it over being bored . You just want him to act like how you want ....then you'll like him . You know girls act like that right?

I agree.

They DO teach that an elementary school. They also teach basic grammar and punctuation. Please don’t forget to use commas in your posts, sir. It’s the difference between

“Come on, Vazquez! Help your Uncle Jack off the horse!”

and

“Come on Vazquez help uncle jack off the horse!”

You’re Puerto Rican and you want your guy to win, and so do all casuals in PR that are going to hear about the fight the week of and on the day of the fight, but Berlanga isn’t the guy.

Plant beats him, Benavidez beats him, Morrell beats him, Pacheco beats him, Munguia beats him, a drunk and inactive Jermall Charlo probably beats him. Berlanga is a gatekeeper in progress.

And yes, it’s my opinion. If I’m wrong, I’ll eat my words. But I don’t think I’m going to be eating humble pie. Highly highly highly highly highly doubt it.

PS: Girls like what? You mean them having someone having to act a certain way? Berlanga can act however he wants. I’m just not buying into anything he has to offer right now.

The tough guy persona, the entitlement, the inversely proportionate coupling between his talent and his perception of where he stands among his peers, showing up to the first press conference shirtless while wearing sunglasses like a gang****er. Ugh…second hand embarrassment as a Puerto Rican through the roof.

[PRvazquez]

I mean, we’re in the social media age and information reaches fighter’s ears much quicker than before.

I KNOW for a fact that Berlanga has the general public and even the commentators shaking their head at the fact that he got this opportunity and I’m sure part of his demeanor and his smack-talking is him having a huge chip on his shoulder. I would, too if everyone wasn’t giving me a shot. But Berlanga is straight-up jumping into the deep end of the pool headfirst and leaning into full villainy like mad villainy. He’s embracing the heel and that’s good for promotion. His credibility gets torpedo’d afterwards in the loss. It’s front-loaded. He’s going all in and not being humble. He wants people to turn out. Bless his heart.

If he goes out on his shield and actually gives a damn and puts out an effort (even if it’s not effective), he may win over some fans. As it stands right now, his lukewarm performances have not given me any inkling into believing he’s going to go for broke like Andy Ruiz vs. Joshua, Juan Diaz vs. Marquez, or Maidana vs. Floyd in the first fight.

And if he does, he’s going to back off after 3 rounds once those counters start doing that typical bonus damage that comes from not seeing the punches.

I like Canelo by stoppage somewhere in the 8th-9th.

If Berlanga beats Canelo by decision, I’m going to be salty.

If Berlanga ices Canelo, it’s going to be more painful to me than when Cotto lost to Margarito on July 26, 2008.

No you dont know anything! No facts you are spitting homie. See homie what you stated was an opinion. They do teach that in elementary school I believe. I'm enjoying the entertainment. So what he got the fight? I'll take it over being bored . You just want him to act like how you want ....then you'll like him . You know girls act like that right?