Canelo Alvarez is eyeing one other crack on the light-heavyweight division after successfully beating a cruiserweight on Saturday evening in Las Vegas.
Regardless of agreeing to face Edgar Berlanga as a brilliant middleweight, Canelo confronted an opponent who weighed 193 kilos on combat evening, in line with ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez.
The broadcaster acknowledged Berlanga piled on the kilos from weigh-in to combat evening to provide himself the perfect likelihood of beating boxing royalty. Sadly, it didn’t work, as Berlanga misplaced by a unanimous choice.
Rodriguez stated, “I used to be advised that Edgar Berlanga entered the ring tonight at 193 kilos, that’s, 25.4 kilos above the 167.6 he weighed on Friday. The Puerto Rican gained by dropping.”
WBN understands Canelo was over the 175-pound light-heavyweight restrict however nonetheless out-weighed massively by Berlanga. This motive alone could have been why Canelo couldn’t get the knockout regardless of placing the Puerto Rican on the canvas.
In a pre-fight prediction despatched to the LA Instances, Canelo scoring a knockout gave the impression to be on the playing cards.
“I see Álvarez going after Berlanga early resulting from his trash-talking throughout the build-up. Nevertheless, if Álvarez goes too gung-ho, I may envisage him getting caught as he does so and doubtlessly being damage. That preliminary success for Berlanga will solely antagonize the Mexican famous person additional. With the assistance of these beautiful uppercuts used successfully towards Jaime Munguia, I count on Álvarez to document his first knockout since 2021 in rounds 5 by eight.”
That didn’t occur, clearly resulting from Berlanga’s sheer dimension. He couldn’t use his further bulk to inflict actual injury on the tremendous middleweight champion.
CompuBox stats revealed, “Berlanga stated earlier than the combat that he needed to exit on his protect, and he nearly obtained his want when Canelo landed a left hook that knocked him down a bit over a minute into the third spherical.
“Berlanga nearly matched Canelo’s punch output, however Canelo was way more correct, touchdown 35% of his jabs and 49% of his energy punches. Berlanga may solely land 21% of his jabs and 35% of his energy punches. 37% of the ability punches
“Canelo landed had been physique punches. One decide scored the combat 117-110, and two judges scored it 118-109, all for Canelo.”
Reviews counsel Canelo will problem Dmitry Bivol in a rematch for the undisputed crown at 175 kilos if his Russian nemesis comes by compatriot Artur Beterbiev on October 12.
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