At this time, Edgar Berlanga took to social media to precise curiosity in shifting as much as heavyweight to face Anthony Joshua or IBF champ Daniel Dubois. Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) stated he would enter the ring at 210 lbs.
Berlanga has one battle left on his Matchroom contract with Eddie Hearn, who promotes Joshua. If Hearn desires to do Berlanga a stable, he’ll grant him his want to battle in opposition to Joshua. It might be a great tune-up battle for AJ to knock Berlanga across the ring in one of many smaller venues.
The 6’1″ Berlanga reportedly rehydrated to 193 lbs for his latest one-sided 12-round unanimous choice loss to WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on September 14th.
If Brooklyn, New York native Berlanga is severe about desirous to battle Dubois or Joshua, he ought to transfer as much as heavyweight and show that he’s for actual by combating one or two of those fighters:
– Martin Bakole
– Zhilei Zhang
– Joseph Parker
– Filip Hrgovic
One or two of them could be prepared to accommodate Berlanga if His Excellency Turki Alalshikh turns into curious about financing this sort of battle. It might be circus-level, just like when Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fought former UFC champion Francis Ngannou, who had no rightful enterprise combating both of them along with his lack of expertise in boxing.
It’s unknown if that was Berlanga’s rehydrated weight, but when so, it wouldn’t be an issue for him to maneuver as much as heavyweight to tackle British fighters Joshua or Dubois.
Neither of these heavyweights could be curious about a circus battle in opposition to the soundly overwhelmed Berlanga, who seemed oovermatched in opposition to Canelo regardless of his measurement benefit in opposition to the 5’8″ fighter.
Berlanga should present that he can beat the highest fighters from his weight class at 168 as a result of he’s 0-1 in opposition to the one high quality man he’s confronted throughout his profession. The 27-year-old Berlanga’s resume is weak, full of lesser guys, none of that are anyplace close to top-level.
Ideally, Berlanga ought to tackle the likes of Caleb Plant, Jaime Munguia, or Christian Mbilli to indicate that he can beat extremely ranked tremendous middleweight contenders. It appears apparent that Berlanga isn’t severe about his skilled profession and is simply seeking to earn money in fights, the place he lacks the expertise or expertise.
Berlanga ought to by no means have been given an opportunity to battle Canelo for his three titles as a result of he had by no means overwhelmed anybody with a reputation to earn the battle. His finest wins have been in opposition to the Britisah fighters Padraig McCrory and Jason Quigley.
I’d like to go as much as heavyweight and battle Anthony Joshua simply to check greatness. Nothing dangerous in direction of this. I’ll stroll within the ring 210lbs
— Edgar Berlanga Jr (@EdgarBerlangaJr) September 25, 2024
“Matter of reality, I wish to battle Daniel Dubois…Puerto Rico vs the UK,” added Berlanga.
