Edgar Berlanga (23-0, 18 kos) excluded the fight against the Caleb plant after his first victory with Jonathan Gonzalez-Tariz (20-1-1, 16 kos) on Saturday night in Orlando, Florida.
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High hopes of fight
In the interview after Edgar’s match tonight at Caribe Royale, he set his big plans, saying he wanted Jaime Munguia, Jermall Charlo and a rematch with Canelo Alvarez. The first two options are strong, but not the third against Canelo.
You can associate with Berlanga who wants to get a Rematch with Canelo because he got a huge $ 10 million payday, which changed his life. None of the other matches out there for him will pay similar money, and his chances of hitting the top candidates at 168 or 175 are thin. Berlanga is like Cinderella, who was invited to the ball. Instead of seeing the reality of what it was, Edgar thinks it can happen again. Cannot and will not.
While it looked great tonight but that happened because he was fighting with a 35 -year -old fighter who just recently returned from a 10 years of redundancies. Even when Gonzalez-Tariz was active 12 years ago, he was a marginal fighter. Watch his fight against Serhiy Dzinziruk from 2012. It looked awesome and that was when he was active. Berlanga looked good tonight because he was facing a poor opponent who did not belong to the same ring with him or anyone who was ranked at the top 15.
Alvarez will not give Berlanga a rematch in this life because their race was close to Shutout last September. It was a complete mismatch with Edgar struggling to survive.
Canelo is close to retirement and won’t waste time to cross over the old ground, fighting Berlanga again just because he wants “The bag.“Alvarez will fight the kids that Turki Alalshikh wants so that he can make great money.
Berlanga says he will not move until 175 despite his colossal size and wants to fight Jaime Munguia or Jermall Charlo. When asked if he wanted to fight former Super Middleweight IBF champion factory, Berlanga said, “F *** plant.” He then said his goals were Munguia or Jermall.
Jermall’s state
Charlo, 34, fought only once in the last four years since 2021, against former candidate Welterweight Jose Benavidez Jr. in 2023. The match between Berlanga and Jermall may not sell on PPV.
It would not be the type of competition that a supporter would like to stick his neck and pay the kind of money Berlanga would probably expect to get. It may be frustrated if it thinks it is a $ 10 million race or even $ 5 million. Charllo is the forgotten man. Its popularity from 2018 to 2021 disappears due to four years of inactivity.
‘F* factory’
“Yes, they love me from the Canelo race,” Edgar Berlanga said Ifl tv Tonight when asked if it would be easy for him to sign with PBC to get Jermall Charlo or Caleb Plant now that he is a free agent. “All PBC staff, they love me. I sold S *** from this race (Canelo Alvarez), and brought this gift.
“I brought a big fight for the fans, and now I’m a veteran. I’m there with the best. I have to go out there and play now. F *** Caleb factory. We want (Jaime) Munguia. We want Jermall Charlo,” Berlanga said when asked if he had a message in Caleb Plant. “Plants, you’re ab ****.
“I got him out of there early and now I’m on the next,” Berlanga said of his victory over Jonathan Gonzalez-Thaniz tonight.
Last update on 03/16/2025
