MAGNO’S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO-BERLANGA || FIGHTHYPE.COM

Good day boxing followers and devoted haters. Right here’s one other week’s price of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty reality, in your face. Take pleasure in. This week, we’ve got feedback/questions concerning final Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga bout.

Canelo-Berlanga Faux Narratives, Berlanga’s Future

Hello, Magno.

As all the time wishing, you and your loved ones the perfect. 

Regardless of how onerous the promotion tried to make the Canelo vs Berlanga a Puerto Rico vs Mexico conflict, the followers by no means believed it. Telling a lie one thousand instances would not make it true. The one Puerto Rican flag that the Amazon Prime manufacturing may discover throughout the occasion, was the one which Berlanga’s staff delivered to the battle. Our anthem wasn’t performed both. I used to be glad although, that Berlanga did not embarrass himself, utilizing that survival mode approach, jab, jab and staying away from hazard until he actually needed to, in some exchanges. I personally assume that Berlanga would not trust in himself and would not appear to have the ability to pull the set off with onerous pictures, aside from the jab. He misplaced his confidence when he began going the total distance with higher competitors. I foresee him preventing a few third tier opponents to rebuild his confidence and falling brief once more when he fights any one of many following opponents– Munguia, Plant, Pacheco, or Mbili. These opponents could also be flawed however can nonetheless pull the set off and go for the KO. Take care

– Benjamin from Puerto Rico.

Hey Benjamin.

There was a number of phoniness in that Canelo-Berlanga farce– earlier than, throughout, and after the battle. There have been a number of pressured narratives for the sake of enterprise. The Mexico vs. Puerto Rico angle was one in all them. One other was this concept that Berlanga truly put up a recreation, valiant battle. It’s loopy simply how simply persons are swept up in a story. It’s particularly stunning with regards to how simply media, which supposedly exists to place issues in correct perspective, will get swept up in a story. They had been truly speaking up Canelo-Berlanga prefer it was an actual battle. They had been swept into the foolish narrative that Berlanga truly impressed and that he put up a greater effort than anticipated (regardless of throwing a mean of simply 4 extra punches per spherical than Jermell Charlo, who was broadly criticized for handing over a weak, timid effort in his loss to Alvarez final September). This battle was a blowout and, very early into the competition, Berlanga made the choice to not “go for it” by not opening up and probably not, really attempting. In flip, Canelo made the corresponding choice to not push too onerous and to let Berlanga lose in the way in which he silently, possibly subconsciously, selected to lose. Meh. The entire thing was a waste of everybody’s cash. The one ones on that card who get an A for effort had been Caleb Plant and Trevor McCumby. 

As for Berlanga’s future? I agree along with your evaluation. Berlanga is just not an “A” participant. There’s some psychological frailty there, one thing that’s simply not “proper” with the child’s head and that may in all probability play a task in the way in which he develops. He jogs my memory of Teofimo Lopez in that regard, besides Lopez truly has a fairly strong ability set to fall again on. Berlanga is huge, awkward, and might punch a bit (despite the fact that his one-punch energy on the prime tier of the division is vastly overstated). He’ll beat the gatekeepers and journeyman, however he’s prone to come up brief towards most, if not all, the highest guys. 

What’s Subsequent For Canelo?

Hello Paul.

Now that Canelo Alvarez did the predictable and beat Berlanga, what do you see as his subsequent transfer. He talked a couple of rematch with Bivol. How doubtless is that? How about Terence Crawford? There aren’t an entire lot of fine choices for him at this level. If you happen to may learn cinnamon’s thoughts, what do you see as his subsequent transfer?

– Alberto

Hey Alberto.

I like the way you didn’t even point out David Benavidez. Kudos for being a realist. He’s additionally not going to battle Bivol. As I wrote in Monday’s Notes from the Boxing Underground: “However the Bivol discuss previous to Berlanga was simply a sign that Canelo was listening to all of the criticism concerning Saturday’s battle. When a promoter begins speaking up the “subsequent” battle earlier than the present battle, you realize he’s shook– and Canelo is most positively his personal promoter in each sense of the phrase lately. He ain’t preventing Bivol, although. Not in 1,000,000 years. He had two years to pursue that rematch and couldn’t run far sufficient the opposite manner from making it occur. Canelo’s a sensible man. He is aware of {that a} rematch wouldn’t go any higher than the primary go ‘spherical and will conceivably go an entire lot worse. Plus, Bivol has his unification bout with Artur Beterbiev subsequent month.”

So, with out Benavidez and Bivol, that doesn’t depart a lot. I truly assume {that a} Crawford battle may be very attainable, regardless of the general public beef between Canelo and Crawford’s sugar daddy/advisor Turki Alalshikh. There’ll be huge cash in it and massive consideration as properly. Plus, I feel Canelo is fairly assured at this level that he beats Crawford. If the Crawford battle doesn’t occur, Chris Eubank Jr. is the almost certainly choice. Eubank has identify worth and appears the a part of an actual problem, however has no sensible shot at successful. He’s the right opponent for this Canelo retirement tour. 

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