Edwards Exposes Berlanga’s Money-Driven Fight Choices, Steering Clear Of Plant, Targeting ‚Damaged‘ Munguia

Coach Stephen Edwards says Edgar Berlanga received’t battle Caleb Plant as a result of he’s able the place he can choose and select who he desires to battle. He desires Jaime Munguia as a result of he’ll stand proper in entrance of him, and he’s broken from the unhealthy knockout he suffered in his final battle towards Bruno Surace.

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Edwards says Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) received’t need to battle Plant (23-2, 14 KOs) as a result of he would field him and use feints, and he’s a nasty fashion matchup for him.

The $10M Impact

He feels that the massive $10M payday Berlanga acquired in his battle towards Canelo Alvarez has put him able the place he can choose and select who he desires to battle. Berlanga isn’t attempting to tackle any high-level contenders at 168. He desires Munguia, who has misplaced two out of his final three fights, and Jermall Charlo.

That man is a relic from the previous and has solely fought as soon as within the final 4 years. Charlo’s outside-of-the-ring way of life is well-known to followers, and that helps Berlanga as a result of he could be getting one other man who’s lower than 100%. His final opponent, Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz, appeared in horrible bodily situation, and it was stunning that DAZN agreed to have him battle on one in all their playing cards.

“Edgar Berlanga is in a privileged place the place he can choose sure varieties of men to battle. You see him angling in the direction of Jaime Munguia. Have you learnt why? He was simply knocked out,” mentioned coach Stephen Edwards to MillCity Boxing about Edgar Berlanga aiming in the direction of a battle towards Jaime Munguia relatively than Caleb Plant.

The rationale Berlanga is “privileged” is that he has a big fanbase in New York Metropolis with Puerto Rican Individuals who establish with him. Edgar isn’t from the Island, however he performs to the angle and wears their flag for his fights. He likes being American however sees himself as Puerto Rican.

Spoiled Fighter?

“He [Munguia] comes proper at you and will in all probability be broken from that knockout [against Bruno Surace on December 14th last year]. That was a nasty knockout. He’d [Berlanga] relatively battle him than a man [Plant] that’s going to be transferring, feinting, and utilizing his reflexes. These sorts of issues,” continued Stephen about why Berlanga desires Munguia however not Plant,” mentioned Edwards.

Berlanga desires Munguia for 3 causes:

Straightforward to hit
Chinny: Knocked out badly in final battle
 Common with Mexican followers: This implies massive PPV buys and good cash for Berlanga.

“Generally when guys receives a commission sure quantities of cash, they turn out to be [selective]. Caleb is a nasty fashion for him,” mentioned Edwards. “He’d relatively battle guys like Munguia that’s in entrance of him.”

Berlanga is what is taken into account a spoiled fighter. He acquired an enormous $10 million payday towards Canelo Alvarez final September, and now he desires comparable cash each time he fights, although he doesn’t deserve it. Berlanga doesn’t need to return to receiving the sort of purses he acquired when he was preventing the likes of Padraig McCrory, Jason Quigley, and Roamer Alexis Angulo.

Terence Crawford is one other instance. After getting an enormous payday towards Errol Spence, he waited for a whole 12 months till the proper deal was provided to him towards Israil Madrimov. He didn’t need to simply battle one of many contenders at 147 and take an enormous pay reduce. Now, he’s doing it once more by sitting out of the ring for a 12 months to attend till he will get an enormous payday towards Canelo. As soon as these guys get a style of the large dough, they’re not competing in as earlier than. They’re simply searching for particular big-payday fights.

You received’t see them battle common contenders as a result of the cash isn’t there, and so they may lose. You may’t put Berlanga in with high tremendous middleweights like Plant, Christian Mbilli, Diego Pachecho, or Osleys Iglesias as a result of he’d get overwhelmed once more. His profession can be over if he strikes as much as 175, the place he needs to be preventing. There aren’t any massive paydays for him or straightforward marks like Munguia. There are simply killers like David Benavidez, David Morrell, Dmitry Bivol, and Artur Beterbiev who would ship him right down to defeat.

“He by no means received a world title,” mentioned Edwards about Berlanga. “That man acquired $9 million [$10m to fight Canelo Alvarez]. That’s some huge cash. That’s far more cash than fighters means higher than Edgar Berlanga made in a single night time.”

Disgrace on Canelo for selecting to battle Berlanga within the first place as a result of he is aware of he didn’t deserve a world title shot. His two finest wins had been towards Jason Quigley and Padraig McCrory. These are lesser guys. Canelo ought to have given a title shot to Pacheco, Mbilli, or Iglesias, however we all know why he didn’t select them. They’re stable fighters.

White Boy Declare

“Edgar Berlanga acquired some huge cash to battle Canelo, and he misplaced each spherical,” mentioned Stephen. “I assumed he fought good, however he misplaced at the very least 10 or 11 rounds, and he by no means received a world title. He acquired eight, 9, or $11 million. That’s some huge cash for a world title challenger. So, it’s exhausting to get that sort of man to take a battle towards Canelo Plant the place he’s going to be an underdog in it.

“It’s straightforward to lose to Canelo as a result of he’s a legend. He’s a higher-rated man. If he loses to Caleb after saying a lot stuff about him, that’s going to be [tough]. If Edgar loses to Caleb, his profession might be over with as a result of no one desires to get beat by the white boy. That’s an issue. American white boys, individuals don’t need to lose to them,” mentioned Edwards.

Berlanga is specializing in cash. That’s the true purpose he’s extra serious about preventing Jaime Munguia, Canelo, and Jermall Charlo relatively than Plant. He can earn more money preventing these guys than he can Plant as a result of the followers will buy the occasions on PPV.

Munguia would have plenty of Mexican Individuals desperate to order a battle involving him and Berlanga. It doesn’t matter that Munguia is a marginal fighter who has been rigorously maneuvered his complete profession by his promoters.

Mexican followers would nonetheless need to see him battle Berlanga as a result of they might see it as a superb battle. Berlanga’s followers within the East Coast want to see that match, and so they wouldn’t care that he’s by no means overwhelmed a superb fighter in his profession. They don’t care or perceive that his resume is full of journeymen.