Berlanga’s Supervisor Hints At “Greater Struggle” This Summer season After March fifteenth Undercard Slot

Edgar Berlanga’s supervisor, Keith Connolly, says they’re taking the undercard slot for the March fifteenth occasion as a result of it’s going to result in a possibility for a “larger combat” this summer season.

Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) is combating Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz within the 10-round co-feature on the Austin Williams vs. Patrice Volny card on the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. The occasion shall be proven dwell on DAZN.

Potential Foes

The 35-year-old Gonzalez-Ortiz (20-0-1, 16 KOs) is Berlanga’s closing combat of his contract with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom. If they offer Berlanga an extension, that might doubtless contain an even bigger combat involving one from his six-fighter hit listing:

– Jamie Munguia
– Jermall Charlo
– Caleb Plant
– Hamzah Sheeraz
– Canelo  Alvarez
– Diego Pacheco

Most of these names wouldn’t be seen as an enormous combat by followers. If the aim is for Berlanga to combat one in all them and get a pleasant payday, that’s definitely doable. Munguia could be the most suitable choice for Berlanga to combat if his focus is on cash solely.  Berlanga-Munguia could be sufficiently big to be positioned on DAZN PPV. Munguia is predicted to combat a rematch with Bruno Surace subsequent. He must come by means of that combat for him to be a viable possibility for Edgar to combat on PPV.

It’s comprehensible why he’d need a rematch with the Mexican star Canelo Alvarez, however to have an opportunity of that occuring, it could require that Berlanga beat gifted fighters like David Benavidez, Dmitry Bivol, David Morrell, and Artur Beterbiev. Sadly, Edgar might by no means beat any of these guys as a result of he lacks the expertise.

The names on Berlanga’s hit listing aren’t ok to entice Canelo to bless him with one other payday. Berlanga must earn it this time, and he doesn’t seem able to doing that. If he have been for actual, he’d beat these guys. Berlanga’s greatest profession win is towards a 36-year-old Irish fighter named Padraig McCrory.

The lifelike choices for Berlanga could be the fellows that Hearn can negotiate with, like Pacheco, Sheeraz, and Plant.

Per @EdgarBerlangaJr supervisor Keith Connolly on the following combat: “With out moving into an excessive amount of element, Edgar might have achieved a essential occasion in March. As a substitute we did a smaller co-main deal as a result of this deal goes to create a possibility to do a a lot larger combat this summer season.”

— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) February 11, 2025

Berlanga’s efficiency in his loss to Canelo on September 14th final yr wasn’t ok to present him an opportunity of beating any of the six fighters on his hit listing.