EDDIE HEARN believes Edgar Berlanga can nonetheless be a serious participant within the super-middleweight division regardless of struggling his first defeat.
The Puerto Rican New Yorker was overwhelmed large on factors by unified champion Canelo Alvarez on the T-Cell Enviornment with scores of 117-110 and 118-109 (twice) within the Mexican’s favour. Berlanga went into the battle stuffed with confidence and machismo however finally was discovered wanting on the stage wanted to beat Canelo.
Berlanga did obtain plaudits for his efforts, nevertheless, and whereas he by no means regarded like successful, promoter Eddie Hearn believes his man can nonetheless do huge issues at 168lbs.
“The child’s flashy, he appears to be like the half, he actually spoke properly this week, he’s acquired Puerto Rico behind him, he’s acquired New York behind him, he’s all the time completed huge numbers,” Hearn informed Boxing Information.
“I feel contemporary off that defeat I feel he’s going to be a serious participant within the division. Jaime Munguia, nice battle. Caleb Plant, nice battle. Diego Pacheco goes to be chasing guys like Edgar Berlanga as properly. Charlo. There’s large fights on the market to make and he’ll be again early subsequent 12 months headlining.”
He added, “It seems like we acquired a brand new signing as a result of I actually really feel like he’s an enormous star within the division.”
