The Berlanga Bid War: Who will pay its price?

Edgar Berlanga seemed to be delicate today for finally being a free agent after his four fighting contract with Mchroom ended last Saturday night. It could be out of contact with reality, thinking that promoters will want to sign it based on their 23 victories about tomato cans.

Free finally

The former challenger of the world title of super medium Berlanga (23-1, 18 kos) believes that the promoters and networks will be crazy about promoters and networks, which will lead him to obtain “that great bag” and make incalculable wealth. He obtained Canelo Álvarez’s fight and did $ 12 million with Matchroom despite never overcoming high -level fighters. Eddie Hearn did a great job for Berlanga, and he didn’t have to overcome a type of quality to get that money.

He made his money to be popular in the New York area instead of overcoming any of the murderers in 168. You can’t call Jonathan González-Ortiz, Jason Quigley or Padraig McCrory Killers. These minor fighters would not last a round against the best contenders such as Diego Pacheco and Osleys Iglesias in Super Middleweight.

Who pays?

The promoter Eddie Hearn wants to continue working with Berlanga and establishing it with a fight against Caleb Plant. However, I could go with them if Turki Alalshikh’s new boxing league is interested in signing Berlanga. Dana White said that the fighters of the new league will lose fights as they do at the UFC. If Berlanga can even gain weight for fights in 168, he will lose repeatedly if he faces the best fighters of the division.

Then, perhaps they would be the perfect landing place for Berlanga, which will lose a lot if Dana will practice what she preaches about “the best best fighting.” However, it will be reduced to money, because Edgar will probably wait for the same type of mass that he obtained from his fight with Canelo.

It would have to be a promoter who is willing to lose money in his fights because if he is getting $ 10 million to fight types such as Jermall Charlo, Caleb Plant or Jaime Munguia, events probably hemorrh money. These guys are not popular enough to bring PPV purchases against Berlanga, and do not have enough fans in the New York area to bring the numbers so that a fight is profitable if you are getting great money.

“If you want to hit him, you can say that he should have returned with something a little better,” said Teddy Atlas in his YouTube channel That Edgar Berlanga should have fought a better fighter in his fight back instead of Jonathan González-Ortiz.

“He returned, got rid of this guy, and now he has to fight something better. Or someone’s much better fight or go fighting a great fight. That is what we want now. You enter there with Canelo and showed that you are not that level. Now, we want a great, big (fight). What is the great fight?

Damn, I’m really a free agent 😌😌

– Freshing of JR (@edgarberlanbayan) March 18, 2025