The collapse of Berlanga: lost weight, flu excuse and ‘Big Bag’ block exposes cracks on a super medium soup facade

Edgar Berlanga could not gain weight today, reaching 169 1/2 pounds in the weighing for his fight co-Freen ten rounds against Jonathan González-Ortiz for this Saturday, March 15 on March 15 at the Caribbean Royale in Orlando, Florida.

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Light heavy?

This is a clear sign that Berlanga needs to move on to the semi -marked weight (175) because, according to the reports, it was rehydrated to 193 for his last fight. You need to fight in a class of weight you can do. Understandably, he does not want to go to 175 because that is where all the murderers are. The Semi -Sedmed Weight Division is full of talented fighters that would destroy a limited guy as Berlanga, and his career would end almost immediately.

Even with a protective promotional company such as Top Rank or matchroom, they could not do much with Edgar if it competed in semi -marked weight. There are too many good combatants to maneuver Berlanga around them all.

Berlanga (22-1, 17 kos) states that he had flu, and knew that he could not gain weight, but chose to stay on the card. However, he has been looking for heavy for months, apparently celebrating his loss against the super medium champion Canelo Álvarez last September.

Revealing that he has been fighting the flu could benefit Berlanga if he loses before González-Ortiz (20-0-1, 16 kos) or if he struggles to win. Even so, it is a bad aspect to lose weight in 1.6 pounds, since it is about to become a free agent. Saturday is the final fight of the Berlanga medium weight contender of his contract with the company of the House Room of Eddie Hearn, and says he wants to sign with a different promoter or network to make “The big bag. “

If you are a promoter, you must look at the colossal size of Berlanga for the 168 -pound division, its unilateral defeat against Canelo and its weak curriculum and conclude that he is not someone who is useful to fight the opposition of higher level with a super medium weight. That is whether you can even gain weight.

It will be suitable for a single fight against one of the contestants, which will probably lose badly, and then it is over. Berlanga is the guy who must coincide with the weak opposition, the way he was doing Top Rank and how Hearn maneuvered it.

Warrior or weak?

“People don’t know, but I had flu. I was fighting with my health, and I knew that at some point I couldn’t do it, ”said Edgar Berlanga to CightHipoExplaining why the weight was lost today, reaching 1.6 pounds on the limit of 168 pounds for its main support fight against Jonathan González-Ortiz this Saturday night in Orlando.

Having the flu does not explain why Berlanga has been seen as a cruise weight since his defeat against Canelo last September. It has always been great, but it seems that it completed after that defeat.

“All who are out there, know that I take this sport very serious, especially with my health. There is nothing to say. We are still fighting. I want to tell my fans that the other is not what it is. We could have left the fight if we would like my health situation. I am a warrior, brother.

“I’m just going out and make the show happen. I made many fans come here, I bought tickets and plane tickets, flights, coming from Puerto Rico. Let’s get tomorrow. Tune in tomorrow. You’re going to see what happens.

“It has something to demonstrate. Look what happened to Munguia, ”Berlanga said about his 35-year-old well-known opponent, Jonathan González-Ortiz, who looked today in unfortunate physical conditions in the weighing, wearing a father’s body. “We can’t be us on March 15,” Berlanga said.