By Brian Webber: Edgar Berlanga (21-0, 16 KOs) struggled by most of his combat towards Jason Quigley (20-3, 14 KOs), however his energy got here by in the long run for him to attain two knockdowns within the twelfth to complete sturdy with a twelve spherical unanimous choice on Saturday evening at Madison SSquare Backyard in New York.
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It wasn’t at all times fairly, as Berlanga was continuously lacking along with his punches and getting countered by the smaller, sooner, and extra expert Irish fighter Quigley, however he was nonetheless in a position to drop him in rounds three, 5, and twice within the twelfth.
The referee had a REALLY dangerous evening, as he blew the decision in spherical 5 and the second knockdown within the twelfth, giving Berlanga creditor two knockdowns that shouldn’t have been.
Quigley tripped in spherical 5 and was pushed down within the twelfth by Berlanga on the second knockdown. Berlanga scored two actual knockdowns within the combat, with the opposite two being blown calls by the referee. Within the huge scheme of issues, it didn’t matter as a result of Berlanga nonetheless would have received.
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Berlanga didn’t get a knockout in his fifth consecutive combat, which is dangerous information for him incomes the Canelo Alvarez. Quigley had been knocked out in two rounds by Demetrius Andrade in 2021.
Quigley was shifting & countering Berlanga all evening, profiting from his gradual hand pace and wild swings.
The one time Berlang had success is when Quigley would again up towards the ropes and attempt to counter from that spot. That was how Quigley acquired dropped within the third and the twelfth. Berlanga harm him by chopping proper arms to the pinnacle, which put him down.
If Quigley had stayed within the heart of the ring, he would have made it out of the combat with out getting dropped.
After the combat was over, Berlanga referred to as out Jaime Munguia, a fighter promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. It’ll be fascinating if that match comes off as a result of Munguia is promoted by Oscar De La Hoya, and he’ not on good phrases with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn.
