NEW YORK – Jesse Hart has been talked about as a possible opponent for Edgar Berlanga earlier than every of the undefeated tremendous middleweight’s final two fights.
Berlanga’s handlers have but to conform to that bout, however Berlanga indicated after beating Alexis Angulo by unanimous determination early Sunday morning that he can be keen to battle Hart subsequent. Brooklyn’s Berlanga replied “whoever” when requested particularly about boxing Philadelphia’s Hart later this yr.
“You already know, whoever’s on the record,” Berlanga informed a bunch of reporters. “You already know what I’m saying? If the cash’s proper, the whole lot good, we make it occur.”
Hart has misplaced solely a pair of 12-round choices to undefeated former WBO tremendous middleweight champ Gilberto Ramirez (44-0, 30 KOs) and a 10-round break up determination to Joe Smith Jr. (28-3, 22 KOs), who received the WBO gentle heavyweight title two fights later. The 32-year-old Hart (28-3, 22 KOs) has competed within the gentle heavyweight division in every of his previous 4 fights, however he’s keen to maneuver again all the way down to tremendous middleweight to battle Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs).
Whoever Berlanga bins subsequent, he’ll take a considerably longer break earlier than returning to the ring than he did between his previous two bouts.
Brooklyn’s Berlanga beat Colombia’s Angulo (27-3, 23 KOs) lower than three months after his earlier look, one other 10-round, unanimous-decision victory over Toronto’s Steve Rolls (21-2, 12 KOs) on March 19. Berlanga’s wins towards Rolls and Angulo headlined exhibits at Madison Sq. Backyard’s Hulu Theater.
The 25-year-old Berlanga instructed that his subsequent battle may happen in Puerto Rico. Berlanga ready in Puerto Rico for the Angulo bout together with his new head coach, Juan De Leon, however he has not fought on the island since he turned professional in April 2016.
“I’m trying ahead to preventing in December,” Berlanga stated. “I don’t know if it’s gonna be right here or in Puerto Rico. However, , I’m gonna communicate to High Rank and I’m gonna attempt to, , get a battle in Puerto Rico.”
Berlanga’s bout with Rolls helped draw a capability crowd of 5,158 to Madison Sq. Backyard’s Hulu Theater nearly three months in the past.
His win towards Angulo befell the night time earlier than the sixty fifth annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan, however the occasion Saturday night time wasn’t bought out. The introduced attendance for the Berlanga-Angulo card was 4,357.
Keith Idec is a senior author/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He might be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.
