MAGNO’S BULGING MAIL SACK: CANELO-BERLANGA || FIGHTHYPE.COM

Howdy boxing followers and devoted haters. Right here’s one other week’s price of my bulbous sack, bulging with gooey, salty fact, in your face. Take pleasure in. This week, now we have feedback/questions relating to final Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga bout.

Canelo-Berlanga Faux Narratives, Berlanga’s Future

Hello, Magno.

As all the time wishing, you and your loved ones the very best. 

Irrespective of how arduous the promotion tried to make the Canelo vs Berlanga a Puerto Rico vs Mexico conflict, the followers by no means believed it. Telling a lie one thousand instances does not make it true. The one Puerto Rican flag that the Amazon Prime manufacturing might discover in the course of the occasion, was the one which Berlanga’s group dropped at the struggle. Our anthem wasn’t performed both. I used to be glad although, that Berlanga did not embarrass himself, utilizing that survival mode method, jab, jab and staying away from hazard until he actually needed to, in some exchanges. I personally suppose that Berlanga does not trust in himself and does not appear to have the ability to pull the set off with arduous pictures, aside from the jab. He misplaced his confidence when he began going the complete distance with higher competitors. I foresee him combating a few third tier opponents to rebuild his confidence and falling quick once more when he fights any one of many following opponents– Munguia, Plant, Pacheco, or Mbili. These opponents could also be flawed however can nonetheless pull the set off and go for the KO. Take care

– Benjamin from Puerto Rico.

Hey Benjamin.

There was quite a lot of phoniness in that Canelo-Berlanga farce– earlier than, throughout, and after the struggle. There have been quite a lot of pressured narratives for the sake of enterprise. The Mexico vs. Puerto Rico angle was one in all them. One other was this concept that Berlanga truly put up a sport, valiant struggle. It’s loopy simply how simply persons are swept up in a story. It’s particularly stunning in the case of how simply media, which supposedly exists to place issues in correct perspective, will get swept up in a story. They had been truly speaking up Canelo-Berlanga prefer it was an actual struggle. They had been swept into the foolish narrative that Berlanga truly impressed and that he put up a greater effort than anticipated (regardless of throwing a mean of simply 4 extra punches per spherical than Jermell Charlo, who was extensively criticized for handing over a weak, timid effort in his loss to Alvarez final September). This struggle was a blowout and, very early into the competition, Berlanga made the choice to not “go for it” by not opening up and not likely, really making an attempt. In flip, Canelo made the corresponding determination to not push too arduous and to let Berlanga lose in the best way he silently, perhaps subconsciously, selected to lose. Meh. The entire thing was a waste of everybody’s cash. The one ones on that card who get an A for effort had been Caleb Plant and Trevor McCumby. 

As for Berlanga’s future? I agree along with your evaluation. Berlanga will not be an “A” participant. There’s some psychological frailty there, one thing that’s simply not “proper” with the child’s head and that can in all probability play a job in the best way he develops. He jogs my memory of Teofimo Lopez in that regard, besides Lopez truly has a reasonably strong ability set to fall again on. Berlanga is huge, awkward, and may punch a bit (despite the fact that his one-punch energy on the high tier of the division is vastly overstated). He’ll beat the gatekeepers and journeyman, however he’s prone to come up quick in opposition to most, if not all, the highest guys. 

What’s Subsequent For Canelo?

Hello Paul.

Now that Canelo Alvarez did the predictable and beat Berlanga, what do you see as his subsequent transfer. He talked a couple of rematch with Bivol. How doubtless is that? How about Terence Crawford? There aren’t an entire lot of fine choices for him at this level. Should you might learn cinnamon’s thoughts, what do you see as his subsequent transfer?

– Alberto

Hey Alberto.

I like the way you didn’t even point out David Benavidez. Kudos for being a realist. He’s additionally not going to struggle Bivol. As I wrote in Monday’s Notes from the Boxing Underground: “However the Bivol discuss previous to Berlanga was simply a sign that Canelo was listening to all of the criticism relating to Saturday’s struggle. When a promoter begins speaking up the “subsequent” struggle earlier than the present struggle, you realize he’s shook– and Canelo is most positively his personal promoter in each sense of the phrase nowadays. He ain’t combating Bivol, although. Not in 1,000,000 years. He had two years to pursue that rematch and couldn’t run far sufficient the opposite means from making it occur. Canelo’s a sensible man. He is aware of {that a} rematch wouldn’t go any higher than the primary go ‘spherical and will conceivably go an entire lot worse. Plus, Bivol has his unification bout with Artur Beterbiev subsequent month.”

So, with out Benavidez and Bivol, that doesn’t depart a lot. I truly suppose {that a} Crawford struggle may be very attainable, regardless of the general public beef between Canelo and Crawford’s sugar daddy/advisor Turki Alalshikh. There’ll be huge cash in it and large consideration as properly. Plus, I believe Canelo is fairly assured at this level that he beats Crawford. If the Crawford struggle doesn’t occur, Chris Eubank Jr. is the most certainly possibility. Eubank has title worth and appears the a part of an actual problem, however has no reasonable shot at successful. He’s the right opponent for this Canelo retirement tour. 

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