Berlanga Confidently Predicts One Million PPV Buys, Says Canelo Fight In September

Edgar Berlanga predicts that his next fight will buy 1 million PPVs, revealing that he believes that Canelo Alvarez will be chosen to fight in September.

The undefeated 168-lb contender Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) left the opportunity to challenge David Morrell Jr. for his title, hoping that he will be chosen by Canelo and he may get his wish.

“My first PPV fight will draw 1 million pay-per-views,” Edgar Berlanga told X, predicting huge success for his next fight.

Berlanga's popularity

Not enough New Yorkers are interested in watching Berlanga fight Canelo to bring in a million PPV buys. Berlanga is only popular in parts of New York state. His popularity is limited to certain parts of the city, and he is not a household name in the US.

Canelo-Berlanga will bring in PPV buys for fans who want to see Berlanga exposed as a liar by Canelo, and it will be one of those fights where people will tune in to see Edgar lose. Fans may be very amused, but non-fans may not care.

They just want to see Canelo fight, and they take out anyone on the street, and they will happily order the match on PPV.

It would invite a lot of criticism if Canelo chose the respected Eddie Hearn Berlanga as his next opponent because he is seen as an example of a fighter who has been targeted by his promoters to create a fake, manufactured opponent.

Canelo's picks for September

Undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) has two options for his next fight: Berlanga and Chris Eubank Jr.

Canelo's only request for a fight with Eubank Jr. (33-3, 24 KOs) is fighting in England, but that doesn't seem to be true in September, given that Anthony Joshua is already scheduled to fight in the arena. 21 of that month. It is not a good idea to plan another war around that day in that country.

Eubank Jr. it doesn't help Canelo to fight in the US because the American fans don't know who he is, and they see him as an unsuccessful, flawed fighter who has no chance against Alvarez.

If Canelo wants to get less criticism from the fans, forget about Berlanga and Eubank Jr. focus on fighting one of these battles in September:

– Christian Mbili
– Diego Pacheco
– Hamzah Sheeraz
– David Benavidez

The biggest problem Canelo has is that the super middleweight division lacks popular fights. There's only Benavidez, and he's not a 168-pounder. He's a guy who melts down from 175 to beat smaller opponents. This is why Canelo was reluctant to fight him: He is not a true super middleweight.