Canelo Vs. Berlanga: A Mexico Vs. Battle of Puerto Rico Scheduled for September 14th

It is now official that Canelo Alvarez will defend his three super middleweight belts against WBA contender Edgar Berlanga in the final on September 14 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) chose to ignore the fan criticism and continue his plans to defend against the unconfirmed Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) on Mexican Independence Day weekend on DAZN and PBC Prime. PPV video. The fight will be a classic Mexico vs. Puerto Rico, which creates interest in the fans of these two fighters.

Questionable Title Shots?

Berlanga, 27, will be getting his “bag” that he has been pushing for, but he is upset about how he is taking the title without fighting one top player.

His brilliant promoters put him in the fight, taking him to dangerous fights against David Morrell Jr. and Caleb Plant, among others, to get the lead this day against Canelo. Berlanga himself new type of a well-matched fighter to get a shot at the title based on victory against smaller opponents.

Berlanga follows in the footsteps of Canelo's last opponent, Jaime Munguia, who was matched up in a similar fashion for the title shot last May. Munguia was honored for 10+ years to get a big payday against Canelo and he looked like a deer in the spotlight against the superstar. Berlanga is Munguia 2.0, but his previous opposition has been worse.

Canelo was reportedly stripped of his IBF title for failing to defend under his authority. Therefore, he will only have his three belts at risk against Berlanga, but the fans will not care. They want to see an exciting match, and Berlanga should give Canelo that. He is Alvarez's sacrificial lamb.

Co-Main Event: Lara vs. Garcia

In a co-main event, WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara will defend against Danny Garcia in a twelve-round fight. That should be an interesting fight between the 41-year-old Lara (30-3-3, 18 KOs) and the cool two-division world champion Garcia (37-3, 21 KOs), who hasn't fought twice. years from July 2022.

Lara-Garcia is a fight that should be buried under the undercard, but this could be as good as it gets at this event. This is not a Turki Alalshikh card

You could argue that Danny, 36, gets the title against Lara because of his achievements over the years.

Garcia's career has slowed to a crawl since his top-ranked stoppage time win against Lucas Matthysse on September 14, 2013. All of Garcia's wins since then have come against lesser opposition, and he's been beaten several times when going up against the best.

Singer Canelo had no choice but to fight Berlanga because he needed someone with enough of a following to compete with the fans in the UFC event that was on the same night, September 14, in Las Vegas. Since Alvarez didn't bite the bullet to fight David Benavidez, Berlanga was next.