Whats up 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, we’ve feedback/questions relating to final Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga bout.
Canelo-Berlanga Pretend Narratives, Berlanga’s Future
Hello, Magno.
As at all times wishing, you and your loved ones the very best.
Irrespective of how exhausting 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 occasions does not make it true. The one Puerto Rican flag that the Amazon Prime manufacturing may discover through the occasion, was the one which Berlanga’s staff 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 except he actually needed to, in some exchanges. I personally assume that Berlanga does not have faith in himself and does not appear to have the ability to pull the set off with exhausting pictures, aside from the jab. He misplaced his confidence when he began going the total 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 a variety of phoniness in that Canelo-Berlanga farce– earlier than, throughout, and after the struggle. There have been a variety 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 really put up a recreation, valiant struggle. It’s loopy simply how simply individuals are swept up in a story. It’s particularly surprising in relation to how simply media, which supposedly exists to place issues in correct perspective, will get swept up in a story. They had been really speaking up Canelo-Berlanga prefer it was an actual struggle. They had been swept into the foolish narrative that Berlanga really impressed and that he put up a greater effort than anticipated (regardless of throwing a median of simply 4 extra punches per spherical than Jermell Charlo, who was broadly criticized for delivering 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 attempting. In flip, Canelo made the corresponding resolution to not push too exhausting and to let Berlanga lose in the best way he silently, possibly 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 may in all probability play a job in the best way he develops. He jogs my memory of Teofimo Lopez in that regard, besides Lopez really has a reasonably stable ability set to fall again on. Berlanga is large, awkward, and might punch a bit (despite the fact that his one-punch energy on the prime tier of the division is vastly overstated). He’ll beat the gatekeepers and journeyman, however he’s more likely to come up quick towards 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 few rematch with Bivol. How possible is that? How about Terence Crawford? There aren’t a complete lot of excellent choices for him at this level. Should you may 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 speak 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 understand he’s shook– and Canelo is most positively his personal promoter in each sense of the phrase lately. 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 method from making it occur. Canelo’s a wise man. He is aware of {that a} rematch wouldn’t go any higher than the primary go ‘spherical and will conceivably go a complete lot worse. Plus, Bivol has his unification bout with Artur Beterbiev subsequent month.”
So, with out Benavidez and Bivol, that doesn’t go away a lot. I really assume {that a} Crawford struggle could be very doable, regardless of the general public beef between Canelo and Crawford’s sugar daddy/advisor Turki Alalshikh. There’ll be large cash in it and large consideration as effectively. 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 probably possibility. Eubank has identify worth and appears the a part of an actual problem, however has no lifelike shot at profitable. He’s the proper opponent for this Canelo retirement tour.
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