Edgar Berlanga says that Hamzah Sheeraz did not fight him until July 12, because he was told that this was the only way he could fight Canelo Alvarez next year. He had no choice. It was either this one or without Canelo. Berlanga (23-1, 18 KO) seemed to intimidate Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KO) during the Kickoff press conference in Palladium in Fresh York. Fans saw that Sheeraz looked terrified.
Berlanga-Sheeraz is the main clash of a super medium weight on July 12 at the Louis Armstrong stadium in Queens, Fresh York. The winner of the fight will be a one step closer to the shot to the undisputed champion of 168 pounds Canelo. They will still need one more fight before they get a fight against Canelo because he already has a full schedule.
Sheeraz is forced to fight?
“They feed him with a left. He does it only because he told him:” If you beat him [Berlanga]We’ll give you Canelo. So he had no option – said Edgar Berlanga Ring magazine About Hamzah Sheeraz, who fights him only because his management told him that if he wins, he would get the fight of Canelo Alvarez.
Berlanga is probably right. Sheeraz had no other choice but to fight him if he wanted to have a chance to fight Canelo and get a gigantic payment, like the one he got in September last year. The bait of a potential fight against Goldmine worth $ 10 million is a sufficient reason to fight Berlang to get the clash of Canelo. He will probably receive the highest career in the fight against Edgar on July 12.
“That’s what I told him. I said,” You had no choice but to take this fight, elderly. ” He says: “Oh, I come to your hometown. I said,” Bro, you were forced to do it *** to try to fight Canelo because they promised you this fight. ” But besides, I’m going there and I want to hurt him – said Berlanga about Sheeraz.
This is a path for Sheeraz to match Canelo. The fight against Caleb Plant or Jaime Munguia would not work because these two do not have the same popularity. Sheeraz would probably remain at 160 were it not for the chance to enter the Canelo lottery. He enters this fight against the controversial draw against Master WBC Medium weight Carlos Adames on February 22. So it’s as if he failed. Sheeraz will learn from this meeting that he will be even worse at the age of 168, but he takes gambling to try to fight Canelo.
Berlanga leaves the party
“I am 10 times larger, 20 times larger than in 2023, when I fought with Jason Quigley,” said Berlanga, asked if it is more popular since the fight with Canelo in September last year. “It’s definitely my event. This is:” All right, Berlanga is back. ” I came back with everything.
Berlanga is now better known after the fight against Canelo, but not necessarily more popular. Today’s press conference has helped Berlanga much more than his loss with Alvarez, because many boxing fans saw him in a favorable featherlight. He was theatrical today, dominating at a press conference with his stage presence and charisma.
“I have gained a lot of experience from this Canelo fight. Something is in the works where when we pass this guy, I will probably have to eliminate [Jaime] Munguia, and then we could probably get this Canelo fight next year, “said Berlanga.
It will depend on Turk Alalshikh, whose Berlanga will fight next. It is tough to imagine how he chose Munguia because he lost two of the last four fights. Turki may want to give Edgar a complex path, forcing him to go through the Caleb plant. This would be a more complex option than Munguia, which looks mentally destitute while fighting a good opposition.
Sheeraz: fighter at C.
“If it were simple, everyone would throw people in the first round,” said Berlanga about their 16 knockouts in the first round to start his career. “We grabbed legal fighters to try to squeeze me. Hey, I intended to knock them out. Yes, maybe who knows
Sheeraz is a warrior at level B, but he can hit. When it is hit, it looks sensitive and does not react well to pressure. Adames went down all night, nailing him with arrows and taking him all the fight. We have already seen how Sheeraz looked like in his fight with Austin ‘Ammo “Williams. He could lose this fight if ammunition continued to attack him aggressively after early injury.
Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.
Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.
Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.
Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.
“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.
“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.
“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”
Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.
Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.
The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.
Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.
It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.
Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.
“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.
“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.
“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”
While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.
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