Edgar Berlanga Says He’s Not Thinking Past Padraig McCrory
Edgar Berlanga isn’t worried about future fights right now as he says his focus is on Padraig McCrory on Saturday night in Orlando.
Berlanga has been linked to a potential fight with Canelo Alvarez should he get his hand raised against McCrory on Saturday. However, he says that isn’t his focus, as he says he is only worried about the task at hand.
“Next week is my main focus right now, so to really put him [Canelo] on notice, I’ve got to look like a star,” Berlanga told BoxingScene. “I’ve got to shine bright next week, literally make this dude [McCrory] look like he’s not in my category and really perform my ass off next week, so that way the boxing world starts talking about this s***. They’ll be like, ‘Wow, he’s back’. Okay. Now they’re going to start talking his [Canelo’s] name, now he doesn’t have an opponent. Now he’s like, ‘We can make it happen’. So that’s what’s on my mind next week, really performing. That’s why I’m so locked in, because I know something big is going to happen next week in a positive way, and I’m ready and I’m excited.”
Should the fight with Canelo Alvarez happen though, Edgar Berlanga knows it would be a massive opportunity for him.
“If that fight comes, he knows that would be a big fight because at the end of the day, he knows I ‘ve got PR, I’ve got Puerto Rico, I’ve got a whole country behind me literally, the whole country,” said Berlanga. “When I go to Puerto Rico, I get bum-rushed everywhere; restaurants, the airport, walking in the street, so that’s a big fight regardless. Even if I don’t have a title or not, but I’m that much of a big draw, not just in boxing but I’ve got an island behind me. That’s like what Floyd [Mayweather] was using. Floyd fought a lot of guys who had countries behind him, because of money. Ricky Hatton, [Oscar] De La Hoya, Canelo, [Miguel] Cotto… these guys had countries behind them.”
For now, Berlanga is just focused on Saturday night as he’s a -475 betting favorite to get his hand raised.
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