“At least this is the dreams of Turkey Al Ash-Sheikh”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
There was a lot of noise around the confrontation, which was mostly created by Berlan. But the noise did not help him – Edgar lost ahead of schedule and was beaten without a chance.
Berlanga promised to destroy the opponent. But he did not work
There are many conversations around Edgar, which in most cases he creates himself. In the spoken genre, the American is really a leader. He talks a lot, gives a lot of interviews, gives promises to opponents. But not everything is true.
In 2024, Berlanga became a rival of Saul Alvarez. That year, Kanelo was boxing exclusively with the youth who gave hope – Berlanga and Himime Mungia. The Mexican smiled at press conferences with a famous opponent until his promoter was quarreling with him Oscar de La Hoyi. Berlanga – on the contrary.
Edgar was constantly threatened by Kanelo. He talked about his power, the power of his blows. He remembered how many people he knocked out and told that he was beating more than Gennady Golovkin. Alvarez laughed in response and promised to take care of him.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Hamza Shiras Alvarez adhered to the word. At the start of the meeting, he sent Edgar to knockdown and further allowed to do anything. Technically, he disassembled from the distance – the one that was beneficial to him. Did everything he wanted. Just not knocked out.
After that, Berlanga returned to an early victory against his former rival – Sergei Dzinziruk, but not to say that the result of that duel became a wonder. The opponent had a long break and was clearly not in shape.
But meeting with Shiraz was still amazed. All because Hamza had just made his debut in the new weight category and immediately against the former contender for the title.
On the other hand, why surprise? Is the Hamza a skilled boxer? Of course. Does the Turkey Al Ash-Sheikh make large duels for him-including a meeting with Saul Alvarez? Of course. So why not defeat Berlan?
But there was a danger. Edgar’s blow is really good. To compare with Gennady Golovkin it is funny, but it can hit the American firmly, and combines well. And Shiraz only goes into new weight, and it could go both benefit and vice versa.
It was still more useful than not. In previous meetings of the Hamz, there, then it threw from the strikes of opponents. The same middle -class champion
Carlos Adames caused a lot of hits that it was not easy to cope with. But this time everything was fine. Shiraz became stronger, but did not lose at speed. He beat accurately, rigidly, but he was not stormed after the opponent’s hits.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Shiras – Berlan In just a few rounds, Hamza disassembled his opponent. Berlanga said he was a king of starting rounds, but it was he who got too many problems.
In the fourth three -minute, Shiraz began to pour combinationally in the middle distance, and Edgar – to get it all on his head. Berlanga fell once. Then the second. Both times got up, he did not shook, he did not last with the last forces. But obviously he felt not in the best way.
It all ended in minutes. The boys rested, came out on the fifth round, Shiraz hit several more times, and Berlanga fell again. It was necessary to finish what the referee did and did – a knockout.
This is dominance, no doubt. Shiraz not only came to a new category, but destroyed one of the loudest fighters. Very strong projection.
What next?
For Berlan, everything is clear – to return and promise a lot again. It is enough for him because he attracts attention. Your boxing skills. Edgar overestimates, but together with his media, confrontation is sold.
Berlanga wanted to meet with Caleb Planet for a long time – he spoke about him even before the battle with Shiras. And this is the battle that will be relevant in the future. Caleb, obviously, will not get to the title duel in the near future. All belts are busy with the fighter who knocked him out. And which other boxers claim. But you can make a duel against Berlan. And it’s just interesting. A duel in which both can lose.
The sheep prepare the fate of the opponent Kanelo. To do this, the first priority of the Alvarez must defeat the Terens Crawford in the fall. If this happens, there will be a meeting with Hamza. The Turkey Al Ash-Sheikh and Saudi money will take care of this.
And if Crawford wins? By logic, Shiraz should go to him, but there were no such conversations. However, it would be interesting who would not be. Hamza is too well proven here, in a new, heavier, weight.