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Boxing’s new KO superstar Edgar Berlanga open to future Canelo fight

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Super middleweight phenom Edgar Berlanga has admitted a fight with pound for pound king Canelo Alvarez is firmly on his radar.

Berlanga impressed once again last week when blasting out Lanell Bellows to score a fifteenth straight first-round knockout.

Bellows had never been stopped in a long career, giving extra significance to the buzz surrounding Berlanga’s astonishing streak.

With huge bouts on the horizon over the next two years for the 23-year-old Brooklynite, Canelo is one of several options on the table.

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“Canelo Alverez (in a possibility) and obviously (David) Benevidez is a great fighter,” Berlanga pointed in a recent interview with Sirius XM’s AK and Barak. “Caleb Plant is a great fighter, as well.

“These types of guys are the guys that I am going to be facing in the future very soon. They are going to be mega fights, and I am going to be happy.

“I’m the type of fighter that I like to make fights happen. If it makes sense and the money is good, then why not.”

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Asked regarding the fact he did not stick to the fight gameplan versus Bellows, Berlanga added: “We had a certain game plan to follow in the fight.

“It was a jab step over to the right shoot a right hook. I was trying to do that, but I smelt blood. I knew I hurt him, and I knew he didn’t want to be in there with me. So, I just got him out of there.

“I am so confident in my corner it’s a good feeling to have a coach that can take me to that level because he has been there before.”

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The impressive Berlanga then revealed he could be back as soon as December.

“As soon as I stepped out of the ring, Bob was right there saying we’re going to put you on the fight card in December. I said, ‘of course, I am fresh. Let’s go, let’s do it,’ he concluded.

Not since former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder put together a 30-plus run of blowouts within four rounds has there been such furor regarding a puncher.

ESPN ratings spiked during the time Berlanga was in the ring, and the sky firmly seems to be the limit for the Puerto Rico descendent.

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