WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez met with his challenger today for their kickoff press conference for their September 14th fight on DAZN and PBC on Prime Video PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The Eddie Hearn-promoted Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) crowded Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) during their face-off, but showed no animosity.
During the press conference, Berlanga sounded angry when talking about David Benavidez, whose fans have pushed Canelo to fight. He doesn’t like that fans trashed him, viewing him as a fake fighter with a fabricated record, filled with tomato cans, preferring that Canelo fight his WBC mandatory Benavidez.
Berlanga’s Anger Towards Benavidez Fans
Edgar Berlaga:“I don’t want to hear Benavidez. They keep mentioning Crawford. He fought a 154-pounder [WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov]. It was a tough fight. We got business to handle on September 14th. A lot of people keep mentioning Benavidez and all these guys. I know it’s not going to happen. …