Eddie Hearn to Loss of Edgar Berlanga against Hamzah Sheeraz: “Chunky” and “Flat” Analysis

Promoter Eddie Hearn says Edgar Berlanga “Looked thick” and “Flat” In his fifth round of defeat in Hamzah Sheeraz last Saturday night in his eliminator of the WBC title Super Middleweight at the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York.

What happened badly through Berlanga?

Hearn speculated that his former fighter, Berlanga (23-2, 18 kos), had begun to believe in his “person” he has created after having achieved a couple of great days. He heard that he did not enter his main struggle against Sheeraz (22-0-1, 18 kos) at his best.

“No, we had a great career. I wish you all the best, “Hearn said to TV IFL About whether he would like to go back to work with Berlanga. “Now, you need to rest and reset your mind to decide how you want to go back.”

It is understandable why Hearn does not want to sign Berlanga again and probably for these two reasons:

1. Would be expensive to sign Berlanga again
2. The way he left Matchroom: Despite the fact that Hearn directed Edgar with a fight against money against Canelo Alvarez and giving him three cream opponents, he still chose to leave when his contract was instead of re-signing.
3. Need a long reconstruction work: If Hearn returned to Berlanga, he should slowly rebuild it over three or four fights before returning to the world. Would Matchroom value little value in these fights, and who says he does not leave after reconstruction? In other words, without loyalty.
4. Lack of talent: Berlanga’s loss against Sheeraz showed that he lacks the skill to overcome the highest highest weights of the division. What Hamzah did would surely be duplicated by the other 10 fighters in 168.

“Sometimes you can start believing in this person: the retinue and all this kind of thing. Sometimes you can get your attention from the ball,” said Hearn about what happened to Berlanga in his loss for Sheeraz.

The ego of Berlanga was uncontrolled after his victory in the first round on the rival of tuning, Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz, whom Hearn had equalized against last March.

Why Berlanga looked “thick”

In addition, Edgar received 10 million dollars For the struggle of Canelo Alvarez and a good day of payment for the fight of Sheeraz. Berlanga may have been enjoying the millions and his new fame of fame is heading to Sheeraz’s struggle.

“I think Edgar seemed flat tonight. I thought it looked thick but you have to give credit to Hamzah. It was incredible. He was so compound. He took his time. He broke him with his fist,” said Hearn. “He exchanged in the right places and then began to push him. When he pushed him, he began to press. He made mistakes to Edgar.”

Sheeraz caught Berlanga with a left hook in the fourth round. When he saw how easy it was to hit him, Sheeraz opened with an explosive four-punch combination that dropped Edgar on the canvas. He did not defend himself inside the way he had when he fought in the range against Hamzah.

“It was a brutal tie. The referee should have stopped the struggle after the second defeat (in the fourth),” Hearn said about Berlanga’s evil, after being fallen twice in the fourth round.

The referee chose not to stop the struggle because Berlanga seemed eager to continue. He had hit his gloves by frustration, angry by himself and wanting not to make the same mistake. The round ended before the action could be resumed.

They should never be left out of their stool and they were lucky that it was not hurt. It’s too brave for your own good. You saw when it went down. The gloves was hit.

“I am disappointed with Edgar, but I am very pleased with Hamzah. I think yes,” Hearn said when he was asked if Sheeraz can fight against the winner of Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford. “It was a bad tie (for Berlanga).”

Turki Alralikh said last night that Hamzah will fight Canelo in 2026. What is unclear is if Sheeraz will fight against Crawford if he is victorious against Canelo in his fight on September 13.

It would be a waste of time for Turki to match Sheeraz against Alvarez if he lost a loss in Crawford. With Terence, he could refuse to fight Sheeraz, preferring to push a resale with Canelo. He will want that second day of payment against the Mexican star.