“He did more than $ 12 million”: Hearn responds to the claims of the Berlanga title, defends the contract and emphasizes the investment of Matchroom

Promoter Eddie Hearn fired in response to Edgar Berlanga, who blamed him for not delivering the money to align it for a title shot against IBF’s middle weight champion, William Scull, who believed he would open the door to a profit with Canelo Alvarez.

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Hearn says Scull wanted more than $ 1.5 million than Berlanga (22-1, 17 kos) said he did. He says they followed the contract they had with Berlanga. They did not pay beyond the money written in the contract with Berlanga for the final struggle of their agreement with Matchroom.

Payment of $ 12 million

Eddie says he handed in Berlanga the struggle of Canelo and did More than $ 12 million in their three fights With Matchroom. All of them were headlines. Hearn says Berlanga is not going to Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz on Saturday because he agreed to his struggle to be in the departure of money offered.

The three Berlanga fights with Matchroom

– Canelo Alvarez
– Padraig McCrory
– Jason Quigley

“It is important to keep in mind that in our three fights with Edgar Berlanga, he went to the garden of Madison Square against Jason Quigley. He directed against Padraig McCrory here (Orlando, Florida), and then headed against Canelo Alvarez at the T-Mobile (Arena de las Vegas) Fighthype About what Matchroom delivered to Edgar Berlanga in the three fights he has been with them.

)Made more than $ 12 million with us. We have completely changed his life and his career, “Hearn continued on Edgar. “What we have done is that we have given everything we have promised and more. We do it again Saturday night. It is a good struggle for him to return to his winning ways and then move on to a bigger struggle. If that’s with us, fantastic. We would love to continue this relationship. “”

Berlanga’s curriculum is not worthy of qualifying the fighting the type of money he has achieved with Matchroom. Of its 22 wins, they have all been against the minor fighters. Hearn was still able to maneuver Berlanga in a fight with Canelo without him needed to face one of the murderers, such as David Benavidez, David Morrell, Diego Pacheco, Caleb Plant or Christian Mbilli. The boys that Berlanga defeated to achieve the Alvarez struggle were bewildered.

“If it is not, we say,” Good luck, Edgar. We have completely delivered our wildest dreams. Edgar has a massive belief in its commercial power, “said Hearn.” Many fighters want to be partners or have their own promotional companies, but none of them want to put the money on the table. None of them wants to risk. “

Berlanga may probably sell tickets to New York, but this would not last forever if he cannot exceed the five best contestants. The dream he has to beat someone like Jaime Munguia or Jermall Charlo for a resuscitation with Canelo Alvarez is not realistic. It will not happen. Canelo will never fight him again because this is not his style to give the fighters that shine them.

Undergrowth

“Yes, this is an association. In the promotional company, you are working for me. OK, there is no problem. If the entries do not go very well and we lose a million dollars, are you half?

“We are doing what is in the contract (with Berlanga). We did not ask for a slot for subcardity. They did it because they agreed to a certain amount of money and said:” This is not a main struggle. This is an undergrowth. Therefore, we will only fight in a subcredation in the comeback struggle. I said, “OK,” and let’s move on. He got an absolute fortune to fight Canelo Alvarez.

“What he has to do is activate because this will not be a Gimme (Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz), this struggle. This is a hard child. It is an opportunity for him to change his life. If you start thinking about his head everywhere. What he cannot afford is to look bad in this struggle, and what you cannot definitely do is lose in this struggle,” said Hearn.