{"id":233506,"date":"2025-10-22T22:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/233506\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T22:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:11:07","slug":"edgar-berlanga-cant-pursue-bigger-fights-until-getting-back-on-track-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/233506\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Berlanga Can’t Pursue Bigger Fights Until Getting Back On Track First"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 One thing Edgar Berlanga<\/a> loves is a big fight.
But matchups with Jermall Charlo<\/a>, Caleb Plant<\/a> or Canelo Alvarez<\/a> make little to no sense following his latest appearance.
The Brooklyn native was brutally stopped in the fifth round by Hamzah Sheeraz in his hometown on July 12 at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Flushing, N.Y<\/a>. Re-establishing himself in the super middleweight division is salient, but Berlanga needs to get back in the win column.<\/p>\n

By all accounts, he\u2019s working on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m focused on my comeback fight right now,\u201d Berlanga told The Ring. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of big fights and big names for me in the future, but right now, I got to get back on track.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berlanga, 28, didn\u2019t make it clear when he would return, but he said several dates and names are being discussed.<\/p>\n

Before he officially moves forward, Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) had to make peace with his rough night against England\u2019s Sheeraz<\/a> (22-0-1, 18 KOs).
During the build up, the bombastic New Yorker warned the tall and lanky contender<\/a>. But he went down twice in the fourth, followed by a violent finish in the subsequent round.<\/p>\n

While a rematch with Sheeraz won\u2019t be happening anytime soon, if ever, Berlanga will look to take out his frustrations on his next opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened in my last fight is in the past,\u201d Berlanga said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t my night, but that didn\u2019t dim my light and damage my star power. It was one bad night, but it happens. I’m a make an example out of my next opponent. I promise you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 One thing Edgar Berlanga loves is a big fight.But matchups with Jermall Charlo, Caleb Plant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,2989,2983,2831,2988,2981,2984,2985,2986,2987,2982,1920,2993,2992,1913,2976,2977,2990,2978,2975,2994,2772,85,2991,2974,2980,2979],"class_list":{"0":"post-233506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-boxing-community","12":"tag-boxing-fights","13":"tag-boxing-history","14":"tag-boxing-interviews","15":"tag-boxing-magazine","16":"tag-boxing-photos","17":"tag-boxing-rankings","18":"tag-boxing-results","19":"tag-boxing-schedule","20":"tag-boxing-videos","21":"tag-boxing-news","22":"tag-disqualification","23":"tag-draw","24":"tag-fight","25":"tag-fighter","26":"tag-fighter-news","27":"tag-knockout","28":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","29":"tag-ring","30":"tag-ring-magazine","31":"tag-split-decision","32":"tag-sports","33":"tag-technical-knockout","34":"tag-the-ring","35":"tag-top-fighters","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}