{"id":591100,"date":"2026-04-08T21:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591100\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T21:52:08","slug":"zuffa-boxing-is-changing-the-game-with-latest-signings-edgar-berlanga-richardson-hitchins-zuffa-boxing-signings-changing-the-game-edgar-berlanga-and-richardson-hitchins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/591100\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing &#8216;is Changing The Game&#8217; With Latest Signings: Edgar Berlanga &#038; Richardson Hitchins Zuffa Boxing Signings &#8216;Changing The Game&#8217; \u2014 Edgar Berlanga and Richardson Hitchins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zuffa Boxing fortified its roster with the dual acquisitions of Keith Connolly-represented fighters, Edgar Berlanga and Richardson Hitchinson, confirming the signing in a statement sent Wednesday to Boxing Social.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters join on multi-fight deals, Zuffa told Boxing Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here for the biggest fights on boxing\u2019s best platform,\u201d Berlanga said. \u201cI\u2019m here to put the super middleweight division on notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">\u201cZuffa\u00a0Boxing is changing the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> A popular New Yorker, Berlanga, 28, is looking to rebound following a knockout loss to Hamzah Sheeraz \u2014 his second defeat in his last three fights, having lost to Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez over 12 rounds in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018The Monster\u2019 is back,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is going to be a special journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More to follow\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ ALL OF BOXING SOCIAL\u2019S NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm text-body dark:text-gray-300 m-0 mb-2\">Alan Dawson is Boxing Social&#8217;s editor.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHe is also a columnist for Uncrowned at Yahoo Sports, and the founder-moderator of Boxing Twitter \u2014 a 20,000-strong community on X.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nA 17-year sports media veteran, Alan has enjoyed extensive stints at Business Insider as a correspondent, BT Sport as digital editor, and Give Me Sport as combat sports editor.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nHe is a 2-time Sports Journalist of the Year finalist and has been honored six times by the Boxing Writers Association of America.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nAlan grew up near London but is based in Nevada with his young family. Outside boxing he plays 8-handicap golf, hikes, and rides his ebike through the Sierra mountain trails.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wider no-underline text-primary dark:text-white\/80 hover:opacity-70\" href=\"https:\/\/boxing-social.com\/author\/alan-dawson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View all articles \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zuffa Boxing fortified its roster with the dual acquisitions of Keith Connolly-represented fighters, Edgar Berlanga and Richardson Hitchinson,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-591100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}