{"id":828764,"date":"2026-07-27T07:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/828764\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:44:09","slug":"highlights-berlanga-shines-in-zuffa-boxing-debut-with-massive-tko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/828764\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! Berlanga Shines In Zuffa Boxing Debut With Massive TKO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Both Edgar Berlanga and Richardson Hitchins were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/zuffa-boxing-news\/434777\/dana-white-signs-former-matchroom-headliner-edgar-berlanga-zuffa-boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed by Zuffa Boxing at the same time<\/a> earlier this year, so it was only fitting that the two sluggers would make their debuts on the same night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Indeed, Berlanga headlined Zuffa Boxing 9 last night (Sun. July 26, 2026) inside Infosys Theater in Madison Square Garden opposite Steven Butler in a 12-round 168-pound fight. From the jump, it was obvious that the two men\u2019s objective was to go head-hunting, as they wasted no time in in swinging the leather. In round two, it was Butler who managed to clip Berlanga and send him to the canvas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And the hits just kept coming as both men never let up, letting it all hang out looking for the home run shot. As the first half of the fight wore on, it was Berlanga who was finding his rhythm, landing the cleaner punches. In round seven, Berlanga was able to connect on a four-punch combo that had Butler hurt, forcing the referee on duty to step in and put an end to the fight, nearly falling out of the ring holding on to Bulter, in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It\u2019s a great win for Berlanga, who bounces back following his knockout loss to Hamzah Sheeraz a year ago (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/12\/24466684\/highlights-hamzah-sheeraz-stuns-new-york-crowd-violent-knockout-edgar-berlanga-ring-3-boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">see it again here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As for Hitchins, he was tasked with co-headlining the event against Ricardo Salas in a 147-pound bout. Once the dust settled, Hitchins had done enough to secure a unanimous decision win, improving his overall record to 22-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Check out the full results and highlights below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">168 lbs.: Edgar Berlanga vs. Steven Butler &#8211; Berlanga wins via seventh-round TKO<br \/>147 lbs.: Richardson Hitchins vs. Ricardo Salas &#8211; Hitchins wins via unanimous decision<br \/>160 lbs.: Sergiy Derevyanchenko vs. Jalil Hacket &#8211; Hacket wins via unanimous decision<br \/>Heavyweight: Otto Wallin vs. Vladyslav Sirenko &#8211; Sirenko wins via tenth-round KO<br \/>147 lbs.: Emiliano Moreno vs. Arnold Gonzalez &#8211; Moreno wins via unanimous decision<br \/>Heavyweight: Kashaun Davis vs, Mihai Nistor &#8211; Davis wins via unanimous decision<br \/>126 lbs.: Troy Nash vs. Ethan Perez &#8211; Nash wins via majority decision<br \/>130 lbs.: Dominique Francis vs. Andres Sosa &#8211; Sosa wins via unanimous decision<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">To checkout the latest Zuffa boxing-related news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/zuffa-boxing-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Both Edgar Berlanga and Richardson Hitchins were signed by Zuffa Boxing at the same time earlier this year,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[36109,49,48,641,33601,638,82,75400],"class_list":["post-828764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-zuffa-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828764","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=828764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}