EDGAR BERLANGA believes he will face the best version of Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night.
Alvarez defends his three super middleweight titles against the unbeaten Berlanga, who has 43 fewer fights and is eight years younger than the Mexican star.
Canelo’s career is approaching 20th years, and there are those who believe that his best days are behind him and that he is no longer the force of old age. However, Berlanga was not the one who spoke to Boxing News this week in Las Vegas.
“I think I’ll get the best version of him,” he said.
“I saw the gloves come off. [programme] that i’m talking and i’m a big mouth and stuff like that but at the end of the day this is a fight he came to take me down he wanted to come and try to hurt me so i don’t respect him i never respected any fighter i’ve ever fought.
“When I fought McCrory [in] In my last game I disrespected him. I have to treat him the way I did and after the game I pray for him, I pray for his family and it’s all love and respect.
“He has a different mindset when it comes to boxing but that’s not us, we’re from New York. I don’t know where he’s from, he says Mexico but I know Mexicans – real Mexicans – they’re the ones who come to fight whether I say so or not. There’s no respect.”
