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Super-middleweight rival Edgar Berlanga will face Jason Quigley in his title pursuit on Saturday in New York City.

EDGAR BERLANGA (20-0, 16 KOs) VS. JASON QUIGLEY (20-2, 14 KOs)

• Day: Saturday, June 24
• Time: 8pm ET / 5pm PT (main event after that)
• Where: Madison Square Garden Theater, New York
• television/stream: DAZN
• Assignment: Super Medium (168 pounds)
• threatened: No main title
• the odds: Berlanga 85-1 favorite (multi-store average)
• Also on the card: Reshat Mati vs Dakota Linger, junior welterweight; Adam Kownacki vs. Joe Cusumano, heavyweight opponent
• Guess: Berlanga KO 10
• Background: Berlanga went far from a 16-match knockout streak to start his professional career but he went on to win, claiming his last four wins by decision. He last fought in June last year, when he beat Roamer Alexis Angulo by a decision from one side. Berlanga a little inexplicable Angulo in that fight and then suspended. He is ranked in the Top 11 by all four major sanctioning bodies, ranked 3rd by the IBF. That means a headline shot is on the horizon unless he slips. Quigley is a good fighter but probably doesn’t have enough firepower to upset Berlanga. The one-time silver medalist at the Amateur World Championship from Ireland was stopped by Tureano Johnson in July 2019 but came back to win three games in a row, including a victory. decisive majority victory over Shane Mosley Jr. at number 160 in May 2021. Then he was blew out in two rounds against then-middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade, which seemed to have exposed his limitations. He went back to 168th after losing and knocking out Gabor Gorbics this past April.