Promoter Oscar De La Hoya took to social media to roast Edgar Berlanga, telling him that he’s “distracted” by specializing in him this week relatively than his opponent, Canelo Alvarez, forward of their combat this Saturday evening on DAZN PPV.
Oscar questions why the U.S.-born Berlanga appears so upset with him and thinks that possibly he’s upset as a result of he requested to see his Puerto Rican start certificates to show if he’s from there or not.
Berlanga mentioned he would slap De La Hoya when he sees him as a result of he’s been speaking down his combat with Canelo, predicting that it’ll herald solely 100,000 PPV buys.
De La Hoya says Berlanga may additionally be upset with him as a result of he mentioned he’s a “subpar” opponent for Canelo, who he feels must be preventing a greater opponent, like David Benavidez, Artur Beterbiev, or Dmitry Bivol.
“Edgar Berlanga, you stopped the press convention yesterday to say my identify,” mentioned Oscar De La Hoya throughout his Clap Again Thursdays for this week. “You mentioned you’re going to slap me if you see me subsequent. Why? As a result of I requested to see your Puerto Rican start certificates since you’re probably not Puerto Rican.
“I’m asking as a result of once I fought [Felix] Trinidad [on September 18, 1999], he had the complete island [Puerto Rico] journey to Las Vegas to help him, or are you upset as a result of I mentioned you’re a subpar opponent for Canelo? These are the information, bro. Don’t allow them to get you rattled.”
It does strike some followers odd that Berlanga has been calling himself Puerto Rican as a result of they really feel that he’s utilizing nationalism to try to carry in additional PPV buys.
“Dude, you aren’t preventing me. You might be distracted, so that you had higher get locked in as a result of Canelo goes to faucet that [backside] this weekend. Good luck, and luxuriate in your first and final PPV expertise,” mentioned De La Hoya.
If Berlanga appears respectable in a shedding effort, he’ll nonetheless possible be on PPV sooner or later if he’s matched in opposition to fighters like Jaime Munguia, David Benavidez, or Caleb Plant.
