Set to make his return to the ring subsequent month in an excellent middleweight title battle in opposition to the unbeaten, Edgar Berlanga, defending champion, Canelo Alvarez is unlikely to set the world alight with pay-per-view numbers – based on UFC star, Conor McGregor.
Set to make his return to motion subsequent month in Las Vegas, Alvarez places his undisputed WBA, WBC, and WBO tremendous middleweight titles on the road in opposition to the unbeaten New York challenger, Berlanga within the pair’s heated grudge match.
![Canelo Alvarez Targets Eighth-Round KO of Edgar Berlanga: 'I Make Them Pay When They Piss Me Off' Scheduled to defend his super middleweight crowns next month in Las Vegas, dominant champion, Canelo Alvarez has plans to stop incoming foe, New York native, Edgar Berlanga inside eight rounds in their title grudge match in ‘Sin City’. Set to return to action next month in Las Vegas, Mexican favorite, Alvarez will put his WBA, WBC, and WBO super middleweight crowns on the line on September 14. in a showdown against unbeaten contender, Berlanga. Last featuring in May in a matchup with Mexico countryman, Jaime Munguia, Alvarez extended his winning spree to four straight fights since his return to his super middleweight stomping ground, turning in a unanimous decision win at the T-Mobile Arena. Himself earning a title fight with Alvarez next month, Berlanga, who boasts an undefeated 22-0 professional record, scored a sixth round knockout win over Belfast puncher, Padraig McCrory in Orlando in his last walk to the squared circle. And sharing the stage at a pre-fight press conference this week ahead of their title matchup next month, Alvarez claimed he would stop Berlanga in the eight round in a brutal knockout with security officials keeping distant between the duo throughout. “You hit like my son,” Canelo Alvarez replied to Edgar Berlanga. “You don’t bring anything to me that I haven’t seen before. Eight rounds – mark my words. I’m not going to have compassion. These kind of motherf*ckers keep me motivated.” https://x.com/Canelo/status/1821006266686435718 “I don’t want to f*ck you up right now because money will be gone,” Canelo Alvarez explained. “I love it [when my opponent p*sses me off]. When someone gets under my skin, I make them pay the hard way. He thinks’s he has more intelligence than me and everyone I’ve fought. Come on, bro. He’s not gonna be able to touch me/. I wanna see him try.”](https://www.lowkickmma.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MixCollage-07-Aug-2024-07-46-PM-7076-1024x536.jpg "Conor McGregor calls out ‘Cornflake’ Canelo Alvarez: ‘Canelo doesn't sell’ claims he’s ducking Benavidez 2")
Final that includes in April, Guadalajara native, Alvarez turned in a unanimous determination win over compatriot, Jaime Munguia over the course of 12 rounds in Nevada – extending his profitable spree on the weight class to 4 fights following an unsuccessful transfer to gentle heavyweight, the place he misplaced to Dmitry Bivol in a title cost.
As for McGregor, the previous undisputed UFC light-weight and featherweight champion, has been closely linked with an end-of-year return at UFC 310 in December, within the type of a welterweight battle with rescheduled foe, Michael Chandler.
McGregor was scheduled to headline UFC 303 on the finish of June throughout Worldwide Struggle Week, nonetheless, withdrew from the matchup with former three-time Bellator MMA champion, Chandler after fracturing a toe on his left foot.
Conor McGregor hits out at Canelo Alvarez
Hitting out at Alvarez because the UFC put together to host a Noche card on the identical date on the Las Vegas Sphere, McGregor has seemed to quell potential considerations of a pay-per-view conflict on the identical evening – claiming Alvarez “doesn’t promote”.
“Canelo is a cornflake,” Conor McGregor posted in a now-deleted message on his official X account. “He has about 300k buys in him. He doesn’t generate nothing close to what he seeks to be paid. UFC NOCHE goes to run them from the strip. Shiek Turki was proper transferring on. CANELO DOESN’T SELL.”
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