By: Sean Crose
Canelo Alvarez defended his tremendous middleweight titles Saturday evening in opposition to the brash younger Edgar Berlanga. Like many earlier than him, Berlanga appeared impacted by Canelo’s pictures within the first. They could not have been significantly damaging blows, however they let the challenger know what sort of energy Canelo possessed. The second noticed defending champ Canelo resume banging away at his man. Berlanga, nonetheless, landed laborious pictures, too, displaying that he had energy of his personal. Each males tossed off heavy leather-based within the third. It was Berlanga, whoever, who hit the mat. To his credit score, Berlanga obtained to his toes rapidly and survived the second half of the spherical.
The fourth was pretty shut, however regardless of some good punching, Berlanga wasn’t in a position to hold Canelo off of him. Certainly, Canelo walloped Berlanga to the physique within the fifth. Whereas it was true Berlanga clearly had energy, Canelo’s energy was merely ranges increased. The sixth was a spherical of energy shorts. Each males fired them impressively. Berlanga, nonetheless, saved being pushed again by the defending champion. Canelo fought with appreciable persistence within the seventh. With that being stated, Berlanga went to the mat on account of a slip.
Canelo might have been effectively within the lead, however Berlanga made positive within the eighth to let Canelo know he was in a combat. Berlanga wasn’t successful the combat – however he was very a lot within the combat nonetheless. Nonetheless, Canelo chopped away at Berlanga within the ninth. Berlanga appeared to have a chin fabricated from metal, however it was Canelo who was touchdown with energy and frequency for spherical after spherical. Canelo calmly separated himself from Berlanga on the finish of the tenth, and Berlanga fired away. It was a shrewd transfer, however Canelo survived the second.
The eleventh was like a lot of the different rounds, with Canelo dominating and Berlanga preventing laborious whereas participating in smack discuss. Berlanga landed laborious quite a few occasions in a blistering twelfth and last spherical. Each males, who had undoubtedly not appeared to have appreciated one another a lot within the lead as much as the combat, embraced instantly after the ultimate bell.
Suffice to say, the judges dominated rightly and unanimously in favor of Canelo.
