In an interview with Struggle Hub TV, Gabe Rosado breaks down why he’s pushing for a combat in opposition to Edgar Berlanga, their historical past, and why he thinks it’ll be a giant combat. Rosado additionally shares his perception into the upcoming combat between David Benavidez and David Morrell. Try a few of what Rosado needed to say beneath.
Rosado on wanting a combat with Berlanga
“It’s a dialog the me and him have had for years now. When he was climbing the rankings he was at all times calling me out. However it’s a state of affairs the place we had been on a facetime name, me, him and his father and I used to be like ‘Do your factor in opposition to Canelo, bro. However after that allow’s run this’ and it’s the proper alternative ‘trigger it’s in Puerto Rico, two Puerto Rican fighters. And it’s as much as Eddie Hearn, man.
“My final combat was a rematch with Bek and to be sincere with you I ain’t had no motivation in that combat as a result of I already knocked him out, so how am I going to prime that? I had knockou of the yr once I knocked him out so it was only a combat the place, actually, I took it for the fallacious causes and after that I used to be like ‘I’m finished.’ However it is a combat the place it obtained a lot drama to it. He from New York, from Brooklyn, I’m from Philly, North Philly, we each Puerto Ricans — it’s like, bro, it’s the proper recipe.
“And Matchroom and Eddie Hearn wants to appreciate what that historical past is, Philly-Brooklyn, two Puerto Ricans, what it does for the island. It’s greater than they assume.
“It’s a combat the place I’ll be motivated for. He regarded good in opposition to Canelo within the facet of he confirmed coronary heart. I’m not saying he regarded good skill-wise as a result of Canelo was undoubtedly the extra skilled man however he proved that he had coronary heart and he proved that he went in there to truly win and never simply get a paycheck. ‘Trigger that was my concern…I give him respect for that and he gonna come even higher than he was ‘trigger now he gonna take some methods he realized from Canelo and convey that to the desk, however I really feel like even with that I nonetheless might beat him.”
On his ideas on Benavidez vs Morrell
“That’s a very good combat. I favor Benavidez, I do know Benavidez for years now. I’ve finished camps with Benavidez, our first sparring session was like 10 years in the past when he was a younger boul. I favor Benavidez however you may’t sleep on Morrell. It is a combat the place Benavidez ain’t need to take this combat, Morrell was the one which wants this combat.
“So for actual, for actual, Morrell’s in a state of affairs the place he kinda hit the jackpot. So if he can win this combat, he there, ‘trigger no one actually was calling Morrell out. In order that simply reveals what sort of canine Benavidez is that he like ‘alright no matter, let’s go, let’s run it.’
“I feel (Morrell) is waking up a unique sort of beast in Benavidez (with the pre-fight trash speak)…however on the identical time it’s going to be a hearth combat. They each going to conflict and it’s going to be a matter of who can take it ‘trigger they each going to land photographs. I feel Morrell is the larger puncher out of the 2 however I feel Benavidez will get you out of there with the quantity. So what’s going to win, is it going to be energy or is it going to be quantity? That’s what I actually assume it comes all the way down to.”
