“Canelo” Alvarez will combat Edgar Berlanga in September

Las Vegas. Saul Canelo Álvarez will search to defend his tremendous middleweight titles in opposition to Puerto Rican Edgar Berlanga on September 14 in Las Vegas, which would be the scene of one other combat for the Guadalajara boxer through the weekend of Mexican Independence Day.

Alvarez (61-2-2 with 39 knockouts) will defend his WBC, WBA and WBO 168-pound titles at T-Cellular Enviornment. The combat shall be accessible on Prime Video as a pay-per-view.

The Guadalajara star has had a few of his greatest fights through the Mexican nationwide vacation, together with his three bouts in opposition to Gennady Golovkin.

🇲🇽⚔️🇵🇷 Independence weekend, combat weekend 🥊 We return to @TMobileArena from Las Vegas this September 14 #CaneloBerlanga #MexicovsPuertoRico pic.twitter.com/6os7vM4Gtd

— Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) July 25, 2024

Berlanga (22-0 with 17 knockouts) received his first 16 skilled fights by knocking out his opponents within the first spherical. Nevertheless, he had not proven the identical explosiveness since shifting up in weight till final February, when he defeated Padraig McCrory in his most up-to-date combat.

Born in New York, however representing Puerto Rico, Berlanga is taken into account primary within the WBA (World Boxing Affiliation) rankings at 168 kilos.

For his half, Cuban Erislandy Lara will defend his WBA middleweight title in opposition to Danny Garcia, former champion at 140 and 147 kilos, in the identical combat.