Former unified super middleweight title challenger Edgar Berlanga will look to continue his rebuild against ex-WBC middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz this July. The former suffered a loss to Canelo Alvarez last September but bounced back to winning ways with a first-round knockout against Jonathan González Ortiz in March. His opponent meanwhile missed out on the WBC crown a division below when he drew with Carlos Adames in February, and now steps up a class for a new challenge. Edgar Berlanga vs Hamzah Sheeraz will take place on Saturday, July 12, at The Ring Magazine 3, with the whole card set to be shown live on DAZN.
For Edgar Berlanga, a lot rides on the upcoming bout against Hamzah Sheeraz. Last year, he suffered a career-first loss to Canelo Alvarez. If that was not enough, his woes were exacerbated when he found himself fighting on the undercard in his next fight. The first-round knockout of Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz helped him salvage his reputation. However, he needs something bigger. One that puts his career back on track for a potential title race. Yet, he faces some daunting odds. A few reports suggest Alalshikh is eyeing a potential clash involving Canelo Alvarez with either Hamzah Sheeraz or Chris Eubank Jr. The Mexican superstar is currently busy with the mega showdown against Terence Crawford. Eubank Jr., meanwhile, will return for the Conor Benn rematch. So if Sheeraz fails to deliver against Berlanga, then Alalshikh will be forced to go back to the drawing board and review his options.
Canelo Alvarez reached another stratosphere after his unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather on Sept. 14, 2013, going on a 16-fight run without a defeat and winning titles at junior middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight, cementing his place as one of the best fighters of this era. That run more than likely wouldn’t have been possible without the lessons learned from his 12 rounds against Mayweather.
Now, Edgar Berlanga is hoping the lessons he took away from his loss to Canelo pay off as he looks to cement his place as one of the best 168-pounders in the world. Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) will face Hamzah Sheeraz in a WBC super middleweight title eliminator on July 12 in the main event of The Ring’s “Ring III” pay-per-view show at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York, on DAZN PPV. Despite his "0" being gone, Berlanga’s confidence and spirit rose following his performance vs Canelo — exactly nine years after his defeat to Mayweather.
The early rounds of Berlanga’s fight vs Canelo (63-2-2, 39 KOs) for his undisputed super middleweight title looked the part of a fighter making an enormous jump in competition, or as he put it, a middle schooler going straight to college. Canelo was in complete control and dropped Berlanga with a clean left hook in the third round. Canelo remained in control, but Berlanga began to show signs of growth as the rounds progressed. He started to hold his own and didn't back down or lose control in moments when the fight got dirty or overly physical.
Ultimately, those signs of life still weren’t enough to alter the momentum of the fight. Canelo outlanded Berlanga 201-119 in total punches and 133-65 in power shots, en route to winning 118-109 twice and 117-110 on the judges' scorecards. But even with the fight and scorecards being wide, there were positives for the 28-year-old Brooklyn, New York, native to take away from his performance in the second half of the fight. Of his 119 punches landed, 82 came after the fifth round, as he averaged nearly 12 punches landed per round in the final seven. Among those who saw Berlanga show signs of growth was trainer Stephen “Breadman” Edwards. Edwards, whose stable of fighters includes Caleb Plant, Julian Williams and Kyrone Davis, was impressed with the improvement he saw from Berlanga in the latter stages.
Edgar Berlanga is an American professional boxer who challenged for the unified super middleweight championship in 2024. Hamzah Sheeraz is a British professional boxer. He has challenged once for the WBC middleweight title in February 2025. At regional level, he held the European and Commonwealth middleweight titles between 2022 and 2024.
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