Sanchez-Gomez, Chavez-Rosario, Trinidad-Vargas

All pale in comparison to the next chapter in the Mexico vs PR rivalry.

Final predictions?

 

My final prediction is that we will continue to see a drop in excitement in this rivalry.

 

To Mr. Brother Puerto Rock's Point, the Fuuuurther Removed we Get from the Level of Fights X Noted, the More Fighter's Seem to CLING to the Rivalry Itself, as a Lame Ass SELLING Point...Shamelessly Attempting to Attach THEMSELVES to History...

Every 3rd-4th Word Out of Berlanga's Mouf' is "Fat Joe" or "Puerto Rico vs Mexico Rivalry"...



REED

 

This shit is basically Mexico vs Terror Squad.

 

Joe's a LEGIT Boxing Fan Too, about as Hardcore a Fan as Anyone in Hip-Hop...

Soooooo He KNOWS Deeeeeeeeeep Down, Berlanga AIN'T Winning this Fight, He's Just Hoping the Homey LASTS the 12 Full Rounds...Joe's Gonna Do the Ringwalk, Sit Ringside and Be Supportive KNOWING His Boy's About to Get the Brakes Beaten Off Him...




REED

 

Maybe Edgar can walk out with a hologram of Pun. Or would Pun's hologram take up too much room?

 

Berlanga KO1 Canelo. Book it.

 

I am ordering btw.

Lara figures the beat the piss outta Cherry Garcia, and Plant will beat the piss outta this Maga guy he's facing. That plus Edgar getting destroyed is good enough for me.

 

Canelo by KO 6, Round 1-2-3 Canelo will be walking Berlanga into counter, by round 4-5 Canelo will be walking him down, with his hands down playing w/ him.

 

Was Berlanga already on the float with Fat Joe at the Puerto Rican Day Parade last June

 

This is such a glorified mismatch. Even a Canelo that grows old overnight beats Berlanga up.

 

All right let’s just get this straight. If by some cosmic twist of fate Berlanga actually knocks out Canelo we might as well rewrite the history books. I mean forget Gomez vs Zárate and who even remembers Tito vs DLH anymore? This would be the GREATEST Puerto Rican vs Mejico victory of all time...no contest.

Think about it. Berlanga taking down Canelo would be like David KO'ing Goliath with boxing gloves. It would be the ultimate Puerto Rican win. Why? Because Canelo isn’t just another great Mexican fighter... he’s THE MAN greater than Vargas, greater than DLH and dare I say greater than Zarate? If Berlanga actually pulls this off we’re talking instant legend status. So yeah if Berlanga somehow sends Canelo to the canvas just crown him the King of Puerto Rico and call it a day. They'll rename the island "Berlanga-Rico"and they'll throw a fiesta that lasts longer than hurricane Maria's blackout.... It’ll be the upset to end all upsets the win that makes every other Puerto Rican victory look like a warmup. And you know what? Canelo is so good that even this hypothetical is a win for Puerto Rico.

 

Your effort in trying to hype this mismatch is admirable.

 

I think it s a stretch to say Canelo is greater than De La Hoya and Zárate.

That said, even if by some miracle Berlanga wins, he would never win the hearts of the people on the island. He simply does not have that connection to them in the way that Trinidad, Gomez, and even Rosario had. If he wins, most people are gonna say(rightfully) that Canelo slipped just enough for him to pull it off.

 

Gomez beating Zarate is the number one PR vs Mexico win by a huge margin. At least from PRs side. Even if Berlanga did, by some miracle, dominate and KO Canelo, it still wouldn't top it. Hell, I'm not even sure it'd top Gomez's win over Pintor.

This fight sucks shit.

 

Zarate was seen as as invincible when Gomez destroyed him. He was considered by many as P4P #1, or no worse than #2 behind Duran.

Canelo is past his prime and has had his ass handed to twice THRICE - yes, the first Golovkin fight counts.

No one sees Canelo as invincible.

 

Good point his stock went down since the Bivol fight. It still would be a nice win for New York/ Newyoricans .

 

I don't know about "Pale" ......Trinidad Vs Vargas was very well anticipated, both undefeated, both "looking for it", and it got made with absolutely zero delay or bullshit, certainly far easier than Oscar vs Tito. Plus there was genuine considered belief that either man could win, not just fan-boy blind faith.

Of course you're being sarcastic

But.....Canelo might well have beaten Vargas but there's no way, no fucking way at all that Bumlanga beats Tito.

Trinidad absolutely ices that guy.

 

Canelo is now on the "Ricky Hatton" spectrum having flipped from not as good as people thought to nowhere near as bad as people are making out.

What counts against him isn't his talent it's his style.

That conservative economical style just seems beatable and arguably has been looking shaky in his biggest fights.

 

Canelo's gonna eat Berlanga then eat his dog too.

 

Seems like we all hate Alvarez and just pray every fight that he gets beat.

For the last hour,…I’ve been sitting here thinking,…based on skill and accomplishments, is there 5 greater fighters than Canelo?

65 fights…2 losses.
4 division champion.
Never been stopped.
Only losses to two undefeated fighters.

I never warmed up to Alvarez,….but he is criminally underrated

 

5 greater fighters? There were probably 5 greater fighters sleeping homeless outside 5th Street Gym Miami in 1962.

 

Right now or in the history of the sport?

For the former; no
For the later: fuck yes

 

Canelo is one of the 5 greatest guy's on the planet right now, boxing wise.

That's it.

 

Inoue, Usyk and Crawford are certainly better than Alvarez right now. Bivol beat him soundly. at best that puts alvarez at 5th. then where is he if beterbiev KOs bivol?

 

It would help if he was even a top 5 great in his country's history, which he is not.

 

He's probably the best actually Mexican MW. Napoles is Cuban,really.

 

Bivol is arguable. Yeah he beat him clearly, but he's a much bigger guy. And for all the hype around Inoue, his opposition is so poor that i can clearly say that hes better or better than clenelo