Canelo Alvarez: “I have already won” before the fight against Berlanga

Canelo Alvarez claims his opponent Edgar Berlanga cannot beat him and is already victorious ahead of their fight on Saturday, September 14, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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It's understandable why Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) is so confident of his victory. He has the talent, experience and boxing IQ to make this Saturday night fight against undefeated challenger Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) an easy contest.

Most would agree that the 27-year-old Berlanga needed more experience and wasn't ready to challenge Canelo or any of the talented contenders. He pushed for the fight and his promoters at Matchroom obliged.

Berlanga may have realized that if he had to fight the top contenders to gain the necessary experience, he might never have gotten this chance because he struggled in fights against Jason Quigley, Roamier Alexis Angulo, Marcelo Coceres and Steve Rolls.

“No, no chance. With my experience, my intelligence and my boxing talent, I already won on September 14,” Canelo Alvarez told Premier Boxing Champions.

That Canelo is so confident he will win is no surprise to fans because he chose Berlanga and of course he checked him out before selecting him to make sure he was a safe and beatable choice. If he had any doubts, he probably wouldn't have selected him.

At this stage of his career, Canelo's fighting style is selective. He no longer fights dangerous opponents like he did years ago when he fought Gennadiy Golovkin and Miguel Cotto.

Canelo will defend his WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles against Berlanga live on DAZN PPV. Berlanga is Canelo's WBA mandatory after defeating Padraig McCrory earlier this year in February.

“I see him hitting people's arms,” ​​Berlanga said. “He started doing that when he started fighting bigger fighters; he breaks the arms so he can easily hit in the later rounds. That's always his method.”

Canelo didn't often hit the arms of John Ryder, Jermell Charlo or Jaime Munguia. In those fights, he mostly landed headshots.