Edgar Berlanga did not weigh 201 pounds on Canelo Alvarez fight night, claims strength and conditioning coach

Edgar Berlanga received a good beating from Canelo Alvarez last Saturday night in Las Vegas in front of a packed crowd. “Cinnamon” pursued his Puerto Rican opponent like a heat-seeking missile and knocked down “The Chosen One” in the third round en route to a unanimous decision victory. But shortly after the fight ended, new controversies began to take shape.

What exactly happened? Do you remember Canelo saying, David Benavidez 25-30 pounds overweight if he fought the Mexican “monster”? Well, that did – allegedly – ​​happen, but with Edgar Berlanga. On September 15, one day after the Canelo vs. Berlanga fight, ESPN’s Salvador Rodriguez jumped to X to do the reveal.

He wrote: “I was told that Edgar Berlanga came into the ring tonight at 193 pounds, 25.4 pounds more than the 167.6 pounds he weighed on Friday. The Puerto Rican won by defeat,” according to translations. Although unconfirmed, this news spread like wildfire to every nook and cranny of the boxing world. Another clip, in which Berlanga tells Eddie Hearn the night before the fight that he weighs over 200 pounds, also became evidence of the alleged weight difference.

However, this was never the case, according to an anti-doping consultant and analyst. Angel Memo Heredia Hernandez. Before we get into his statement, it's important to note that Hernandez is a former discus thrower and current strength and conditioning coach for Edgar Berlanga. Now, Hernandez clarified that none of the previous claims about Berlanga weighing over 200 pounds were true.

He wrote on X, “To all those making things up to create views or reproductions… Berlanga did not weigh 201 or even 193 pounds. @EdgarBerlangaJr weighed 185 pounds on fight night, Berlanga simply put on muscle mass and size.” This clarification from Hernandez seems to be a back and forth with ESPN’s Bernardo Pilatti.

Edgar Berlanga is innocent, pleads coach

In his response to Hernandez's post, Pilatti said he would remain suspicious as long as there were no cameras present at the private weighings. “Until they do the same at the unofficial weigh-in at fight time, we will continue to hear from credible sources. Boxing is poorly managed,” Pilatti wrote according to the translations.

This prompted Berlanga’s coach to say: “Emphasis was placed on the matter before the media and the commissioners… and it was not private, it was public…” He asked: “But why do we say 201 pounds? Where is the evidence? Exactly…” Pilatti responded by claiming that there were private weighing appointments before “the theatre for the media.”

Regarding the evidence Hernandez requested, Pilatti claimed: “There is no official proof because there is no official weigh-in on the day of the fight.”

However, despite the clarification from Edgar Berlanga's strength and conditioning coach, some questions remain regarding Berlanga's official weight on fight night. This casts a shadow over the entire weigh-in process. What do you think about this?