Eddie Hearn Reacts To Canelo Dominant Win vs Edgar Berlanga

00:16: Eddie Hearn intro [Music] and for our boxing news Jo to Eddie here in Las Vegas Eddie you obviously hoped 01:36: Berlanga loss to Canelo that Ed would pull off the upset didn't but his stock has risen yeah I'm so proud of him I mean you know I think uh it was always a massive ask you hope that you know as I said Canelo might be getting a little bit old and you know just himself in there tonight but I thought edar was brilliant you know having never boxed anywhere near that level before to go in there and be competitive I know he was well beaten but other than the flash knockdown he wasn't really hurt and he took every shot in the kitchen sink from Canelo Alvarez kept firing back showed great boxing IQ and I think A Star is Born tonight for the division I mean if you look at the stars of 168 pounds outside of Canelo Alvarez I put him up there you know right up there with a number one in the division Eddie there were a few moments in this fight and OB you've worked with Canelo on a number of occasions previously where he showed signs of frustration what did you make because I think that was how good edar was like his iq's a lot better than people thought and you know his jab was very underrated in there you know his defense was good as well he struggled to land that cleanly on him but when he did he didn't seem to put a dent in edar you know people talk about his chin his heart he showed all of that tonight and he showed great boxing IQ and you know he's really disappointed everyone keep saying yeah your stars your stocks risen he's just got beat but the thing is is when you drop down a level now and you will because everybody is a level below Canelo is you'll realize how much you learned in that ring tonight and you know I think he's going to be in some massive fights in 2025 you mentioned impress after fight in the press 02:16: Berlanga value and possible fights conference you see him as the number one behind Canelo like in terms of commercial value I mean look he's the kids flashy he looks the part he really spoke well this week you know he's got Puerto Rico behind him he's got New York behind him he's always done big numbers and I think fresh off that defeat off that defeat you know I think he's going to going to be a major player in the division Haim mongia great fight Caleb plant great fight Diego peo he's going to be chasing guys like edar Banger as well Charlo there massive fights out there to make and he'll be back early next year headlining and and you know kind of feels like almost like we got a new signing because I really feel like he's a massive star in the division the plan fight in particular is one which 02:32: Potential Caleb Plant fight could be interesting had the back and forth plant coming back with Victory both obviously opponents of Canelo could be a massive fight massive you know both great characters both great Fighters you know it's a tough fight for both and mongar fight as well another Puerto Rico Mexico Fight be a huge event just two to quickly ask on you f Edwards done 02:56: Edwards vs Yafai November 30th yeah very pleased one cuz we'll be back down the roadway T but two that's the kind of fights we want to make you know putting guys in in 50/50 fights you can't split those two two worldclass lightweights you know we're going to announc next week but I'll tell you that's going to be for the interim World title as well with the WBC the winner is going to go on and fight for the world championship so massive night for both huge night for British boxing another Big Show in Birmingham and final one as well OB we saw reports that Liam 03:22: Smith-Kelly off Smith Josh Kelly not going ahead next week what can you tell us not a lot you know I think um his Excellency will comment on that when the time is right I know that he'll want to potentially add another fight to the card we'll see if that's possible we're working myself and and Frank Smith over there on the phone now and uh Spencer Brown and everybody involved Queensbury to to see what's what and um yeah hopefully give you guys some news on that early next week one 03:32: Joshua vs Dubois just on Joshua de next week get ready massive night for British boxing 96,000 people huge night for AJ the the fight week's going to be incredible we see you all day 03:47: Eddie Hearn outro [Music]

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