Hamzah Sheeraz’s coach, Andy Lee, says Edgar Berlanga has been “including gasoline to the hearth” together with his crude remarks about him throughout the build-up for his or her essential occasion struggle on July twelfth on the Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York.
Lee says Sheeraz (21-0-1, 17 KOs) is moving into the “lion’s den” to tackle the hometown boy, Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs). He expects a loud crowd of Berlanga supporters.
Berlanga: Promoting Tickets, PPV
Berlanga vs. Sheeraz might be combating in a WBC tremendous middleweight title eliminator. The occasion might be proven reside on DAZN PPV.
“I feel he’s a clown. I’ve stated it earlier than. I stated it to his face, however I feel he’s good for boxing. I genuinely suppose he’s good for boxing, and he will get views, talks a whole lot of s***,” stated Hamzah Sheeraz to the Ring Journal YouTube channel.
Sheeraz’s Reserved Habits
Sheeraz ought to be serving to Berlanga by following his lead, as he’s been slightly too reserved. Sheeraz’s face seems to be clean a lot of the time, like he’s simply there on the press conferences, wanting like a model. He’s not been any assist in selling.
“Doing all this, you title it, attempting to rile up possibly himself greater than me, to be honest. Me, myself, I can’t actually get entangled in it. One factor I can assure is it’ll be an entertaining struggle,” stated Sheeraz.
Berlanga is doing his half, attempting to promote tickets and herald PPV buys. He’s not doing his trash-talking for intimidation functions. He is aware of that unsold tickets and poor PPV gross sales replicate poorly on him as a result of he’s from New York.
He’s not getting a lot assist from Shakur as a result of he’s been stiff and largely quiet throughout the press convention. The one one who’s doing a whole lot of speaking on the undercard is Shakur Stevenson, however he’s saying the identical issues in each interview. He has no charisma. Berlanga is the one who stands out in that space.
“He’s simply including gasoline to the hearth that’s already burning vibrant. It doesn’t get any greater than this. He’s headlining in one of many greatest playing cards that has occurred in America in a very long time,” stated coach Andy Lee about his fighter, Sheeraz, getting motivated by Berlanga’s trash discuss. “He’s combating a hometown boy going into the lion’s den.”
Berlanga’s NYC Fanbase
The Brooklyn, New York, native, Berlanga, is technically combating at dwelling, however he doesn’t have an enormous fan base outdoors of the borough the place he’s from. The massive variety of unsold tickets for the Louis Armstrong Stadium for the July twelfth occasion means that Edgar’s followers aren’t turning up in giant numbers to help.
It’s cheaper to order the occasion on DAZN PPV than to take care of the headache of commuting to Queens and buying tickets on prime of that. Sheeraz gained’t have to fret about a whole lot of screaming and shouting from Berlanga’s followers as a result of there gained’t be an enormous crowd.
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