Super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga will take on Jason Quigley in his ongoing pursuit of a title shot Saturday in New York City.
EDGAR BERLANGA (20-0, 16 KOs) VS. JASON QUIGLEY (20-2, 14 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, June 24
- Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Madison Square Garden Theater, New York
- TV/Stream: DAZN
- Division: Super middleweight (168 pounds)
- At stake: No major titles
- Odds: Berlanga 85-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Also on the card: Reshat Mati vs. Dakota Linger, junior welterweights; Adam Kownacki vs. Joe Cusumano, heavyweights
- Prediction: Berlanga KO 10
- Background: Berlanga is far removed from his streak of 16 knockouts to start his professional career but he has continued to win, claiming his last four victories by decision. He last fought in June of last year, when he defeated Roamer Alexis Angulo by a one-sided decision. Berlanga inexplicably bit Angulo in that fight and was later suspended. He’s ranked in the Top 11 by all four major sanctioning bodies, No. 3 by the IBF. That means a title shot is on the horizon unless he slips up. Quigley is a solid boxer but probably doesn’t have the firepower to upset Berlanga. The one-time silver medalist in the amateur World Championships from Ireland was stopped by Tureano Johnson in July 2019 but bounced back to win three in a row, including a majority decision over Shane Mosley Jr. at 160 in May 2021. He then was blown out in two rounds by then-middleweight champ Demetrius Andrade, which seemed to expose his limitations. He moved back up to 168 after the loss and shut out Gabor Gorbics this past April.
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