Edgar Berlanga says Hamzah Sheeraz fight felt off

“A thousand percent. I knew something was off, bro. I knew when it happened, I knew something was off,” Berlanga continued The Danza Project. “When the lights were on and I was just sitting in the corner, I was like, ‘Damn, bro.’ I’m training my ass for this fight. I did a 10-week camp. I was in the best shape of my life. That shot didn’t feel like a punch. I have been boxing for 22 years. You know if it was a punch or an object, bro. But no excuses. I take my losses as they are. I just need to run it back. I know we’re going to hold it back.”

Berlanga then compared the experience to what he felt during his fight with Canelo, saying the Mexican star’s punches felt completely different.

“You see with Canelo, Canelo hits hard,” Berlanga said. “You’ll know. When Canelo hit me, yeah, I was hurt right now, but I shook it off while we were still putting it on. He and I were talking crazy in the ring. I told him, ‘You hit like a bitch.’ He told me, ‘My son hit harder than you.’ We kept going back and forth. I hooked him up and spoke to him in Spanish. It was like Kobe versus Michael Jordan in there.”

Berlanga also dismissed the idea that he was making excuses for the Sheeraz loss, saying he fully accepted his loss to Canelo, but believes the circumstances against Sheeraz were different.

“Canelo beat me fair and square. He had a lot more experience than me. He beat me. But that other thing, man, I’m like, ‘Yo, bro, come on, man.'”

The interview comes as Berlanga prepares for the next phase of his career under Zuffa Boxing after signing with Dana White’s new promotional venture earlier this year.