Edgar Berlanga’s former coach says he “cannot celebrate the loss”.

Edgar Berlanga’s former trainer, Andre Rozier, says he “cannot celebrate his recent defeat against Canelo Alvarez. This is not something he should be celebrating. Rozier feels Berlanga (22-1, 17 KOs) should tell himself, “I’ve got to do better.”

Fighters like Berlanga make a mockery of the sport by celebrating defeats and getting title shots they didn’t deserve. It was a joke that Berlanga got a title shot against Canelo after beating these low level fighters: Padraig McCrory, Jason Quigley and Macelo Coceres.

Last week, Brooklyn, New York native Berlanga traveled to his parent’s home country of Puerto Rico and celebrated like a hero, which fans on social media thought was odd. He celebrated his participation trophy because he lost all 12 rounds to Canelo, and that rubbed people the wrong way.

Canelo chose Berlanga as his opponent, but he has never fought any of the top super middleweights to earn a title shot. His management moved him into the title shot by beating lesser opposition.

If he had to fight someone good, like David Benavidez, David Morrell or Caleb Plant, he probably would have been weeded out long ago. It’s Canelo’s fault for picking Berlanga because he should have waited until he fought one of those fighters before picking him.

By giving Berlanga a title shot, Canelo sent a message to all the other contenders that they could follow his path to get a crack at his belts by fighting fluff opposition to create a false record.

Berlanga did not perform well and fought a survival-oriented battle, putting in a similar effort to what Jermell Charlo did in his fight against Canelo Alvarez last year. Berlanga fought like a bigger version of Jermell, playing it safe and not willing to let his hands go despite having a massive size advantage.

“He used the jab better than in the past, which was good. I didn’t like him pulling back, pulling back. He was the bigger man. He should have emphasized his size difference on Canelo, muscled him and pushed him around,” Andre Rozier said. Battle hypeand talks about his former fighter Edgar Berlanga’s recent performance against Canelo Alvarez on September 14th.

“Sometimes you have to make a fight a dogfight to get it to win it to be on top of it. A lot of people ask me, ‘What do you think of the performance?’ “I’m not going to bash him or bring him down, but you can’t celebrate coming up short. That’s what you don’t do,” Rozier said.

Berlanga was covering Canelo against the ropes like a sparring partner all night. He had a huge advantage, but he wasn’t going to use it because he wasn’t there to try to win. He was in survival mode, and just there for the payday in the minds of many fans. The people who paid the high price of $89.95 on PPV to see Canelo vs. Ordering Berlanga was furious at how disappointing that bout was in addition to the undercard.

“You have to say to yourself: ‘I could have done better, and I have to do better so that I can be better.’ It was just talk. Fighters do that, and he was the one having fun with words,” Rozier said when asked about his thoughts on Berlanga saying he wanted to move up to heavyweight and fight Anthony Johsua at 210 lbs.

Berlanga looked as serious as a heart attack when he mentioned in various interviews that he would like a fight against Anthony Joshua. It would be a complete joke, and it would be another example of Berlanga getting into a fight he doesn’t judge. He has never fought at heavyweight, and should not be given the chance to fight a popular guy like Joshua without proving himself.

“Anthony Joshua wasn’t going to happen. I like Munguia. He will bring out the true fighter in him, and if he doesn’t respond as he should, then it’s going to be a long night for him. But if he lets it go and he walks towards him, it could be a very, very exciting fight where he could definitely be the victor,” Rozier said of who he would like to see Berlanga fight next.

If Berlanga is going to fight Jaime Munguia next, he will have to wait until next year, as the Mexican slugger fights a fringe contender, Ronald Gavril, in December. It would be better for Berlanga to show fans that he is not a fake and that he is willing to fight some of the other good contenders to prove himself.

Berlanga should focus on fighting Caleb Plant, Christian Mbilli, Diego Pacheco or Osleys Iglesias. Some of those guys should be available and would willingly agree to fight him if he was brave enough to face them.