News filtered through midweek that Canelo Alvarez will put his Ring, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles on the line against Edgar Berlanga on the Mexican Independence Day weekend date of September 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
It was almost universally met with derision. Most perceive The Ring’s No. 9-rated super middleweight (though will move up once David Benavidez and David Morrell exit for the light heavyweight division) to be wholly undeserving and, well, they’re not wrong.