Canelo vs Edgar Berlanga • Full Post Fight Press Conference

gentlemen it gives me the great honor and pleasure to introduce a man who defended successfully his WBC WBA and WBO super middleweight championships of the world again another spectacular performance on Mexican Independence I'm very happy very glad and very thankful for all the support that you all have given me I'm ready for questions Bring It On Canelo congratulations on the victory um as you look back on this night what were your takeaways are you completely satisfied with it or do you feel like a little bit of the edge is off because you didn't get the knockout no I feel good I feel happy I did what I supposed to do win the fight and and I enjoy the fight I think what was a a good fight for for the fans and I'm I'm satisfies Canelo right here in the front Marcus Hayes with fight upub TV uh congratulations again champion on a great fight uh one takeaway from press row a lot of people were just saying you just look like a guy that just loves to get in there and scrap how much fun did you have tonight you look like you enjoyed yourself how fun was this yeah it was fun night for me it's like I one day in the office for me I love what I do I love being there fighting and give the fans what they want a fight and you know uh I enjoy what I do and I I still love boxing and you you can see tonight and lastly for me tonight Terence Crawford was with turkey alesik at the other event across town uh put out an open challenge to you on the internet with turkey alesik calling you out what's your response to Terence Crawford's call out tonight not comments for the question was about what was Canelo missing considering that in the third round he seemed like he was on on top of ala and then the social media comments especially from Mexico regarding okay why wasn't he able to get a knockout Canelo answered that well what are the 12 rounds for and the 12 rounds are for showing who's the best The Knockout is unpredictable you can't just go out and get it because you want to did I want to of course I did but there's also an opponent in front of you someone that also does things well so I did my thing and I was able to prove that I was the best throughout all 12 rounds Mel fight news the question was about whether Canelo plan to travel to see B and better be live when they fight and who he's got as a winner uh no I don't plan to travel and then then again this is a 50/50 fight a fight between two very accomplished Fighters B is going to have a very tough opponent in front of him it's going to be a good fight Canelo best women's boxing show period congratulations on a great win were you surprised by bur Long's performance in the ring tonight with with his skills no I'm not surprised I think he he don't fight like he used to fight he he defend his he himself little more that's why happened what happened but uh you know I did what I supposed to do no being in there and fight and and and and do my best and win the fight the question was about how Canelo feels regarding banga earlier statement here in the press conference about how Canelo was his Idol and he's really happy about having fall against him and Cano says that that you know that kind of statement it feels great because it's something that means a lot to me when someone younger like that says that I'm his Idol and in the end boxing is a beautiful sport and the kind of sportsmanship the kind of respect that's shown after the fight that's what boxing is all about more good question the question was what's up next for May Terence Crawford or someone else what your go and really all I want to do is rest right now I want to rest I want to enjoy this Victory I want to be with my family who I missed a lot and then I'm going to get together with my people and I'm going to decide what's next see well the there it was a two-part question the first one was uh whether Canelo felt that the knockout was close at any point in the fight and then also the second part was what happened in the 10th round when he kind of turned around there was General confusion there uh well The Knockout it could have happened at any point but like I said before banga stood in front of me he was a quality opponent and he stood in there and as far as the 10th round I don't really remember what happened uh but yeah it was like I turned around I maybe felt like the Bell had rung but you know it wasn't a big deal hey Canelo how you doing niji from cigar talk um you know you've had this big staple career you know constant wins after wins obviously um you know I know you said you got to take some time um what is next feel like to you uh yeah get time rest a little bit and and and enjoy my my victory and then we'll see what is coming again har Harris well first of all I want to thank my friends they've always been there for me they are there for me and they're the world to me the fact that they're here that's that's everything and I appreciate them a lot and as far as the celebrity studied event that I had today that was amazing Demi Moore Harris and Ford I saw them in the hallway just now after the fight and that surprised me but I'm a big fan of them and that was really amazing amazing so last question for the question was the question was about uh you know how there maybe the possibility of fighting in Saudi Arabia or his dream of fighting in London someday what does that look like uh canel was saying that you know I don't really have any plans of doing that right now if you pay me what I'm worth I'm willing to consider any and all places but right now I'm really happy for H fighting here in the US in front of my Mexican fans I feel really comfortable here and also maybe someday I would like to fight in Japan that's actually a dream of mine I saw Mexican Fighters fight there before and that would be something that I would like to experience sometime uh the question was how he felt about F Rea Camila Fernandez husan ganm and how they show their support and I'm very thankful with them and I hope that they enjoyed the fight just like all the fans did because it was a great show for them Eddie I want to ask you a question before we get R ready to allow team Canelo to depart but Eddie how proud are you of Canelo of his performance tonight over Edgar berlanga before another packed house on Mexican Independence Day weekend how can I not be proud of him H you know with his s his dynamism the way that he fights I'm super proud of him and I think that we still have a lot of gas in the tank we used to fight against younger against older Fighters and now we fight against younger fighters at the same level we still have a wayte to go and we and we want to keep going Eddie how much better can Canelo get because every single time we see him in the ring he just continues to improve and and show new facets to his game as he continues to evolve and show how much of a complete fighter he is but how much better can Canelo get for uh you know Canelo he has come so far and he's going to keep going even farther he's a Gyra he's someone that that always loves to learn new things he's always studying his opponents just look at today as an example belanga had the reach he was strong so Canelo was able to adapt and was able to listen to his corner and he did very well so now we just we want to keep evolving we're going to keep adapting and we want to just keep doing what we're doing in the way that we know how to do it all right Canelo thank you so much for joining us final words that you have for the entire world no thank you so much uh for for coming for supporting me thank you for to my people to my fans to my team to my family and thank youon thank you Lis my friend thank you good job ladies and gentlemen sa Canelo Alvarez still the super middleweight champion of the world always a pleasure a pleasure thank you so much than you came out and fought courageously and really showed to the world that he certainly belongs at this extremely high world class level uh Edgar you know we are about an hour move from the fight so how was the experience like what's going through your mind I know you're disappointed having that o taken away but still you came out and fought your hardest tonight um first and foremost I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ you know for this opportunity you know I went in there with a legend today man um you know we came up short obviously you know I'm a winner at heart man so you know I'm a little down but you know I know I won the world after this performance you know I got dropped in the third round I came back and you know fought a hard fight you know I fought a legend man so a guy like me right you know the whole world was against me right and um I was probably like zero to 100 you know like one to 100 and on the odds right and just facing a legend man is something different you know it's uh it's a blessing too to be to share the ring with him um but I'm excited you know I I finally got my feedway at the highest highest level or a pinnacle of boxing you know and I feel like you know I handled I handled it well you know we sold the fight great and we fought a good a great fight you know we gave the fans what they wanted to see you know war and you know that's what Mexicans and Puerto Ricans do you know when they go in the ring and share the ring together questions for Edgar berlanga from the media questions straight back Edgar Dan rafield here heck of a performance even in a loss I wonder if you uh take solace in the fact that you were able to go the distance with him in a fight that so many people thought that you were going to be knocked out in the early part of the fight um yeah you know like I said before man you know the whole world was against me you know and I was saying it in interviews you know nobody believed in me um you know I felt like I had probably like 20% of the world you know maybe 10% of the world that believed in me you know they thought I was going to probably get knocked out and two three rounds you know but it was a great fight man I knew you know that uh it was going to be a great fight at the end of the day man you know I'm I'm a warrior and uh like I said before you know I was I was calling this guy for four years you know and like I said man he's a legend you know he F Floyd Mayweather when he was young and look who he became after that loss you know so I gained a lot of experience man being in the ring with him you know he's a great Fighter um you know but I know that he knows that I'm I'm I'm the future legend of the sport so to follow up on that briefly do you feel like that even though this was not a win for you that similar to what happened with Canelo and losing to Floyd like you mentioned that this will help you in the future that you're be confident that you're to be taken seriously that you'll be able to hang with the other top Super middleweights out there after going 12 rounds and taking the best one of the best fighters of all time yeah man um definely I put the whole 168 PB division on notice um I know that they know that I'm coming to fight and listen you know facing a guy like Canelo right he he's the he's the man he's the he's the top dog at 168 you know there's no bigger than him you know at the 168 division he's a Floyd Mayweather he's a Manny Pacquiao he's that type of guy you know when you fight him it's like a concert you know and I feel like I handled it I handled it very very well you know um I gave my part you know people laugh right but for real for real right he's a guy that I looked up to growing up man you know and obviously I didn't want to tell him that you know I didn't want to tell him yo you like you're Idol to me you know I didn't want to say that because it's like damn I'm about to fight this dude but uh he's somebody that we always studied that we always looked up to and I wanted to fight him I'm like damn I want to fight my idol but I never I never told him you know I never told the media I never told nobody you know because I felt like people would have really thought that I was going to go out there and just take a knee or something just to get the opportunity to fight my idol you know but I told him after the fight I said you somebody that we look up to you know um for many years and you know it's a blessing man to be here you know I'm not going to lie this is crazy you know 22,000 sold out you know it's a blessing questions for Edgar bringo hey right here Edgar Miguel MAV fight news first of all Edgar uh congratulations on this fight do you feel you're a player now at 168 after this performance um I right you know right now I'm a winner right so we you know I got defeated today so you know 50% of me is down and 50% of me feels okay but um you know between my father you know one of the Legends right here memo my coach Eddie Hearns and uh Keith is telling me that you know I shock the world and you know right now you know I'm a superstar in the 168 division you know I handle everything well man you know I went in there with a legend and I shocked the world you know um people thought that I was going to probably get knocked out early and I went in there and did what I had to do you know we didn't come out with the victory but hey it is what it is you know it's just another step of s to Greatness his best shots you even got up when you got knocked down in the third round can you rate canelo's Alvarez power how hard does he hit from everybody that you fought or ever spared um I'll say he is the hardest for sure um one of the fighters that hit very hard was uh Angulo you know he's a Cuban guy and he punched very hard too so I'll say both of them are like the same but you know with Canelo I was just mentally ready for his shots you know I already told myself I know I'm going get hit I know I'm going to get hit on my chin but it's you know I got to bite down on my mouthpiece and push you know and look what happened in the third round I got hit with a left hook i d we' be practicing and Camp the whole time you know keeping my right hand to to my chin and I wound up just moving and he connected right on my chin and you see how I punched my glove you know that's like a thing for me when I you know my last time when I got dropped I was punching my gloves cuz I'm like damn I got hit with a with a shot I'm not supposed to be on the floor but you know it comes to boxing you know um the grace done got dropped you know got hurt but it's about how you come back and and respond I had a quick question for Eddie Hearn Eddie you've watched Canelo destroy so many other guys how proud are are you of Edgar and the way that he hung in there through this fight yeah so proud because he's never boxed anywhere near that level before and and you know one of the things that we probably wanted and needed was that fight between where he's been fighting those levels and Canelo Alvarez and it was such a huge jump that the worry is is that you're out of your depth but he never really looked out of his depth in there you know we got beat and we got beat well by a legend but it was always competitive to round rounds and I think more importantly it was the way that he handled the week the way that he handled the dressing room the way that he handled the ring walk the crowd but for me one of the most pleasing things was the the the boxes that he ticked you know an impregnable chin that took every shot in the artillery of Canelo Alvarez and to be honest like the knockdown was an incredible left hook it was kind of like a flash knockdown but he was never really hurt in the entire fight and even when he got dropped he came back he was firing back and people loved it I think his um ring IQ which we knew was better than people anticipated was good and frustrated Canelo Alvarez at times but you know I said to him after and he's disappointed and he should be because he's a winner and he lost but ultimately when he drops back down a level which is just what you do because Canelo Alvarez level is so high he's going to really start to understand the experience that he gained tonight and like he said about Canelo Alvarez fighting Floyd Mayweather at a young age that's what he's done he stepped up to a whole new level and got a wonderful experience tonight you know I said to him earlier he's he's secured his entire life and his family's life forever at such a young age and it's just the beginning because right now I think you have to say that he's probably the number one name in the division outside of Canelo Alvarez you know and and there's huge fights out there for him you know next year hay mongia Caleb plant Charlo Pacho our young got gun coming through but he's right now the man in the division as far as I'm concerned and I'm very proud of that performance I think he deserves a huge amount of credit and and just to follow up real quick you've worked with Canelo so closely uh on the heels of this Triumph is it makes more sense for him to fight a lighter guy like Crawford or to try to go up for the glory of be all beer be winner or Benitas yeah I mean look canelo's going to do whatever Canelo wants to do he's earned the right to do that you know if bivo wins in a couple of weeks he could have a shot at him for the Undisputed championship at 175 Crawford was there tonight chasing the fight and uh you know he's earned the right to do whatever he wants hey Caleb what's going on man niji from seagar talk um first of all congratulations you know even in this loss your stock has G up I think you know you've gained a bit more respect for this fight um Caleb plant was up here before you and one of the questions was asked you know how he would fight you next and you know if that was something he wants he made it clear that um he wants to fight you so I just want to know um what do you think about that fight I think that fight is possible you know but I just finished fighting one of the greatest Fighters right now in our era you know so I'm not really focused on on Caleb you know I got to go back take time off my family and then when I head back in the gym you know call up Eddie call manager hit up coach hit up my dad and we see who's on on next on the line one more questioned Mayweather AAR you want to translate or you want me to translate okay um okay when and the question was about what's the biggest lesson that I got took from this fight and Edgar was saying that the biggest lesson that he took was the experience from Canelo and what it takes to face someone like that and also he talked about wanting to be the next Superstar from Puerto Rico and this is the kind of challenge that he needs in order to reach that level okay um so what what did uh what was the most complicated part of facing Canelo and also was Canelo the best opponent you've ever had um I think I I was I think besides Floyd Mayweather and and bivo you know I think I was one of the best opponents for for sure you know I'm definitely show a lot of you know IQ in there um but you know he has a lot of experience you know I'm remember this usually the guys their first title shot they get for one belt you know I could have been fighting for the Undisputed my first title shot against a legend you know so you know I'm going up somebody that's been there over 20 30 times you know at this level and this is my first time you know so I can't really be too hard on myself you know cuz right now I feel a little you know I put a little down I'm not going to lie um you know I got defeated but hey you know I feel like we won the fans for sure edar hell of a fight champ you did amazing tonight you showed a lot of heart uh one thing I seen from watching from outside obviously was you were in tremendous condition you took you took a hell of a shots you got down you got back up and you fought the rest of the fight fought your hot out came back hard after uh every every every Exchange coming back hard with with fire what do you attribute that to uh how how were you able to uh keep coming as hard as you did pause um you know I I think this is I know that there's more in the tank with me you know this is a big big experience for me you know a lot of a lot of guys man you know fold under this type of pressure you know like what Canelo said he said oh it's different with me in there you know it's like the fans you know and being in his territory and coming to the West Coast you know it sucks energy out of Fighters you know it makes Fighters feel weak you know then you you look across the ring and it's like damn I'm fing Canelo Alvarez I'm fing a legend you know so these guys become a different type of fighter with the lights you know with me I feel like I came I came to fight you know I show the fans that you know what they wanted to see you know we didn't come out with the victory but you know we got the victory you know um I know after this you know it's a big experience for me it was amazing show you know the buildup was amazing you know building up this fight um I'm ready for it all man I'm ready for the big lights I'm ready to sell out another Stadium you know I I know now after this I know I could do it myself you know Puerto Rican Day weekend or we could take it back to Puerto Rico and sell out in the arena over there how's it going Edgar uh Brendon Taylor here true School sports um coming into the fight there's a lot of talk about you know IQ you know and your and smarts and intelligence I wanted to ask you what did you learn about yourself in those 12 rounds with Canelo Alvarez and what about canelo's skills what in canelo's skill set makes him so hard to figure out when you're in the ring with him um I just felt like you know I was pouring too much you know I could have threw more combinations there was a lot of stuff that I should have did you know when I go back into the tape on my team I'm I know I'm going be disappointed in a lot of things you know cuz it was a lot of stuff that I know I could have probably like pushed more on him and push him back and you know break his will but um you know he's a legend man you know so he you know he's going to weather the storm you know and I feel like I weather the storm very well you know I took his best shot came back and every time he hit me I hit him right back you know so you know it was a five fight Eder right here in the front Marcus Hayes fight Hub TV uh you and I interviewed after mongia and Canelo in the MGM Grand in front of about probably 800 people in the lobby it was packed um you told me something in that interview you said that if I get the Canelo Alvarez fight I'm not going out like everybody else did I'm going to I'm going to represent myself how do you feel when you watch The Arc of the fight and you heard the fans you heard everybody kind of changing over people were cheering for you people were really showing you a lot of respect after all the disrespect that you received how's that make you feel um I feel excited man you know um I'm glad that you know I I finally won the world the boxing world you know people was doubting me you know even my country you know Puerto Rico and it went viral yesterday you know how much people was like disrespecting me from from my Island you know when I sweep Blood and Tears for the for my Island you know Puerto Rico and then all of a sudden today it was like the whole island was like rooting for me you know everybody was like showing me love and I seen it I said damn like you know God is good man um and then after this performance I know you know Scout's a limit like I know after this is SuperStar status for real you know I experienced the top of the Pinnacle of boxing you know I fought the legend I did everything I had to do what Fighters should do when they get at that level you know like when Floyd May with the four Pacquiao it was that type of Fight You know I got friends that was in that from New York and it was like yo we trying to go watch the fight in different clubs and everything is is sold out and I that made me feel good I was like and this just today right before the fight they was like yo we trying to watch the fight we can't watch the fight nowhere in New York everywhere is sold out every bar every Club everywhere in New York you try to go watch that this fight is sold out and I felt good you know cuz like I said before you know it could be 50% people that hate me and 50% people that love me but they still going to to watch and you know like I always say man I love my haters you know they push me the greatness this questions for uh Eddie Hearn and Keith connley I wanted to ask because one of the young guys linked to Edgar was uh Diego peo is is there possibility that fight could happen in the near future yeah I mean firstly as edar said he just just finished his fight so his job is to relax now with his family and then our job with with Keith is to plan the future you know um of course Diego is a young Fighter coming through but Edgar just fought Canelo Alvarez on a on a huge stage and his stock really Rose tonight so I think the guys like Diego are definitely chasing edar Banger and they should be you know all all young Fighters should be now chasing people like Eda blanga he's been chasing people for a while but I see him as one of the top top guys at 168 now not just as a fighter but commercially as well and like he said you know he's always done big numbers you know when we went to the guard he did a great gate and that only going to increase tonight so yeah I think you know that's a potential fight down the line but me and Keith now will plot The Comeback and I'm really excited you know almost feel like it's like a new signing because we knew he was a big star before but now I feel like we've got one of the biggest stars in the division and I think the comeback Trail and the comeback plan is going to be really really fun first of all Edgar super proud of you tremendous fight tremendous effort I think first of all he proved all the haters wrong as he said he won the world tonight even though he didn't win the fight uh as far as going forward I think like Edy said we'll sit down I think the smart thing to do would be a homecoming in either New York or Puerto Rico uh get his legs back underneath him get him another win and then Target guys like mongia Charlo Caleb planton if the Diego Pacho fight makes sense we could do that fight as well but there's probably at least three four or five fights that are huge for edar in the next couple of years here edar for laa um can you tell us just um how uh if you were hurt really bad on that third round and also what you saw in the 10th round when Canelo seemed like to go to his corner and then you almost caught him um n it was like a flash knockdown you know he caught me and when I hit the floor that's why I got upset and I started hitting my love cuz you know when I if I hit the floor I'm not I'm not I know I'm not supposed to be there so it was more of a flash knockdown I felt the shot but I wasn't hurt you know HED it well um I took his best shot and you know I feel like I gave my best shot to him as well uh uh so before the fight there was an intense word of Words which started at the Los Angeles press conference continued throughout five week uh what did that mean to you for me you know it's um it's a part of the sport you know it's nothing personal um you know we humble you know I come from a humble family from humble beginnings you know but uh you know this is a fight you know so we got to Sol we got to solell a fight and you know at the end of the day once the fight is signed there's no there's no respect you know as for you know at that level between me and him you know so that's all it was it was nothing personal with him um you seen in the ring I was still talking talking to him and telling him stuff you know when he was hitting me I was telling him to keep hitting me keep hitting me I was trying to do like a robo do Muhammad Ali thing you know on GE George Foreman I was telling like come on keep you hitting me come on you can't hit me come on I don't hurt that don't hurt come on again you know to take his best shot to try to get him tired Edgar final comment says you conclude what has been a tremendous fight week here in in Las Vegas the place was rock and you and Canelo Alvarez treated fans around the world to a sensational world championship pricee fight the floor is yours Edgar um you know first and foremost I want to thank everybody here all my fans that came out you know the Mexicans the Puerto Ricans that show love you know um it was a big big event for us you know there's a big event in Las Vegas you know we was up against UFC and I feel like we you know we shut them down with this event um so you know God is great I want to thank memo right here you know my my personal trainer you know he's a beast right here you know he's a legend I want to thank my brother Johnny my brother Roa you know and my whole team you know my dad Eddie Hearns Keith connley Mark for right Ray for right and the whole Squad you know uh it was a long Camp it was a difficult Camp CU you know we find a legend so it was a lot of it was a lot of hard stuff going on in the gym mentally you know my coach is on me mentally put his fight heavy you know because we knew who we was up against we was up against a legend you know so I couldn't fight how I fought all my other fights you know I had to step it up or Notch mentally it wasn't really about nothing physical it was all the mental you know when they say boxing is is 90% mental 10% physical people don't really understand that but it's really that man everything is is mental with the sport you know obviously I got hit with a big shot in the third round and I shook it off like nothing you know that's that's the mental that don't got nothing to do with me physically you know if my mental wasn't right I probably would have stood down there and just take a knee and just I call off the fight let me get a paycheck you know but nah you know obviously I I showed the world that we not here for a paycheck you know I'm really here to shock the world and just you know become a superstar and become the face of boxing you know this is this is this the end here man you know I'm I'm on the greatness you know I can't wait to get back in the gym I want to do another Main Event probably in New York man Square Garden or Puerto Rico at the chy sale and just you know take over boxing man you know Canelo you know he's he's already getting out the door you know and I want to be that face at 16 well Edgar we wish you all the best of luck a round of applause to Edgar berlanga ladies and gentlemen what an effort here tonight and wishing him all the best of luck looking forward to seeing him back in the near future Co that