The fight was supposed to launch Berlanga into bigger nights in the super middleweight division. Instead, he hasn’t fought since the loss and has since signed with Zuffa while also pushing a music career on social media.
Sheeraz laughed through the exchange and mocked Berlanga for talking more about music than boxing.
“You want to see something funny? Alright, so he tagged me in a story, and I told him, ‘I knocked you out in front of your mother, your father, your girlfriend, and your son. All is fair in love and war. Take the L, chump,’” said Hamzah Sheeraz on Ring Magazine X.
“And he goes, ‘Oh, you know we’re going to run it back. You’re wondering how the f*** am I still shining, and you’re still over there sucking on your thumb, trying to find a fight, blah, blah, blah,’” said Sheeraz about what Berlanga told him.
Sheeraz then turned the exchange into a joke about Berlanga moving into entertainment after the knockout defeat.
“So, I said, ‘Bro, you’re making music now. I hit you so hard you had a career change.’ I said if you hit a million views, I’ll let you walk me out at my next fight.’ And then he just goes, ‘I’ve just signed the biggest record deal of my career, blah, blah, blah.’ But anyway, this was all about this song.”
“Listen, if he hits a music views, he can walk me out,” said Sheeraz.
The comments are another reminder of how far Berlanga’s stock has dropped since the Sheeraz defeat. Before the fight, Berlanga had been pushing for major paydays and talking about fights against Canelo Alvarez and David Benavidez. Since the knockout, his boxing future has become much less clear.
Zuffa’s signing of Berlanga at least gives him another lane to stay relevant, but Sheeraz’s comments suggest he still views him as a fighter trying to talk his way back into a big fight after getting dominated in their first meeting.
🗣️ “I HIT YOU SO HARD, YOU HAD A GOD DAMN CAREER CHANGE!”
Hamzah Sheeraz told Edgar Berlanga that if his song ‘Baby Mama’ gets a million hits, he’ll let him walk him out for an upcoming bout 👀
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