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Edgar Verlanga has parted ways with Bob Arum’s Top Rank company, which has promoted an undefeated super-middleweight for most of his career.<\/p>\n
BoxingScene.com reports that Bahlanga’s manager Keith Connolly and a representative from Top Rank signed the separation agreement Wednesday morning after months of talks over how to move forward with Bahlanga’s career this year. confirmed that it has been reached. Brooklyn’s Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs) hasn’t fought since his June 11th. Mainly because the New York State Athletic Commission suspended Berlanga for his six months and fined him $10,000. That night at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City, in the seventh round of a ten-round bout that Berlanga won by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n
Connolly manages fighters affiliated with Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions and Eddie Hahn’s Matchroom Boxing. However, as of Wednesday afternoon, no decision has been made regarding Berlanga’s future promotion.<\/p>\n
ESPN.com’s Mike Coppinger first reported on Wednesday that Berlanga has become a promotional free agent.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old Berlanga won all of his first 16 professional bouts by knockout or technical knockout, some of which were broadcast on ESPN, building momentum as a prospect. However, his past includes winning 10 rounds against Steve Rawls (22-2, 12 KOs) and Anglo (27-3, 23 KOs) of Toronto in 2022 on his unanimous points. All four games are at a distance.<\/p>\n
Berlanga is popular on social media and has built a fan base, especially in New York, but his performances have come under some criticism since his streak of knockouts ended in April 2021. and WBO, 12th in WBC.<\/p>\n
He underwent surgery to repair a torn left bicep muscle before defeating Rolls. Berlanga was injured in the third round of a previous fight in October 2021 when he defeated Argentina’s Marcelo Coceres at his T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas in a 10-round unanimous decision.<\/p>\n
Coceres (31-5-1, 17 KOs) defeated Berlanga in the ninth round of that match, but Berlanga won all three cards by the same score (96-93).<\/p>\n