Edgar Berlanga calls Canelo Alvarez a 'diva' ahead of unified super middleweight title fight

Berlanga had some harsh words for how the Mexican champion carries himself

While Edgar Berlanga isn't the opponent fans were hoping to see standing across from unified super middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez this Saturday night, both challenger and champion believe it's the right fight for them. However, that doesn't mean Berlanga has nothing but good things to say about his pound-for-pound great opponent.

"Just I don't like how he was smiling in my face and stuff [at pre-fight press conferences]," Berlanga said during DAZN's 'Off the Cuff.' "I just seen him smiling in my face and I'm from New York, bro. I'm Puerto Rican, bro. A guy that's smiling in my face, I want to smack the shit out of him, you know what I'm saying? Because I already know how he's thinking with a smirk. It's more like he's overlooking me, that he thinks I'm a cake, you feel me? He thinks like I'm a small platter, that's easy work. "For me, I hate dudes like that. Like he's a female, you know what I'm saying? Like a diva. ... He's the type like if his shirt is wrinkled on this side he'll start crying. That's the type of person he is. And then he has all this money, he has all the fame and has all the belts, which I don't knock him for that, but there's a way to carry yourself."

Alvarez may be cocky, but it's hard to argue those feelings aren't earned after a decorated career that has seen him dominate division after division while becoming the biggest star in the sport.