Boxer Caleb Plant has escalated his rivalry with Edgar Berlanga by issuing a direct challenge through his social media platforms. This feud, which began during the September 14, 2024, event in Las Vegas, United States, continues to gain traction.
At that event, Caleb Plant was crowned the interim WBA super middleweight champion after defeating Trevor McCumby by TKO in the ninth round.
The bout between Plant and McCumby was part of the undercard for the main event featuring Edgar Berlanga versus Canelo Álvarez. In that headlining fight, Berlanga was outclassed by unanimous decision after 12 grueling rounds.
However, what caught the public’s attention the most was the budding rivalry between Caleb Plant and Edgar Berlanga.
During the fight week leading up to Berlanga-Canelo, the two fighters exchanged insults at the press conference.
Since then, the two pugilists have continued to engage in verbal sparring on social media.
This rivalry reached new heights last Sunday when Berlanga posted and then deleted a screenshot of private messages between the two.
In the deleted post, Berlanga wrote:
“I’m not afraid of nobody n*gg*. I come from nothing where n*gg*s get shot everybody crackhead dope IP on my door step n*gg*.”
Plant was quick to respond, writing:
“You talking to someone who don’t give a f*** about none of that s***. No one cares where you’re from.”
These messages sparked reactions from both fanbases, further increasing the tension between the fighters.
Far from cooling things down, Caleb Plant intensified his challenge with a graphic post on social media.
The image depicted a simulation of Plant landing a punch that left Berlanga on the canvas while the referee counted. Plant accompanied the post with the message:
“@edgarberlanga you’ll say everyone’s name but mine.”
Additionally, Plant shared a clip from an interview where Berlanga avoided directly addressing the possibility of facing him. In the post, Plant wrote:
“Na, we don’t respect you… Matter of fact, they’re laughing at you. He asked you about fighting me, and you could’ve at least LIED and said ‘hopefully’… But you wouldn’t even do that, ED… (can’t tag you because you turned that off after you deleted our convo you put up because everyone was cooking you…).”
With the boxing world’s eyes on them, the prospect of a bout between Caleb Plant and Edgar Berlanga seems inevitable.
So far, Berlanga has not directly responded to Plant’s latest comments. However, fans eagerly await the resolution of this rivalry where it matters most: inside the ring.
Edgar Berlanga posting his DMs with Caleb Plant… pic.twitter.com/h85l3TLv8E
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) November 24, 2024
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