Berlanga promises 'fireworks' against Rolls | Can he KO quicker than GGG?

Edgar “The Chosen One” Berlanga intends to follow in the footsteps of Gennadiy Golovkin by taking out Steve Rolls in their super-middleweight showdown this weekend, live on Sky Sports.

Berlanga (18-0, 16KOs) returns to the ring for the first time since undergoing bicep surgery last October, following his gruelling victory over Marcelo Esteban Coceres in Las Vegas.

The 24-year-old, who started his professional career with 16 first-round knockout victories, was proud of how he came through the pain barrier to beat Coceres and has promised "fireworks" against Rolls on Saturday night.

"In my last fight, I tore my biceps in the third round," Berlanga said. "I broke the guy's orbital bone in three places. I would have stopped the fight in the 10th, but I got dropped in the ninth. So, for me, I just feel I needed that for my career. I needed that adversity.

"I know I was going to come out of that adversity because having a torn biceps in the third round and fighting seven rounds like that-a lot of fighters would have quit because the pain is just ridiculous. I took it as it came. We got the victory. I won the WBO NABO title, and we moved to Las Vegas, and now we're here ready for Saturday.

"I don't like to predict nothing. He's a tough veteran. He went in there with the best. And for me, I'm just looking forward to putting on a show. I'm ready to blow the roof off this place. I'm just ready to explode. It'll be fireworks like always."

Berlanga is the headline act on a strong card at New York's Madison Square Garden theatre, the same city where Golovkin brushed aside Rolls (21-1, 12 KOs) inside four rounds in his comeback fight in 2019.

"I think he [Berlanga] wants to step up and get closer to a world title shot," Rolls said.