2024 was a great year for William Scull. Despite losing the opportunity to face Canelo Alvarez to Edgar Berlanga, the Cuba-born German boxer defended his IBF Super Middleweight title against Vladimir Shishkin in his first-ever world title defense. For those who may not remember, Scull was handed Canelo’s IBF title last year when the Mexican superstar refused to fight the Cuban native who was his IBF mandatory. He may have been handed a world title. However, losing a chance to fight the one-and-only Canelo Alvarez must have really stung.

Well, it looks like Scull has now got the opportunity to avenge that as well. A few weeks ago, Edgar Berlanga issued an open challenge to the IBF champion. While it took him almost a week, the 23-0 boxer has now replied, and it looks like we are going to see this intense bout sometime this year.

William Scull ain’t joking

Last week, ‘The Chosen One’ took to his ‘X’ and shared his desire to be a world champion. However, he mentioned that he specifically wanted the IBF title and issued an open challenge to titleholder William Scull. “I want that IBF TITLE SO BAD !!!! World champion 2025 !! I’m going to f**king sleep scull,” wrote Berlanga in a bold post.

Fans were desperately waiting for El Indomable’s reply, as it is considered to be a good fight at 168 lbs. They finally got the reply on Wednesday, as AGON Sports took to their ‘X’ and posted a video of a menacing-looking Scull holding a sledgehammer while replying to Berlanga’s callout to him. The 32-year-old, staring right into the camera, began in Spanish, “Listen to what I have to tell you.”

He knows the game that the Brooklyn native usually plays and won’t be a victim of that. “This is the only time I will answer you and send you a message because I am not falling for this,” declared Scull. If Edgar Berlanga wants the fight, “then someone should contact my promotion and we will do the fight,” but he won’t reply anymore to social media callouts.

The 32-year-old thinks that Berlanga’s ego is getting inflated rapidly and “I’m going to deflate you. So make an offer and let’s fight.” Before signing off, the IBF champion advised the 27-year-old to embrace his Puerto Rican culture as “Puerto Ricans don’t talk as much… Puerto Ricans demonstrate! Don’t talk so much and let’s fight.”

Well, the scathing warning was not wasted as Edgar Berlanga immediately retorted back immediately, taking the rivalry even further.

Edgar Berlanga not afraid of threats

The Brooklyn-born boxer sharing a snippet of the threatening clip on his Instagram story replied with one line. While written in his native tongue, the translation read, “Go Away Pal. Damn It, Let’s fight a****le,” showing that he wasn’t going to be afraid of the threat issued.

After losing to Canelo Alvarez last year, ‘The Chosen One’ has been desperately planning a huge comeback. A fight that will not only headline events but can also raise his stocks in case he wins. While William Scull definitely will be a challenging bout for Berlanga, he has a chance and can create an upset.

Furthermore, the heated rivalry has created a much-needed drama that can help sell tickets. We will get more updates regarding the fight in the coming days, but no one is actually going to complain about this fight if placed at the right spot on a card.

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