Edgar Berlanga obviously realizes that there will come a time, probably in the not-too-distant future, that one of his fights will reach the second round.

If that finally happens Saturday night, Berlanga will feel a sense of relief. The hard-hitting super middleweight prospect has knocked out each of his 15 pro opponents in the first round, impressive even against a low level of opposition.

When Berlanga battles Ulises Sierra in the first of three fights ESPN will televise from MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, the Brooklyn native will encounter a 31-year-old opponent who hasn’t been knocked out in 18 professional fights (15-1-2, 9 KOs).

“I’m going in there to do my job,” Berlanga told BoxingScene.com. “Top Rank put him in there for me to win, you know, and that’s my objective for Saturday night, just win, look amazing, like I always do. But every fight has to be better and better, so I can keep catching the eyes of the people, and just make a show, man, close the show out. I can steal the show. If I stop him in the first round, hey, it’s cool. But I know I’m gonna steal the show that night. I’m looking forward to it.”

The 23-year-old Berlanga needed only one minute and 19 seconds to stop Lanell Bellows in his last fight, a scheduled eight-rounder on the Teofimo Lopez-Vasiliy Lomachenko undercard October 17 at MGM Grand Conference Center. Las Vegas’ Bellows (20-6-3, 13 KOs, 1 NC) officially hadn’t been knocked out before Berlanga beat him because his third-round knockout defeat to Mike Snider in June 2017 was changed to a no-contest by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

If San Diego’s Sierra at least can get out of the first round, Berlanga (15-0, 15 KOs) hopes to display the boxing ability it has been difficult for him to showcase since the knockout artist made his pro debut in April 2016.

“I believe he’s gonna be right there,” Berlanga said of Sierra. “I’ve seen a couple videos of him. I believe he’s gonna stay right there with me. He’s around my height, keeps his guard up. I’m gonna just work on my skill, man. You know, a lot of people don’t know that my specialty is boxing. I can f-cking box, and people don’t see that. But in the gym, sparring 10 rounds with three different guys, you’ll expect me to be [going after guys]. I’m not. I’m boxing. I’m using my jab. I’m using my movement. I’m moving around the ring. I’m not getting hit. But people haven’t seen none of that.

“People think, ‘Oh, he was probably a power puncher in the amateurs.’ No, I wasn’t. I was a boxer. Me, growing up as a kid, I was a boxer. It just so happened that when I got my man strength, now I have bricks. It’s God-gifted. God blessed me with bricks in my hands, and I’m using my talent now. And I’m making it happen. I’m knocking everybody out in the first round. And eventually, people’s gonna see.”

Berlanga-Sierra will open ESPN’s three-fight telecast at 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST.

In ESPN’s second fight Saturday night, Puerto Rican lightweight contender Felix Verdejo (27-1, 17 KOs) is set to box Japan’s Masayoshi Nakatani (18-1, 12 KOs) in a 10-rounder. In the main event, former WBO featherweight champ Shakur Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs), a 2016 Olympic silver medalist from Newark, New Jersey, will battle Toka Kahn Clary (28-2, 19 KOs, 1 NC), of Providence, Rhode Island, in another 10-round bout.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.