Comments Thread For: Berlanga: Fighting In Kissimmee Will Feel Like Home; They Call It 'Little Puerto Rico'

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Edgar Berlanga remembers the electrifying feeling from the night he attended the Miguel Cotto-Zab Judah fight at Madison Square Garden. Berlanga was 9 years old when Cotto stopped Judah the night before the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York. Nearly 14 years later, Brooklyn's Berlanga cannot wait to headline his own show at the self-proclaimed "Mecca of Boxing."
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[xEcto1x]

Homie’s American, right?

[ShoulderRoll]

Homie’s American, right?

He's Nuyorican.

Born in Brooklyn, NY to two Puerto Rican parents.

[Lomadeaux]

Lol.... An American saying Puerto Rico will feel like home... lol...

[ShoulderRoll]

Lol.... An American saying Puerto Rico will feel like home... lol...

What's funny about it? Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States.

[Lomadeaux]

What's funny about it? Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States.

Is he from the US?

[ShoulderRoll]

Is he from the US?

Yeah. And so is his opponent Demond Nicholson.

But only one of them is being talked about as having home crowd advantage tonight. Why do you think that is?

[WarVeteranO01]

Lots of hot Puerto Rican women all over FL.

[Lomadeaux]

Yeah. And so is his opponent Demond Nicholson.

But only one of them is being talked about as having home crowd advantage tonight. Why do you think that is?

It's funny, isn't it? How so many people from America like to claim other backgrounds?

[ShoulderRoll]

It's funny, isn't it? How so many people from America like to claim other backgrounds?

Puerto Ricans are American citizens.

In this case Berlanga is claiming exactly what he is.