Edgar Berlanga barely broke a sweat Saturday night.

“The Chosen One” blew out previously unbeaten Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz in the first round of Berlanga’s first fight since he lost a unanimous decision to Canelo Alvarez six months ago. Berlanga’s focus was questioned because he was so dismissive of Gonzalez-Ortiz during the promotion and because he came in 1.6 pounds overweight Friday.

The brash Berlanga quickly proved, however, that Gonzalez-Ortiz didn’t belong in the ring with him, much the way DraftKings’ 18-1 odds indicated. Berlanga overwhelmed Gonzalez-Ortiz with his power, dropped him twice and won by first-round technical knockout on the Austin “Ammo” Williams-Patrice Volny undercard at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida.

“I was supposed to do that tonight,” Berlanga told DAZN’s Chris Mannix in the ring. “You know, this is something [to get me] to a bigger fight in my career and my future.”

The 27-year-old Berlanga hopes this easy win leads to him facing former WBO junior middleweight champ Jaime Munguia, former WBC middleweight champ Jermall Charlo or former IBF super middleweight champ Caleb Plant. Mexico’s Munguia must first try to avenge his stunning sixth-round knockout lost to France’s Bruno Surace three months ago on the Canelo Alvarez-William Scull undercard May 3 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Each of those fights would be more difficult than what Berlanga experienced Saturday night.

Berlanga blasted Gonzalez-Ortiz with a left hook that marked the beginning of the end of their scheduled 10-rounder. That shot twisted Gonazlez-Ortiz around and sent him to the canvas with 1:01 to go in the first round.

Gonzalez-Ortiz answered referee Christopher Young’s count quickly, too quickly it turned out. A right hand by Berlanga knocked Gonzalez-Ortiz into the ropes and down again with 42 seconds on the clock in the opening round.

As soon as the action resumed again, Berlanga drilled Gonzalez-Ortiz with another crushing left hook that knocked him into the ropes. Young then stopped Berlanga’s vicious assault at 2:31 of the opening round.

Gonzalez-Ortiz entered the ring with a 20-0-1 record, including 16 knockouts, but he mostly competed at middleweight and junior middleweight. The 35-year-old Puerto Rican also lost almost 10 years of his physical prime because he served time in prison on an armed robbery conviction.