Edgar Berlanga was stunned the night of December 14 when he learned Bruno Surace knocked out Jaime Munguia.

Brooklyn’s Berlanga often talked about boxing Mexico’s Munguia, who was a 35-1 favorite versus Surace. France’s Surace is undefeated, but he had knocked out only 15 percent of his professional opponents prior to stopping Munguia in the sixth round that night.

What was widely viewed as a showcase fight for Munguia in his hometown of Tijuana turned into an infamous matchmaking mistake.

“That’s why I Tweeted as soon as he lost that he f--ked the bag up, bro,” Berlanga told The Ring. “Hopefully, he could come back from that knockout loss, knock this dude out, beat him, and then we could make a big fight happen.”

Berlanga spoke plenty about boxing Caleb Plant after he stopped fellow Puerto Rican Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz in the first round March 15 at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. It remains Munguia, however, that Berlanga wants more than any potential opponent next.

“The Munguia fight is much bigger,” Berlanga said. “You have two countries colliding [Mexico and Puerto Rico]. Nothing could beat that. You know what I’m saying? Plant is a good fight, but you’ve got a young guy my age [in Munguia] who has all of Mexico behind him. So, you know, he wins May 3rd, it’s gonna be a gigantic fight for 2025.”

Berlanga (23-1, 18 KOs) and Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) are both fan-friendly fighters who’ve lost to Mexican icon Canelo Alvarez. Munguia will meet Marseilles’ Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) again May 3 on the undercard when Alvarez (62-2-2, 39 KOs) squares off with William Scull (23-0, 9 KOs) at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Alvarez will defend his Ring, WBA, WBC and WBO belts versus Cuba’s Scull, who owns the IBF championship Alvarez held until he was stripped of it late last July.

Munguia, meanwhile, wants to regain the status he held before Surace shocked him three months ago. Berlanga will be one of the former WBO junior middleweight champion’s biggest fans that night.

“I’m looking to knock out Munguia in the first round,” said Berlanga, who lost a unanimous decision to Alvarez on September 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “If he goes and opens up with me, I know I could do it. I’ve just gotta stay in the gym, stay disciplined, stay focused, stay training, and the sky’s the limit for me. You know, I’ve got big things ahead of me. I’ve got guys offering me different fights [with Plant and Jermall Charlo] and money, but I’m looking to go with the heaviest hitter. And the heaviest hitter right now is obviously Turki Alalshikh. … I would love to have that fight with Munguia happen in Vegas.”

Alalshikh, owner of The Ring, has helped make many of the highest-profile fights in boxing over the past 18 months as chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority and head of Riyadh Season. Alvarez-Scull is a Riyadh Season event that’ll be streamed by DAZN.

Berlanga, 27, is a promotional free agent. His three-fight contract with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, which included one option if Berlanga fought Alvarez as part of it, expired following his victory over Gonzalez-Ortiz (20-1-1, 16 KOs).

Keith Connolly, Berlanga’s manager, is open, though, to continuing their partnership with Hearn’s company.

“We haven’t closed the door at all on doing business with Eddie Hearn,” Connolly told The Ring. “I’ve spoken to Eddie several times. He wants to continue the relationship with Edgar. I’m not sure why everybody thinks the door is closed. I’ll be sitting down with Eddie over the next couple weeks and we’ll see what he has to offer. Just because somebody becomes a free agent doesn’t mean you’ve parted ways necessarily. But Edgar has a lot of options. There are a lot of big fights out there for him. We’ll figure out what the best move for him is next.