The rejuvenated super middleweight contender considers a bout with Chris Eubank Jr. perhaps the most profitable option in the immediate future for both boxers. Eubank has expressed interest in potentially battling Berlanga, who stopped Steven Butler in the seventh round Sunday night of his first fight since Sheeraz beat him by fifth-round knockout a year ago.

“I’m looking forward to getting a real big fight with Chris Eubank,” Berlanga told The Ring. “I want that fight. And I told Dana [White], Nick Khan, tKeith Connolly, my manager, ‘Let’s do it in London. It’s gonna be big. We gonna do some numbers over there.’

“Because Chris Eubank is a sh*t-talker and he comes to fight. You know me, you get me started and I become a sh*t-talker and I love to fight. So, everything just makes sense. I feel like a fight between me and him at the end of the year would be big, especially in London.”

Eubank (35-4, 25 KOs), of Brighton, England, hasn’t fought since rival Conor Benn beat him by unanimous decision in their 12-round rematch November 15 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

Eubank, 36, suffered two knockdowns during the final round of that bout, but he was depleted physically from dropping down to the middleweight limit of 160 pounds.

A return to the super middleweight maximum of 168 could re-energize Eubank, who hasn’t fought that high in weight since he defeated former champ James DeGale by unanimous decision in February 2019.

Signing with Zuffa Boxing could entice Eubank as well because the emerging promotional company has paid purses above market value to secure proven, marketable boxers since it officially launched in January.

Zuffa added Berlanga to its roster in April, six weeks after it signed Benn (25-1, 14 KOs), who will challenge WBC welterweight champ Ryan Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs, 1 NC) on September 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Berlanga (24-2, 19 KOs) had to get off the canvas late in the second round of his Zuffa debut. The 29-year-old Brooklyn native responded by hammering Montreal’s Butler (38-6-1, 32 KOs) until referee Eric Dali halted their scheduled 10-rounder at 1:14 of the seventh at Madison Square Garden’s Infosys Theater in New York.

Berlanga would gladly fight in Eubank’s proverbial backyard after headlining back-to-back events in his hometown.

“Everybody would be tuned in for that sh*t,” Berlanga said. “He’s a fly dude, I’m a fly dude, he talks sh*t and seems open to it. Right now, he’s not signed with nobody, so I think he’s in a position where he’s looking who to sign with.

“But he knows – for real, for real – at 168, the bag is with me and him. I feel like he could make money with [WBA champ Jaime] Munguia or one of these guys, but what I feel makes sense is with me and him.”