Career-long contender Gabriel Rosado has been working as an analyst calling fights in retirement.

If things go his way, however, the retired Rosado could drop the headset and pick up a pair of boxing gloves once again to fight Edgar Berlanga in March in Puerto Rico.

The 38-year-old Rosado (26-17-1, 15 KOs) last fought in April 2023 and lost a rematch to Bektemir Melikuziev via unanimous decision after shockingly knocking out the Uzbek in 2021. The Philadelphia-born and bred fighter of Puerto Rican heritage retired shortly afterward.

Now, as Berlanga promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing seeks a top-15 type dance partner for Berlanga’s homecoming in Puerto Rico in March following Berlanga’s September loss to Canelo Alvarez, Rosado said he’s ready to unretire and rise to the occasion, only due to the event’s special circumstances.

"I was retired, but I'm going to come back for this one,” Rosado told The Ring. “I don't need to fight anymore, but this one means a lot – two Boriquas fighting in Puerto Rico. He's a young and hungry fighter who's been talking heavy for years. Why not do it? It has value to it.

“Me and [Berlanga] spoke. He's with it. I spoke with his manager [Keith Connolly]. He's with it. It's just a matter of Eddie Hearn sending the contract to make it official. This is a big fight for the island's boxing culture. Eddie needs to wake up and smell the coffee to realize how big this fight is in Puerto Rico. The fight has the perfect recipe to sell, and I’m going to do everything in my power to win the fight.”

Rosado has been in the ring with his generation's notable contemporaries and brings name-brand recognition despite an uneven record in recent years. He is 5-12-1 with one other loss later changed to a no contest ever since suffering a one-sided stoppage loss to Gennadiy Golovkin in 2013. Defeats to Jaime Munguia, Daniel Jacobs, and Jermell Charlo, among others, have followed. Wins throughout his 17-year career have come against Melikuziev, Kassim Ouma, Jesus Soto Karass, and Joshua Clottey.

Rosado and Berlanga have some familiarity with each other aside from sharing Puerto Rican bloodlines. The pair have previously been pitted for a four-round sparring session, a feel-out occasion that Rosado described as "nothing serious."

“He has skills, youth, power,” said Rosado. “I'm a fighter who brings it every time. I truly feel like I can beat Berlanga. That way I can go out the way that I want. It will be a fight for pride … He didn't go into the Canelo fight to collect a check. He fought, and I respect him for that. I guess he proved he had heart in the Canelo fight. Now it's a matter of what he can learn from the fight and bounce back.”