Lara-Molina

By FIGHT PICK EXPERTS – Rising junior middleweight star Erislandy Lara will look to continue his push towards a world title shot when he faces renowned spoiler “King” Carlos Molina at Las Vegas, NV’s The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in the main event of this week’s ESPN 2′s Friday Night Fights.

ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will originate from Las Vegas, Nev. on March 25 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 where undefeated, junior middleweights Erislandy “El Oro del Guantanamo” Lara (15-0, 10 KO’s WBA #5, WBC #11) and Yudel Jhonson (9-0, 6 KO’s) are featured in 10-round co-main events. Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas will be [...]

To list all of Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara’s amateur accomplishments would take several minutes. He’s been an elite fighter for many years. And although some amateur stars don’t translate well into professionals, Lara (15-0, 10 KOs) is currently on a four-fight first-round knockout streak against intermediate-level opposition.

By Jim Dower: This Friday night on March 25th, unbeaten junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (15-0, 10 KO’s0 will be taking on tough Mexican Carlos Molina (17-4-1, 5 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout at the Cosmopolitan Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lara, ranked #5 WBA, #6 IBF, #10 WBC in the junior middleweight [...]