Lara vs. Lee

Boxing results from the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana: Erislandy Lara TKO 1 Willie Lee Yordanis Despaigne UD 10 Frank Paines Yordenis Ugas TKO 2 Marqus Jackson

The final weights are in for tonight’s ESPN2 nationally televised “Battle on the Bayou” from the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, Louisiana, featuring undefeated former amateur world champion Erislandy Lara (12-0, 7 KOs) and world amateur championships bronze medalist Yordanis Despaigne (6-0, 4 KOs). The event is promoted by Keeppunching Entertainment, Warriors Boxing and the [...]

Undefeated former amateur world champion Erislandy Lara (12-0, 7 KOs) has made the most of the opportunity since escaping his homeland of Cuba. Regarded as one of, if not the, cream of the Cuban crop of new professional fighters, southpaw Lara has torn through his first 12 opponents impressively. But, when you have over 300 [...]

The excitement is growing in Monroe, Louisiana. It’s just one week to go before the Wednesday, August 18, “Battle on the Bayou” event – a night of world-class professional boxing at the Monroe Civic Center and televised live on ESPN2′s Wednesday Night Fights – and local boxing and political officials say the area is buzzing [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (16-0, 14 KO’s) will be fighting this Friday night on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights at the Desert Diamond Casino, in Tucson, Arizona. Jacobs, 22, will be facing George Walton (20-3, 12 KO’s) in a 10-round scheduled bout. It will be interesting to see if Jacobs has improved [...]