Erislandy Lara

Lara-Martirosyan + Charlo brothers in action on 5/21

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NEW YORK (April 9, 2016) – The 154-pound division will take center stage on Saturday, May 21 in a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring three world title fights in the same division. In a rare showcase of the division’s elite, five of the top-six super welterweights* will square off live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Venue and ticket information are forthcoming.

(*via Transnational Boxing Rankings)

In the main event, Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara—the consensus No. 1 fighter at 154 pounds—will defend his WBA Super Welterweight World Championship against U.S. Olympian and top contender Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan in a rematch of their 2012 bout that ended in a technical draw.

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Lara-Martirosyan possible for 5/21, with Jermall Charlo vs. Trout

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1(Credit: Josh Jordan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Jeff Aranow: An interesting fight card is being planned for May 21 on Showtime Boxing involving three big fights in the 154lb division. IBF junior middleweight champion Jermall Charlo (23-0, 18 KOs) will be defending his title against #9 IBF Austin Trout (30-2, 17 KOs), WBA World junior middleweight Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) will be facing #4 WBC, #7 WBO Vanes Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21 KOs) in a rematch, and #1 WBC 154lb contender Jermell Charlo (27-0, 12 KOs) will be battling #2 WBC John Jackson (20-2, 15 KOs) in a fight for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title.

The triple-header, if it takes place, will be staged in Houston, Texas. This will be a great card if it comes off. It’s a good ideal to package the three junior middleweight contests together on the same card because it helps set up fights between them in the future almost in a Super Six tournament type of situation.

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Khan is studying Canelo’s fights against Mayweather and Lara

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khan5899By Dan Ambrose: Underdog Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) says he’s been watching Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s past fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Erislandy Lara in order to get a blueprint to use to beat the 25-year-old Mexican fighter on May 7.

Khan says he’s spotted in those fights that Canelo struggled against the speed of Mayweather and Lara. Khan plans on using speed to get the better of Canelo, who he notes is a slower fighter with not too good foot speed. Still, the 29-year-old Khan will be a decided underdog in this fight on HBO PPV, and he’s going to need to use constant movement to keep from getting hammered into the canvas.

Canelo has shown remarkable punching power in his last couple of fights, and he seems to be gaining more punching power as he trains and gets older. Khan cannot afford to be hit by one of Canelo’s best power shots in this fight if he wants to have a chance of winning.

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Who can be the man to defeat Golovkin? Rating the contenders – Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez

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canelo5666By Al Classico: The proposed mega fight earmarked for September 2016 between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KO’s) and Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin (34-0, 31) took a step backwards last week when it was announced that Canelo would opt to defend his ‘middleweight title’ against a welterweight fighter in Amir ‘King’ Khan.

While this announcement of Khan as an opponent for Canelo was a shock to the boxing world in itself, the bigger implication of this announcement is that the Canelo-GGG now looks less likely to happen anytime soon. Most fans and people in the know were expecting Canelo to defend his title in May against a lesser risk middleweight such as a Gabe Rosado in order to test the waters at the full 160 weight limit and to prepare for GGG in September.

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Who can be the man to defeat Golovkin? Rating the contenders – Erislandy Lara

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lara000(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Al Classico: Following on from my previous article on rating the potential opponents at middleweight who are capable of testing and perhaps even defeating Golovkin, we now take a look at a man who by many is seen as an undefeated fighter and also someone who has vocally expressed their interest in fighting GGG at the full 160 middleweight limit.

That man is Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) who has often received the short end of the stick for a fighter of his calibre and someone who struggles to get the big names into the ring with him. He has already called out Golovkin and assuming that GGG accepts the challenge, what chance would Lara have at knocking of the middleweight king pin?

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Trout – Erislandy Lara has been calling Golovkin out for a year now

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Boxing: Golovkin vs LemieuxBy Dan Ambrose: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout says that he and Erislandy Lara are both interested in fighting IBF/IBO/WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, but that he’s not looking to fight either of them.

Trout believes that Golovkin has been getting matched up against fighters that are perfect for his fighting style. In other words, Golovkin has been fighting guys that stand directly in front of him so that he can get his shots off. The only fighter that had speed that he faces was Willie Monroe Jr., who didn’t have the punching power to keep him from overwhelming him, says Trout.

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Lara wants Jacobs-Quillin winner

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quillin(Photo Credit: Anthony Causi) By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara is picking challenger Peter Quillin (32-0-1, 23 KOs) to defeat WBA “regular” middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs (30-1, 27 KOs) in their fight this Saturday night on Showtime from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Lara feels that it’s going to be a competitive fight for the most part, but he sees Quillin ultimately winning because of his better experience against quality opposition. Lara would like to move up to 160 to face winner of the fight. Lara isn’t just targeting the winner of the Quillin vs. Jacobs fight.

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Erislandy Lara wants Canelo or Cotto fights

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lara000(Credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: It looks like WBA World junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) will be sticking it out at 154 unless he gets one of the big names from the middleweight division to face him. Lara says he wants fights against Miguel Cotto and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and would be willing to move up to the 160lb division to make those fights happen.

Unfortunately, the 32-year-old Lara could be waiting for the rest of his career for those fights to happen, because neither of those fighters have mentioned Lara’s names recently. It’s not likely that Cotto and Canelo will bother fighting Lara at this point.

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Lara stops Zaveck in 3rd – results

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lara88888(Photo credit: Premier Boxing Champions) By Jim Dower: In a huge mismatch, WBA World junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) retained his WBA 154lb title on Wednesday in stopping an injured and old looking 39-year-old former IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (35-4, 19 KOs) in the 3rd round in a fight televised on Premier Boxing Champions on ESPN from the Hialeah Park Race Track, in Hialeah, Florida, USA.

Lara hurt Zaveck with a straight left hand to the head in the 3rd round, and then followed up with a left-right and then a right hand, as Zaveck then turned his back on Lara and bent forward in pain. The referee Telis Assimenios then stepped in and halted the fight once he realized that Zaveck was too hurt to continue. The fight was officially halted at 0:41 of the 3rd.

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Erislandy Lara vs. Jan Zaveck tonight on ESPN

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lara42(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Tim Fletcher: WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (21-2-2, 12 KOs) will be defending his title tonight in what shapes up to be a mismatch against Jan Zaveck (35-3, 19 KOs) on ESPN from Hialeah Park Race Track, in Hialeah, Florida.

This is a showcase fight for Lara to make him look good, and to likely help him get one of the bigger fights that he wants against the top middleweights.

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