Erislandy Lara

Lara’s manager confirms Jarrett Hurd fight in April

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By Tim Royner: Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd will be facing each other in April in a junior middleweight unification fight at a still determined date and venue, according to the Cuban star’s manager Luis de Cubas Jr. Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) will have his WBA Super World 154lb title on the line against unbeaten IBF junior middleweight champion Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs). If Lara beats Hurd, de Cubas they’ll look to face WBC belt older Jermell Charlo in the next unification fight. The overall goal for the 34-year-old Lara is to win all 4 of the junior middleweight titles.

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Erislandy Lara agrees to face Jarrett Hurd

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy “The American Dream’ Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) has agreed to meet unbeaten IBF World 154lb champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) in a unification match. Now it’s up to the management for the 2 fighters to see if they can put the fight together.

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Will Erislandy Lara fully achieve the American Dream?

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By Gerardo Granados: Last Saturday at the Barclays Center, two solid title fights took place with super welter IBF Jarred Hurd, after being behind on the score cards early on, stopped Austin Trout in the 10th round, and super welter WBC Jermell Charlo demolished Erickson Lubin in the first round by a knock out of the year nominee.

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Charlo vs. Lubin averages 495K viewers on Showtime

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By Allan Fox: WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo’s fight against #1 WBC challenger Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin (18-1, 13 KOs) averaged 495,000 viewers with a peak of 537,000 viewers on Showtime Championship Boxing last Saturday, according to Dan Rafael. The fight card took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Erislandy Lara vs. Terrell Gausha – Results

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By Allan Fox: In unquestionably the most boring fight of last Saturday night’s Showtime Boxing card, WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy “American Dream” Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) beat a very limited #6 WBA looking Terrell Gausha (20-1, 9 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Jermell Charlo vs. Erickson Lubin – Weights

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By Jim Dower: WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo (29-0, 14 KOs) made weight on Friday in coming in at 153.6 pounds for his title defense against his mandatory challenger Erickson “The Hammer” Lubin (18-0, 13 KOs) on the Erislandy Lara vs. Terrell Gausha card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Lubin, 22, weighed in at 153.4 lbs.

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Lara: Golovkin definitely beat Canelo

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By Dan Ambrose: Erislandy Lara says he warned IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs) before his fight with the highly popular Golden Boy Promotions star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) that it would be hard for him to get a decision over him in their fight a week ago on September 16 on HBO pay-per-view.

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Terrell Gausha Q&A: ‘I feel like nothing is too much for me’

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By Ian Aldous: On Saturday October 14th, Terrell Gausha (20-0) challenges Erislandy Lara (24-2-2), for the WBA super-welterweight world championship, live on Showtime in the U.S. The 2012 Olympian, from Cleveland, Ohio, will put his undefeated record on the line when he faces the man many believe to be the very best at 154lbs. Earlier this week, Terrell took some time to talk with me over the phone about his career and his October 14th world title shot.

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