Erislandy Lara ready for Yuri Foreman fight

01/12/2017 by Boxing News

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By Eric Baldwin: WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy “American Dream” Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) can’t wait to share the ring with #9 WBA Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) this Friday night on January 13 on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike at the Hialeah Park, in Hialeah, Florida.

Lara has been training weeks for this fight, and he’s really looking forward to facing the 36-year-old Foreman, who he has a lot of respect for as a former world champion. Foreman was a world champion in 2010. He lost his title to Miguel Cotto in getting beaten by a 9th round TKO.

Lara should target Golovkin after Foreman fight

01/10/2017 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) has a match scheduled this Friday against a name from the past in Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) at Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike. Lara has talked a lot in the past about wanting to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin.

With Lara being the WBA champion, he can easily make a request to the WBA to have him positioned at No.1 in the WBA’s 160lb rankings. The WBA would likely do this just as the World Boxing Organization recently elevated WBO 154lb champion Saul Canelo Alvarez to the No.1 contender for WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders.

Golovkin-Jacobs meet up at MSG for Knicks game

01/10/2017 by Boxing News

By Eric Baldwin: Earlier tonight, middleweight champions Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs met up at the New York Knicks vs. New Orleans Pelicans basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York. This is the same venue that the unbeaten Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and Jacobs (32-1, 29 KOs) will be fighting at on March 18 on HBO pay-per-view.

They’re meeting tonight was to help drum up interest in their fight on HBO in two months from now.

Erislandy Lara needs to impress against Yuri Foreman

01/09/2017 by Boxing News

By Eric Baldwin: IBO/WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) has put himself in the position where he absolutely needs to look good this Friday night in his fight against Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) at Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida. It’s another mediocre opponent for Lara to fight, and it’s pretty disappointing to see for a lot of boxing fans. Lara wants the big fights against top names, but he’s not good opposition to create a name for himself unfortunately.

They were hoping that Lara would be a good champion that fought the best. Instead, they’ve seen Lara milk his WBA title steadily since picking it up three years ago in 2014. Lara’s last title defense against the 36-year-old Foreman will be televised on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike.

Lara wants to KO Foreman

01/05/2017 by Boxing News

By Jeff Aranow: WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) plans on leaving the three judges with no say so in the outcome of his fight Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) on January 13 on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike from the Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida.

Having lost twice in the past in controversial decisions to Paul Williams and Saul Canelo Alvarez, Lara plans on making sure the judges cannot control his fate for his fight against the 36-year-old Foreman. The good news for the 33-year-old Lara is Foreman has no punching power to speak of, so it shouldn’t be a risky thing for him to stand in the pocket and shoot for the knockout.

Lara wants to make a statement against Yuri Foreman

01/02/2017 by Boxing News

By Jeff Aranow: IBO/WBA World junior middleweight champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) wants to make a big impression on the boxing world when he defends his titles against former 154lb champion Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) in less than two weeks from now on January 13 on PBC on Spike.

The Lara-Foreman fight will taking place at the Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Miami, Florida. Lara wants a knockout over Foreman. You should hope that Lara can accomplish that task, because if he can’t, then it doesn’t say much about the Cuban fighter’s talent. Foreman was stopped in consecutive fights by Pawel Wolak and Miguel Cotto in 2010 and 2011.

Lara moving to 160 after Foreman & Charlo fights

12/26/2016 by Boxing News

By Jeff Aranow: WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) has two more fights left at 154 against fringe contender Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) and WBC champion Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 KOs) before he moves up to middleweight to go after the world titles in that weight class.

Lara will be done with the junior middleweight division before the end of 2017. The Lara-Foreman fight will be televised on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike. The fight will be taking place at the Hialeah Park Racing Casino in Hialeah, Florida, USA.

Erislandy Lara vs. Yuri Foreman on Jan.13 on Spike TV

12/12/2016 by Boxing News

By Eric Baldwin: WBA World ‘Super’ junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs) will be making his fifth defense of his title next month against former WBA 154lb champion Yuri Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) on January 13 on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV from the Hialeah Park Amphitheater in Hialeah, Florida, according to RingTV.

It’ll be a voluntary defense for Lara, as the 36-year-old Foreman is ranked #10 with the WBA. Foreman is lucky to be ranked that high though, as he’s only fought twice in the last three years. Foreman was out of the sport from 2013 to 2015. He came back in 2015 and he’s beaten Lenwood Dozier (9-9-1) and Jason Davis (13-11-2) since his return.

Golovkin had NO respect for Kell Brook

09/27/2016 by Boxing News

By Scott Gilfoid: According to trainer Abel Sanchez, Gennady “GGG” Golovkin had no respect at all for Kell Brook in their fight on September 10 of this month, and that’s why Golovkin was sloppy in the fight. Sanchez says Golovkin could have made it a very technical fight and boxed the 30-year-old Brook if he wanted to, but he had no reason to, being that Brook had no power and couldn’t hurt him.

Golovkin ended up breaking Brook apart in the 5th round causing his trainer Dominic Ingle to throw in the towel to save him from getting badly hurt. Brook’s right eye socket was broken by the power of Golovkin’s left hook in the 2nd round. Brook would later say that he could have been blinded in his right eye if he had stayed in the fight and continued to take blows to the head.

The Business of Boxing – Lara v Golovkin

08/01/2016 by Boxing News

By David Preston: Just a few days ago, two videos were posted by thaboxingvoice.com in which WBA junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara’s manager was interviewed and was asked pointed questions. Some questions included those that would address rumors currently swirling amongst boxing enthusiasts. One such question was that if Lara was so eager to fight IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, then why hasn’t his team made GGG an offer? The answer was one that illuminated the inner workings of the fight game.

The answer seemed obvious but I for one have never heard or seen anyone make such a comment. Lara’s manager went on to say that since GGG is contracted to fight only on HBO, an offer from Lara and Showtime would not be plausible. This makes sense given the budget for any fight is typically subsidized by the network televising the fight. Since Showtime, which Lara’s manager indicated has the budget to make the fight is not a network GGG can fight on, the idea of Lara’s team drafting an offer is moot.