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Erislandy Lara defends against Ishe Smith on May 2nd in Las Vegas, Nevada

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lara34By Dan Ambrose: WBA World light middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) will be defending his title for the first time against the recently beaten IBF 154lb champion Ishe Smith (25-6, 11 KO’s) on May 2nd at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The fight will be televised by Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes instead of Showtime.

You can read between the lines why Showtime chose not to televise this fight. Obviously, the interest in the fight would be too low for them to want to take a chance on buying the fight. This is not a good fight, and it’s very likely to put fans to sleep on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Depotes. Lara’s a good fighter, but he’s more interesting to watch when he’s facing aggressive opposition like Alfredo Angulo rather than guys that clinch a lot.

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Erislandy Lara vs. Ishe Smith possible for May 2nd in Las Vegas

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lara212By Dan Ambrose: WBA interim junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO’s) will likely be making his first defense of his interim WBA title against former IBF 154 lb champion Ishe Smith (25-6, 11 KO’s) on May 2nd in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. This is the fight that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is talking about making next for Lara.

It’s clearly not the big fight that Smith was hoping to get in taking on Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, but the red-haired Mexican fighter told him point blank last Saturday night that “you’ll have to wait.” It doesn’t matter that Canelo doesn’t have anyone better than Lara to fight next on July 26th. He’ll likely fight someone like Carlos Molina, who is clearly a couple of steps below Lara in terms of talent.

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Ishe Smith vs. Carlos Molina in late July

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molina12By Eric Thomas: IBF junior middleweight champion Ishe Smith (25-5, 11 KO’s) vs. Carlos Molina is in the works for late July according to Dan Rafael. There still isn’t a specified date or venue for the fight but it should be announced soon.

Smith recently defeated IBF champion Cornelius Bundrage by a 12 round decision to capture his IBF title last February in a hard fought fight.

Molina, 29, has a two-fight winning streak going since being beaten by James Kirkland in a highly controversial fight last year where the referee stopped the fight that Molina was head in after his corner person stepped inside the ring after the round had ended following a knockdown of Molina by Kirkland.

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Smith decisions Bundrage, captures IBF 154 lb. title

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smith6(Photo: Casino/Showtime) By Jim Dower: Ishe Smith (25-5, 11 KO’s) defeated IBF junior middleweight champion Cornelius Bundrage (32-5, 19 KO’s) by a 12 round split decision on Saturday night to capture his International Boxing Federation 154 lb. title at the Masonic Temple, in Detroit, Michigan.

The final judges’ scores were 116-111 and 116-111 for Smith, and 114-113 for Bundrage. Smith definitely looked like the better fighter throughout, using his jab and movement to minimize the amount of brawling that Bundrage was able to do.

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Alexander-Brook, Bundrage-Smith on February 23rd at the Joe Louis Arena, in Detroit, Michigan

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alexander34By Scott Gilfoid: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (24-1, 13 KO’s) will be defending his title against the highly hyped Brit Kell Brook (29-0, 19 KO’s) on February 23rd in a fight at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The Brook-Alexander fight is one where we may see Brook get really punished and possibly even stopped because he’s coming into this fight with almost zero real world experience.

It’s like Brook has had nothing but simulator fights rather than the real thing for the past 8 years because his opposition has been god awful during all these years. When his promoter Eddie Hearn put Brook in with slightly decent fighter in Carson Jones in July of 2012, Brook took a sad beating and was staggering around with a red nose in the 12th, looking a like he’d just come out of the Shochu Lounge and had his fill.

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