By Allan Fox: Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) and Jarett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) will be facing each other this Saturday night on April 7 on Showtime Championship Boxing in a unification fight at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jarrett Hurd
Caleb Traux vs. James DeGale rematch targeted for Hurd-Lara undercard on April 7
By Allan Fox: A rematch between IBF super middleweight champion Caleb ‘Golden’ Truax (29-3-2, 18 KOs) and former IBF champion James ‘Chunky’ DeGale (23-2-1, 14 KOs) is in the works for the undercard of the junior middleweight unification fight between WBA Super World champion Erislandy ‘American Dream’ Lara and IBF belt holder Jarrett Hurd for April 7 on Showtime Boxing at a still to be determined venue in the U.S.
Erislandy Lara vs. Jarrett Hurd heading to StubHub Center, Carson, CA
By Jeff Aranow: The April 7th unification fight between Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd on Showtime is reportedly heading to the StubHub Center in Carson, California. RingTV broke the news of the Lara-Hurd fight heading to the StubHub Center. It’s still not official though.
Jarrett Hurd: After I beat Lara, I want Jermell Charlo
By Jeff Aranow: The younger, stronger and much bigger IBF World junior middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) says he’s going to be shooting for a unification fight against WBC 154lb. champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) after he adds WBA Super World champion Erislandy ‘The American Dream’ Lara’s name to his win column in their fight on April 7 on Showtime Boxing.
Erislandy Lara vs. Jarrett Hurd on April 7 on Showtime
By Jim Dower: WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy ‘The American Dream’ Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) will be meeting IBF World 154 lb. champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) on April 7 on Showtime Boxing at a still to be determined location.
Lara’s manager confirms Jarrett Hurd fight in April
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.
Erislandy Lara agrees to face Jarrett Hurd
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.
Eric Gomez say fights with Jermell Charlo and Jarrett Hurd for Sadam Ali are possible
By Stanley White: Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions says junior middleweight champions Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) and Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) are realistic options for Sadam Ali (26-1, 14 KOs) to face in unification fights. Ali won the WBO junior middleweight title last Saturday night in beating champion Miguel Cotto (41-6, 33 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Brook is 1 fight from challenging Charlo, Hurd or Lara
By Jeff Aranow: Kell Brook says he wants to get 1 tune-up fight out of the way before he challenges for a world title in 2018 against one of the junior middleweight champions in Jermell Charlo, Jarrett Hurd or Erislandy Lara.
Charlo vs. Lubin averages 495K viewers on Showtime
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.