By Jeff Aranow: IBF junior middleweight champion Jarrett ‘Swift’ Hurd (22-0, 15 KOs) won an exciting 12 round split decision win over WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy ‘The American Dream’ Lara (25-3-2, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in their unification fight at the Hard Rock Hotel & Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lara vs. Hurd
Erislandy Lara faces Jarrett Hurd tonight – Prediction
By Allan Fox: Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd will meet up tonight in the main event in their unification fight at 154 on ShowTime Championship Boxing at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) will have his WBA Super World junior middleweight title up for grabs against the younger, taller, bigger, stronger high-volume puncher IBF World 154 lb. champion Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs), who is fighting at a very high level at this point in his career.
Purses: Lara $1 million, Hurd $500K
By Jim Dower: Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) will be getting a large purse of $1 million in his unification fight this Saturday night on April 7 against IBF World junior middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) in their fight on Showtime Boxing at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lara vs. Hurd: The Best Fight Nobody is Talking About
By Donavan Leonard: Often great moments can be overshadowed by happenings out of their control. The Houston Rockets were on their way to an NBA championship when O.J. Simpson hit the streets in a white Bronco. Harriet Quimby was the first female to fly across the English Channel as news of the Titanic sinking was circulating around the globe. And Erislandy Lara, holder of the WBA junior middleweight belt for nearly five years, will be facing the formidable IBF champion Jarett Hurd this weekend…while the boxing media is laser-focused on either the fallout from Clenelo-Gate or the future of the heavyweight division.
Jarrett Hurd: Erislandy Lara can’t take pressure
By Jim Dower: IBF World junior middleweight champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs) has studied his opponent WBA Super World 154 lb. champion Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) well, and he believes that he doesn’t handle pressure well, and he can be worn down, which is what his game plan is for this Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Erislandy Lara vs. Jarrett Hurd – Degale vs Truax Live Stream Weigh-In
SHOWTIME Sports will provide live streams of official fight week events in advance of this Saturday’s 154-pound World Championship Unification between WBA Super Welterweight Champion Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) and IBF 154-pound World Champion Jarrett Hurd (21-0, 15 KOs). The fight will be televised Saturday, April 7, LIVE on SHOWTIME at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Erislandy Lara vs. Jarrett Hurd – preview
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.
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.