“Precise and explosive, that’s all I want,” is the corner advice to Lara from Ismael Salas. Gonzalez throwing, but not landing. Lara fine to cover and back to the ropes to look for an opening. An accidental clash of heads pauses the action. The crowd jeers the inaction. Lara throws a combination. “What do you think Janibek Alimkhanuly is thinking?” Ranallo asks. That if he’d stayed clean, he’d be a three-belt champion?
Lara, 10-9