By Elisinio Castillo
WBA 'regular' junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara (21-2-2, 12KOs) wants to return to the ring on a date in October. Last month he dominated Delvin Rodriguez for twelve rounds. Lara would like to fight in Miami, Florida where there is a big Cuban population but there are conflicts with making that possible for the month of October.
Lara is still crossing his fingers for a fight with WBA/IBO middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (33-0, 30KOs), who also returns to the ring in the fall. There are television issues in making that fight. Golovkin is contracted to HBO and Lara is a Premier Boxing Champions fighter.
"I want to fight in October. I have told the people on my team that I want to fight in Miami, but I understand that there are other factors, such as television and desire doesn't always go hand in hand with reality," Lara told George Ebro. "I can say that my people are talking about [a fight with Golovkin] and I'm crossing my fingers that it happens. On a scale from zero to 100 I'd say there is a 50 percent [chance it happens]."
"These are the type of fighters we must face, in a smart manner by making them miss many punches, doing everything to frustrate them and force them to make mistakes. They do not know how to do anything but come forward."