By Ryan Burton

After beginning his career with Ismael Salas, Erislandy Lara has spent nearly the past decade training in Houston under the guidance of Ronnie Shields.  The duo enjoyed several years of success and captured his several world titles.

The 36-year-old Lara's career has come full circle as he has relocated back to Las Vegas and is once again training with Salas. Their first since reuniting takes place Saturday night in Minnesota against Ramon Alvarez, brother of Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez.  The bout will top a Premier Boxing Champions on Fox telecast.

According to Salas, they have pretty much picked up where they left off.

"You know what it is - he has all of the fundamentals. They have been installed for many years. I just went into his archives and went into the files and dusted it off and brought it back to where he is now. Erislandy Lara has already proved he is a world class fighter.  In 9 years that he has been away he has been learning from different experiences and now I have a mature Erislaindy Lara who has fought the top fighters at 154 pounds," Salas recently told BoxingScene.com.

"Now what I am doing is not a big change. I am just trying to bring his fundamentals back. Mostly, I am trying to bring back his feet. The only thing that I see right now is that he needs a little more coordination with his feet to place him in different positions. We want him to be a master of his craft and that is what we are working on."

Lara is 0-1-1 in his last two fights which came against Jarrett Hurd and Brian Castano, two of the top fighters in the loaded super welterweight division.

After years of being criticized as being a boring fighter, his last two fights have been action packed.  In both fights there were observers felt Lara did enough to get the victory.

Salas said that while he wants his fighter to move more and avoid punishment, he isn't going to make wholesale changes.

"Exactly. Let's make a combination and make the best use of what he has and what he is learning. I am measuring what he is doing. I am not trying to make major changes. Just bring back a few fundamentals. To prolong his boxing life he doesn't need to engage the way he did the last three fights. I need for him to be very safe but dominant. He has all the tools to dominate without risking it," Salas explained.

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