Erislandy lara is #1 contender to floyd/canelo

Bias alert, this guy already lost all credibility with this opening sentence while having Richard Abril aka hug hit and hold in his avatar. You are making excuses for Lara but probably won't agree that Rios was weight drained against Abril? Why you hate Molina but like Abril who also hugged and held onto Rios? You are wrong, I like Molina and I always root for the underdog, it's easier to be a Yankee fan than a Mets, of course when one of my countryman fight another fighter I root for him because we don't have enough of them, 40 or 50 Cubans fighting World wide in the pro ranks, Rios got his a$$ hand it to him and he was bigger than Abril, his weight was 139 pounds just one shy off the JWW division, the one he just fought twice, and if they fight again he will get schooled again, Abril is a better boxer, good stamina, heck of a chin and you might say he holds when in the inside but that is what he supposed to do, he has long arms, call him what you want he took Rios to school and he didn't learn anything, yes he learn a bunch of excuses just like his stablemate Donaire...

Lara should fight Cotto next in September.

it should be canelo vs lara next...and then the winner gets floyd...but canelo gets a shortcut to a big payday and a high profile fight with floyd because he's the love child of oscar and sulaiman. imo lara is the #2 best jr middleweight behind floyd and canelo is third...

Stop the freaking Bs because Molina hug his way to a drwa, his face was all busted up he got hurt in the 8 and 9 round and Lara had a tooth infection and was not even prepared to fight, if you remember the fight got cancel and Molina was a late substitute, then it was almost cancel again because Laras sickness, but the kid got balls and gave the ok to fight anyway, you can bet your a$$ that if Molina win his fight against Ishe he will be defending against Lara, after all the shared the same manager and that is the reason they haven't fight again, De Cubas is not going to blow his money with two of his best fighters at the same time, it is funny how ppl blow 4h1t out of proportion as time passes... Bias alert, this guy already lost all credibility with this opening sentence while having Richard Abril aka hug hit and hold in his avatar. You are making excuses for Lara but probably won't agree that Rios was weight drained against Abril? Why you hate Molina but like Abril who also hugged and held onto Rios?

last time i checked Lara didnt beat Molina. he was lucky to get a draw. Stop the freaking Bs because Molina hug his way to a drwa, his face was all busted up he got hurt in the 8 and 9 round and Lara had a tooth infection and was not even prepared to fight, if you remember the fight got cancel and Molina was a late substitute, then it was almost cancel again because Laras sickness, but the kid got balls and gave the ok to fight anyway, you can bet your a$$ that if Molina win his fight against Ishe he will be defending against Lara, after all the shared the same manager and that is the reason they haven't fight again, De Cubas is not going to blow his money with two of his best fighters at the same time, it is funny how ppl blow 4h1t out of proportion as time passes...

It's a sad state of affairs when you come up the hard way and still cannot get a shot. He's beat everyone who they put infront of him, he's faced everyone who was being ducked but still no shot. It makes me sick. When Mayweather and Canelo fight what's going to happen to the regular WBA belt? Lara's interim belt gets upgraded to the Regular, Winner of Floyd/Canelo remains Super champ

Floyd beats Lara, it will be boring but Floyd gets the decisions in a close fight, Angulo would give Floyd a tougher fight and be more dangerous for Floyd than Lara. Angulo has Constant pressure, high stamina, high volume of punches and an iron chin is what gives Floyd trouble.

I don't like Lara. IMO he is a bit over rated. That being said he isn't the number 1 contender but he isn't like one poster suggested not even in the top ten. That top ten was garbage. Lara deserves and has earned a title shot or at least a shot at a big pay day like a Canelo (after he gets severely outboxed by Floyd) or Cotto.

floyd is ducking LARA.... this will be the new saying after the canelo floyd fight just get ready for it The only legit case made for "ducking " Floyd or by Floyd is..... by both sides in the Manny-Money debacle.That fight should have been made in early 2011. We sholud appreciate Floyd and Canelo for their greatness and enjoy the biggest fight since he "ducked" De La Hoya. Money is an ATG and Canelo is a young,hungry beast.Wish this fight was tonight !!! :boxing::boxing::boxing:

No one in this division has faced more top 10 guys then lara has, and the fact that he gets the judges agaisnt him they've taken 2wins away from him (williams,vanes)!! You have canelo and trout 2nd and 3rd and they have only fought each other thats about it in the top ten! Cotto is no longer top 5 even tho he was great b4.but Wtf are you thinking?? If you think lara isnt top 5 in 154 just go home!! Lmao Wait a minute is Lara a world champion ??? Did I miss that ? Trout only fought Canelo...I must have missed him beating Cotto in the Garden then,thought I saw that fight? Trout would embarress Lara. Lara over Cotto ? wtf am I on ??? Cotto...check his loses.He beat Margarito.Margarito could come home from drinkimg,not having trained in a year, and KTFO Lara ,right now. Lara got a draw vs Molina where he lost. He was losing to Vanes. The fight was awful.He butted Vanes and only got a draw after the 9th round was scored as a partial round. Molina has wins over :Cintron,Lara,and former WC Spinks.He also has fought Kirkland..we'll never know...fight stopped by moron(maybe Kirk gets the KO,maybe Molina holds on fpr the win)...and fights Ishe Smith in 07/13. Too much emphasis on this site put on the amateurs. Yes,a great amateur backround is worth lauding but the PRO game is MUCH different than the amateurs where it's slap with the white part of the glove and move. The amateur system of scoring sucked and headgear changes fights. I would like to see Lara vs Kirkland or Lara vs Trout to make me a bigger believer if he can win vs either.:boxing::boxing::boxing:

It's a sad state of affairs when you come up the hard way and still cannot get a shot. He's beat everyone who they put infront of him, he's faced everyone who was being ducked but still no shot. It makes me sick. When Mayweather and Canelo fight what's going to happen to the regular WBA belt? last time i checked Lara didnt beat Molina. he was lucky to get a draw.

floyd is ducking LARA.... this will be the new saying after the canelo floyd fight just get ready for it

Laras a good boxer but hes stunk up the joint far too many times. He can put on an entertaining fight if matched up with the right opponent. Canelo could be the right opponent...

Lara is #11 at 154 lbs. He still needs to beat 2-3 more top 10 guys to move up. Let's get Lara vs Kirkland next,relax with the Floyd /Canelo ****e. Lara lost to Paul Williams(record says loss ,lol),Carlos Moilna (only his family had him in a draw in that one,he lost), and he lost to Vanes(the partiallly scored round saved him there after he butted Vanes).Lara has 1 impressive win (Angulo) and 2-3 wins over top 30-35 guys like : Hearns and Fernandez. My top 10 at 154 right now: 1 Floyd 2 Canelo 3 Trout 4 Cotto 5 Molina...he beat Lara..great resume 6 K9..former world champ with pretty good resume 7 Ishe Smith..world champ..better competition 8 Kirkland 31-1 w/ 27 KO. I think he KTFO's Lara in less than 3 if he trains. 9 Vanes M (32-0)..and he was beating Lara handidly 10 Zaurbek Baysangurov (28-1)...he looked terrible vs K9 but is fighting Andrade soon,we'll all see if he is deserving or not. :boxing::boxing::boxing: No one in this division has faced more top 10 guys then lara has, and the fact that he gets the judges agaisnt him they've taken 2wins away from him (williams,vanes)!! You have canelo and trout 2nd and 3rd and they have only fought each other thats about it in the top ten! Cotto is no longer top 5 even tho he was great b4.but Wtf are you thinking?? If you think lara isnt top 5 in 154 just go home!! Lmao

Absolutely ridiculous. Why call them title eliminators if they don't ever get him a shot at a title? Just call them what they are: "Delude him into thinking he'll get a shot while we REALLY hope he loses" fights. Thats exactly what it really is , a trap that always backfires on GBP SMH!!!

Canelo would beat Lara. Why have they ducked him like 4 or 5 times in a row then??

It's a sad state of affairs when you come up the hard way and still cannot get a shot. He's beat everyone who they put infront of him, he's faced everyone who was being ducked but still no shot. It makes me sick. When Mayweather and Canelo fight what's going to happen to the regular WBA belt? I think its mostly because of his ameateur background , they know someone like that would make canelo ,ishe smith, and cotto look average or maybe worst..

Lara is #11 at 154 lbs. He still needs to beat 2-3 more top 10 guys to move up. Let's get Lara vs Kirkland next,relax with the Floyd /Canelo ****e. Lara lost to Paul Williams(record says loss ,lol),Carlos Moilna (only his family had him in a draw in that one,he lost), and he lost to Vanes(the partiallly scored round saved him there after he butted Vanes).Lara has 1 impressive win (Angulo) and 2-3 wins over top 30-35 guys like : Hearns and Fernandez. My top 10 at 154 right now: 1 Floyd 2 Canelo 3 Trout 4 Cotto 5 Molina...he beat Lara..great resume 6 K9..former world champ with pretty good resume 7 Ishe Smith..world champ..better competition 8 Kirkland 31-1 w/ 27 KO. I think he KTFO's Lara in less than 3 if he trains. 9 Vanes M (32-0)..and he was beating Lara handidly 10 Zaurbek Baysangurov (28-1)...he looked terrible vs K9 but is fighting Andrade soon,we'll all see if he is deserving or not. :boxing::boxing::boxing: Lara, #11? "K-9", #6? C'mon. Erislandy is top-five. I can see why you'd think he lost to Molina; but it was a close fight, and not just one his "family" thought he won. A draw was a fair decision. It can be argued more strongly that Lara beat Martirosyan than the other way around. And please, don't even bring up the Williams "loss," even in jest.

He would probably fight Canelo if Canelo loses to Mayweather. But then again his profile is so low that GBP might not want to risk him fighting Canelo in case he beats Canelo. I think when "Canelo" loses to Floyd, a Lara fight is likely to happen. The whole reason Alvarez hasn't fought a guy like Erislandy yet is because of a Mayweather fight. I was surprised they allowed Saul to fight Trout. I suppose his people were that confident.

Lara certainly deserves a title shot. If Floyd wins then Lara will be the #1 contender for the new Jr. Jr. middleweight 152 pound world title.