Is anyone else tired of this whiny entitled guy who seemingly can't appreciate how above and beyond Golden Boy has done for a guy who's style, appearance and uncanny ability to lay an egg when it matters most has done for him. Looking at the stable of fighters Golden Boy - it's hard to find many other fighters they've gone out of their way for. Now, he's involved in one of the largest fights of the year - and he's still whining.
I mean lets be real - it takes more than just being an average-to-good boxer to be marketable.
-He speaks ZERO english - but wants to be on American TV
-He's butt ugly - let's be honest, if you have a face fit for Radio, and not TV - then you'll be a hard sell. You don't need to be the next member of N'Sync, but a modicum of decent looks helps propel someone. And not just in boxing - but all sorts of TV entertainment, from NFL to Hollywood.
-Small base of fans -- Boxing is already a niche sport at this point. I mean the average non-PPV show on HBO and Showtime can draw around 700-1.5M viewers. That's on the "free" TV. PPV is smaller unless Manny or PBF are fighting. Within' that relatively small amount of dedicated boxing fans - Cuban Americans don't seem to be out in force like say Mexicans or Ricans - or say the Euro fans for their fighters. It's just a small market and everyone is trying for a tiny peice of the pie. He literally does nothing else to separate himself from the pack.
- "Style" -- Granted - he's a decent boxer. He's not great, but he's not bad. But overall, he usually has a safety first approach to the sweet science, which is all in well - so how does he attempt to stand out from the pack? He's not the type to go in for the kill when he can, so it's not like fans can expect a finishing attempt from him.
- ZERO charisma -- so, he's ugly, doesn't speak english, has a boxing style that requires a come forward fighter with zero defense to make it engaging for him and on top of all that, he has ZERO personality. He's not an engaging personality. Remember the press conference for Canelo he tried to 'crash'? He looked like a fan begging for an autograph, instead of demanding a fight. It was sad.
And finally - lets just be real about his run of top opposition and this "murderer's row"
-Carlos Molina - he drops a dud and gets a draw
-Paul Williams - a guy who was crushed by Sergio - seemingly shot and he takes an L - which admittingly, he should have narrowly won. But still - P.Will at this point was just through some wars.
- he fights two cans, back to back in unengaging affairs; then
-V. Martiyosan - another big step up fight - another dud from Lara
-Angulo - gets dropped, on his way to an L - but thankfully Angulo breaks from an injury.
-Trout - so Lara finally has a good performance, in like two years at the upper echelon. So in two years, he finally has a full performance against a good fighter
And the dude then gets rewarded for that performance with a Canelo fight.
So tell me again why he's whining? He got his big fight from the only decent performance he's put on - instead of whining - he should be on his knees slurping the boxing gods that he's getting a big check from the a**whipping he's in line to receive
Does anyone else agree? Thoughts
If TL:DR
Lara is vastly overrated and has only ever dropped duds. He finally has a big win and now gets his shot. He has zero market appeal - just shut up and be happy that you got the big fight - go perform.
Lara does come across as an idiot, living off the reputation of that solid performance against P Will, a fight which honestly could have gone either way.
Since then he got caught by one of the slowest fighters ever, multiple times and barely got through it. This was supposed to be a fight in which all his skills were supposed to give him a showcase victory.
Outside of that, he has provided dud after dud after dud.
But the kid has good skills and speed and is rangy enough to do well. He just needs to prove it.
What?????????
With this post, you've proven that you're indeed a survivor...of a traumatic brain injury.
LOL that was funny
buy ya know what they say
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Narrowly? He beat the living sh*t out of Williams and on his way to an L against Angulo? He was ahead and boxing his ears off throughout. Angulo had very little success but the two knockdowns.
Unlike most pure boxers Lara actually gets knockouts and scores knockdowns. How can people say he is boring? The only time he was boring was against Vanes and Molina - two guys nobody has ever looked good against.
Lara is vastly overrated and has only ever dropped duds as opposed to Canelo who dropped a real murderers row of opponents in Matthew Hatton, Cotto's little brother, shot Cintron, Ryan Rhodes etc
Its weird people knock his resume - The man has about 20 fights and has already fought Vanes, Williams, Angulo, Trout, Molina and soon to be Canelo. Who else is fighting that comp in so few pro fights?
Lara is everything that is right with boxing and one of the few who have never cherrypicked or ducked anybody. Would it hurt to give the guy just a little respect?
Dan with the ether. All good points.
I'm 100% confident that Canelo will viciously put a beating on Lara. Canelo TKO10
I don't disagree.
Canelo has a equally great chance at winning as well. Toss up fight imo. Just glad that Canelo is stepping it up and Lara is getting his shot.
Lara does come across as an idiot, living off the reputation of that solid performance against P Will, a fight which honestly could have gone either way.
Since then he got caught by one of the slowest fighters ever, multiple times and barely got through it. This was supposed to be a fight in which all his skills were supposed to give him a showcase victory.
Outside of that, he has provided dud after dud after dud.
But the kid has good skills and speed and is rangy enough to do well. He just needs to prove it.
With this post, you've proven that you're indeed a survivor...of a traumatic brain injury.
Lara does come across as an idiot, living off the reputation of that solid performance against P Will, a fight which honestly could have gone either way.
Since then he got caught by one of the slowest fighters ever, multiple times and barely got through it. This was supposed to be a fight in which all his skills were supposed to give him a showcase victory.
Outside of that, he has provided dud after dud after dud.
But the kid has good skills and speed and is rangy enough to do well. He just needs to prove it.
^^^^^^^^This X1000000000
Lara does come across as an idiot, living off the reputation of that solid performance against P Will, a fight which honestly could have gone either way.
Since then he got caught by one of the slowest fighters ever, multiple times and barely got through it. This was supposed to be a fight in which all his skills were supposed to give him a showcase victory.
Outside of that, he has provided dud after dud after dud.
But the kid has good skills and speed and is rangy enough to do well. He just needs to prove it.
Lara has been the mandatory for the WBC belt for like 2 years. He fought 2 or 3 "eliminators" while Alvarez got to do whatever the hell he wanted.
Lara has a right to be bitter.
Yeah, there are plenty of things I can say about the original post, some of them even in agreement, but the above is pretty blatant. Lara-Williams was one of the worst robberies in recent memory. It was a one-sided win for Landy. No question about it. I was amongst the many (I'm sure) that complained to the NJSAC about the decision. Judges don't get suspended (how often do you even hear of that?) because of a "narrow" decision.
Oh shit, I forgot about that :lol1: Close decision my ass.
not everyone can be as pretty as Leon Spinks
Well, he was a once in a generation beauty.
De LA Hoya gets so much play from both aisles in his current form, imagine with the exquisite looks of Spinks. No hooker would be safe
I have to agree with OP, Lara has had nearly the same opportunities, they even fed him Paul Williams after he got brutally KO'ed(one of the worst KO's in history, sorry Paul).
What Lara is mad about is that no one likes to watch his boring style. And i could see why he's so frusterated, the man is plain boring to watch.
Narrowly? He beat the living sh*t out of Williams
I'm surprised no one picked up on that sooner, actually. That was one of the worst decisions in boxing around that time, from what I remember. Lara clearly won :lol1:
Yeah, there are plenty of things I can say about the original post, some of them even in agreement, but the above is pretty blatant. Lara-Williams was one of the worst robberies in recent memory. It was a one-sided win for Landy. No question about it. I was amongst the many (I'm sure) that complained to the NJSAC about the decision. Judges don't get suspended (how often do you even hear of that?) because of a "narrow" decision.
Narrowly? He beat the living sh*t out of Williams
I'm surprised no one picked up on that sooner, actually. That was one of the worst decisions in boxing around that time, from what I remember. Lara clearly won :lol1:
Don't know who will win but Lara deserves credit for chasing elite fighters like Mayweather, GGG and Canelo. At least Canelo eventually took the fight.
no dude just no...suggest strongly that u delete this shiet thread, ur boxing acumen tsking a blow right now... especially that Lara has a great opportunity to come out victorious!
I'm 100% confident that Canelo will viciously put a beating on Lara. Canelo TKO10
Just for the record I don't think that Lara is ugly or dull. His looks are fine and he is an exciting fighter with a straight left that come out of nowhere like a cobra strike. He beat Angulo fairly and would have won on points if the fight had gone the distance and he was badly robbed in the loss to Williams.
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