Erislandy Lara: record, next fight and profile →
WBA super welterweight titlist Brian Castano is nearing his first U.S. main event and talked about how training camp has gone so far as he prepares to face former world champion Erislandy Lara on Saturday, March 2 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) went 3-0 in 2018 in becoming the first unified cruiserweight champion in the four-belt era. What’s more, Usyk did it by winning each of his fights on the road. In January 2017, Usyk beat Mairis Briedis, in Riga, Latvia, Briedis’ hometown, by majority decision. In July, he beat Murat Gassiev in Moscow to unify all four title belts, by unanimous decision, and in November he smoked Tony Bellew in eight.
Former 154-pound world champion Erislandy Lara seeks to return to the championship ranks when the Cuban star challenges undefeated contender Brian Castaño for his WBA Super Welterweight World Championship on Saturday, March 2 live on SHOWTIME and presented by Premier Boxing Champions from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara called Canelo Alvarez a “better fighter” than Jarrett Hurd, gave the nod to Jermall Charlo over Gennady Golovkin in a 160-pound clash, and insisted he deserved the verdict in each of his split-decision losses to Alvarez and Hurd during a recent interview with BoxingScene.com.
Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara has “a must-win fight” with Argentina’s WBA “regular” 154-pound champion Brian Carlos Castano, a hammer-fisted 29-year-old brawler he could meet in an early spring bout confirmed to be in the works by their respective mangers, Sebastian Contursi and Luis DeCubas Jr.
Just like that, Houston is once again devoid of a world titleholder as the two boxers who held alphabet belts were dethroned in 2018, both somewhat controversially. Their defeats are detailed in the Fight of the Year and Upset of the Year awards. For the first time in three years the Fighter of the Year award goes to a boxer who does not share identical DNA with anyone. Trainer of the Year for 2018 ended up in a tie.
On the heels of breaking away from the World Boxing Council and their Clean Boxing Program, former junior middleweight world champion Erislandy Lara has made a request to VADA [Voluntary Anti-Doping Association] to take part in 365 testing through the WBA's Fair Boxing Program.
Luis DeCubas Jr., manager of former unified junior middleweight world champion Erislandy Lara, has rejected various claims being made by the World Boxing Council. On Tuesday, the WBC began circulating what DeCubas called "inaccurate information" regarding his fighter.
Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara still believes that he deserved to win a 154-pound unification bout against Jarrett Hurd in April at Barclays Center in New York, despite being floored in the final round by “Swift” Hurd, whose split-decision victory added Lara’s WBA “super” world championship to the IBF version Hurd already owned.
Argentina’s Brian Carlos Castano and Cuban southpaw Erislandy Lara will be coming from opposite spectrums should they clash for Castano’s WBA “regular” junior middleweight world title in a January bout confirmed to be in the works by their respective mangers, Sebastian Contursi and Luis DeCubas Jr.