Erislandy Lara: record, next fight and profile →
by Cliff Rold - The first fight ended with the score all tied after nine, a cut forcing an early end after nine rounds. To many observers, it appeared Cuba’s Erislandy Lara had done more than enough to win what was not the most crowd-pleasing of affairs. The judges disagreed. Now, an unlikely rematch headlines as the...
Photos of Lara-Vanes, Charlo-Trout, Charlo-Jackson Weighin. In what the network has suggested as - or at least hopes to be - the starting point of an unofficial tournament, all fighters made weight for the Showtime-televised trio of title fights, which airs live from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In what the network has suggested as - or at least hopes to be - the starting point of an unofficial tournament, all fighters made weight for the Showtime-televised trio of title fights, which airs live from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the show, Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan meet in a rematch to their inconclusive Nov. '12 clash. Lara (22-2-2, 13KOs) - a Cuban defector who now trains out of Houston, Texas - checked in at 153.75 for the fourth attempted defense of his version of the super welterweight crown. Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21KOs) - a 2008 U.S. Olympian from California by way of Armenia - was slightly lighter at 153.5 lbs.
Vanes Martirosyan Interview - LAS VEGAS - The six elite 154-pound fighters competing on Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader went face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Photos by Stephanie Trapp.
Erislandy Lara Interview - LAS VEGAS - The six elite 154-pound fighters competing on Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader went face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Photos by Stephanie Trapp.
Lara vs. Vanes Final Presser - LAS VEGAS - The six elite 154-pound fighters competing on Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader went face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS - The six elite 154-pound fighters competing on Saturday's SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader went face-to-face for the first time Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring live on SHOWTIME from The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS - Fight week kicked off Wednesday with media workouts at the UNLV Boxing Gym for the six fighters competing in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader of 154-pound world title fights this Saturday, May 21 from The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Jermall Charlo couldn’t have had a better ally than Erislandy Lara while training for his fight against Austin Trout. Charlo and Lara are trained by Ronnie Shields in Houston. As they prepared for their important fights Saturday night, Lara was able to tell Charlo plenty of things the unbeaten IBF junior middleweight champion thinks will help him defeat Trout at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas (Showtime; 9 p.m. ET).
Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara have very different opinions of what occurred during their first fight as their rematch nears. Martirosyan thinks he was winning their November 2012 bout, which was scored a technical draw after a cut over Martirosyan’s left eye caused referee Jay Nady to stop their scheduled 12-rounder 26 seconds into the ninth round. Martirosyan’s cut was caused by an accidental head-butt, which was why the fight went to the scorecards when Martirosyan couldn’t continue.