That's right, Juan "The Hispanic Causin' Panic" Lazcano will be facing "Vicious" Vivian Harris in March as a WBC eliminator for the belt currently held by Junior Witter.
You guys will remember that Witter beat Corley for the vacant title, left when Mayweather moved up to 147 pounds.
Normally, the top two fighters fight an elimination but since the top two rated by the WBC are Castillo and Ngoudjo, and they are facing each other to see who will fight Ricky Hatton for the WBA belt, the WBC has decided to sanction the third- and fourth-rated fighters as the eliminator.
This should be a good fight. Lazcano was considered the best at 135 until losing to Jose Luis Castillo (no shame in that) on the DLH - Sturm undercard in June 04. He has since moved to 140 and kept active with the likes of Courtney Burton, Ben Tackie, and Manuel Guarnica. Now he'll have to face a puncher with a long reach in Harris. If he can get inside, look for Lazcano to punish that body and win by decision. If Harris can pop the jab all night, look for him to win a boring UD.
You guys will remember that Witter beat Corley for the vacant title, left when Mayweather moved up to 147 pounds.
Normally, the top two fighters fight an elimination but since the top two rated by the WBC are Castillo and Ngoudjo, and they are facing each other to see who will fight Ricky Hatton for the WBA belt, the WBC has decided to sanction the third- and fourth-rated fighters as the eliminator.
This should be a good fight. Lazcano was considered the best at 135 until losing to Jose Luis Castillo (no shame in that) on the DLH - Sturm undercard in June 04. He has since moved to 140 and kept active with the likes of Courtney Burton, Ben Tackie, and Manuel Guarnica. Now he'll have to face a puncher with a long reach in Harris. If he can get inside, look for Lazcano to punish that body and win by decision. If Harris can pop the jab all night, look for him to win a boring UD.
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