Comments Thread For: Danny Garcia on Erislandy Lara: 'He wants my name, I want his title'

[brettWall]

Funny that Swift Garcia is saying this when he was the first one to mention Lara's name. Of course, Lara and Decubas were happy and salivating when they heard your call. Aussie fighter Zerafa just got in the way.

[Boxing2695]

One fight in two years and never fought at middleweight but gets a shot at that world title.. the middleweight division is so dead

[CubanGuyNYC]

Lara wants his name. Haha That’s a good one. I have a feeling we’re going to see the heavy-handed version of Landy in this one. I don’t think Garcia sees the final bell.

[brettWall]

Good to hear stories like these. lucky he has a smart lady. He's set for life.

It's true. Lara was getting a cool $1 mil per fight after his fight with Canelo regardless of who he fights such as the likes of now retired Rodriguez, Zaveck, Martirosyan, Foreman, etc. You know, Decubas his manager knows how to talk to Haymon. He set it all up for Lara. $1 million is huge at that time and still is. So much so that it infuriated his stable mate and gym-mate Jermall Charlo when he was asked to fight J-Rock, which Jermall took a long time to accept. He wanted the same paycheck like Lara was getting. He didn't get it, but still accepted it and reluctantly so. All these things are saved in the ram memory of my brain with trillions of gigabytes in capacity. They'll never go away.

[CubanGuyNYC]

It's true. Lara was getting a cool $1 mil per fight after his fight with Canelo regardless of who he fights such as the likes of now retired Rodriguez, Zaveck, Martirosyan, Foreman, etc. You know, Decubas his manager knows how to talk to Haymon. He set it all up for Lara. $1 million is huge at that time and still is. So much so that it infuriated his stable mate and gym-mate Jermall Charlo when he was asked to fight J-Rock, which Jermall took a long time to accept. He wanted the same paycheck like Lara was getting. He didn't get it, but still accepted it and reluctantly so. All these things are saved in the ram memory of my brain with trillions of gigabytes in capacity. They'll never go away.

It’s sad, but all you ever hear about are the huge numbers that fighters like Canelo and their opponents get. The average boxer literally makes peanuts. Lara is very fortunate he’s been able to make a serious living at this sport. It’s not like he has a real fan base or an entertaining style, either.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Lara ended up having the best career in the prior batch of Cubans

Everyone was betting on masterful Rigo or the flashy Gamboa

but the 1-2-1 guru Lara pulled it off

I remember when all three started their pro careers. The least impressive one was Lara, and I therefore figured he’d do the least well. Goes to show that you never can tell, no matter how convinced you may be.

[wrecksracer]

Garcia didn't carry his punch up from 140 to 147. He has no business fighting at 160. I think Lara is going to slaughter him.

[SouthpawRight]

I remember when all three started their pro careers. The least impressive one was Lara, and I therefore figured he’d do the least well. Goes to show that you never can tell, no matter how convinced you may be.

Lara has the most heart and is the toughest of the three despite costing himself rounds and fights with outright running

He is the biggest dog of the trio. A strong willed guy who will stand his ground and fight if pressed

the other two were more physically gifted but god gave Lara the most mental strength

[Knuckle sandwich]

These old fellas are still fighting, i will watch this in black and white.

[1Eriugenus]

'Lara ended up having the best career in the prior batch of Cubans. Everyone was betting on masterful Rigo or the flashy Gamboa but the 1-2-1 guru Lara pulled it off'

Rigondeaux unquestionably has achieved the most of those 3 in the ring, but, yeah, fair play to Lara & DeCubas if he has done best financially.