Comments Thread For: Schaefer is Proud of Lara, But Admits He's a Tough Sell

[MASTER1454]

A promoter's job is to promote his fighters & if he can't then leave the business....

goldenboy and the WBC has been doing everything that they can to keep lara from fighting alvarez. 4 straight eliminators. and was talking about matching lara with cotto with the angulo fight pending. tough sell or not. lara should get his shot at alvarez after alavrez loses to mayweather.

Only thing is that if Canelo loses to Floyd, there's no belt to be won.....

and what the hell makes you think lara's weak chin has a chance against canelo? he proved **** against a standing punching bag

^^^This BS......

First time getting knocked down and now he has a weak chin?

Kids say the darndest things......

no hate what has this guy done that makes him so great? drawing molina? drawing vanes?losing to paul williams? without that thumb angulo was on the verge of knocking him out. Canelo would destroy this guy ..I just dont want to read people accusing ginger of "ducking" a man who is not even on his level

So, then why make Lara jump through hoops before he fights him (IF HE EVER does)? And for the record, if he lost to P-Will, then why did the NJ State Athletic Comm. bar the 3 judges indefinitely? And there was no thumb, stop lying.....

Doesn't matter if Lara wins or loses, he deserves a shot at Canelo.

+1....

This is discouraging. These guys need to stop looking at Cuban fighters as tough sells and start putting in the time and effort that they do with clowns like Khan, Canelo, and Berto. I'm sure that Rigo, Lara, Matthysse -- all these guys that don't speak a lick of English have really intriguing back stories that can interest the casual sports fan. Pathetic. If these so called promoters think they're the goods, prove it.

Then they would actually have to work - not happening......

Hard to sell or not doesn't mean you have to neglect the guy. You had him fighting in Missi-fkin-ssippi not to long ago. WTF is a Cuban doing fighting over there?


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Uhh, ********? ;-)

Most people and myself of course apreciate tough fights with big hard punches, trading, knockdowns on both sides, just a real war. But i think people should also apreciate masterfull boxing performances like Rigo vs. Donaire. But i think Lara is not on the same level as Rigo is. I mean he almost lost to Angulo, he was close before getting stopped himself. He had big trouble keeping a hard hitting but unskilled and slow opponent away from him. I dont think he could beat Alvarez.

The only way to find out is for them to fight......

Schaefer doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. If Lara was to be promoted properly, eventually he would sell. Long ago the same was said about Mayweather and we all know how that turned out.

Translation: We won't be doing Lara vs Canelo anytime soon.

But I agree with Schaefer. That kind of hit and run style of fighting will ruin anyone's shiny record. High risk, low reward. Most casual fans can't stomach that kind of boring style. I'd be ****** to fight Lara if I were Canelo. I'd avoid a rematch with Rigo if I were Donaire. Let him gloat with his win all he wants. It's not worth it. Casuals would even thank you for it. Such fights are a royal waste of time.

So you condone cherry-picking? Wait, don't answer that.......

Canelo is not even a pressure fighter. The audience will end up throwing bottles of beer in this fight.

Canelo fights in spurts because he has no wind. Put that with him having to find his target, & he'll gas by the 5th round.....

That's a valid point, but the facts point that Canelo's never been on the canvas, plus the kid is 22, and every boxer that steps into the ring with him get hurt, the exception being Mosley, but you know what Mosley's legendary chin is made of.

But I'm on that I'd like to see Canelo vs Lara after the Floyd fight.

Almost every fighter that steps into the ring with him is either underweight or shot, so that's bound to happen....

The same way he was too skilled for Molina, and too skilled for flat-footed punchin bag Angulo, yet he got knocked down twice, no valid argument.

He made Angulo quit - END OF ARGUMENT......

I dare you to fight with an orbital bone broken, guess you must be a keyboard warrior who never been into a real fight, you know how painful it is?
dude, I've had stitches on half my mouth, and other swollen areas of my face, but orbital bone broken is as painful as you can imagine, don't say bull****.

Now, did Angulo do that all by himself?

Does anyone think that is unprofessional, for lack of a better word, for Schaefer to go and practically announce that his fighter his not exciting and isn't what fans want to see?

I mean he didn't sugar coat it or anything. He just came out and said let's not BS each other the guy's not exciting.

WTF?! You're his promoter. Say something else positive then to drum up interest in the guy. Like how he got up twice from being floored by one of the hardest hitters in the division.

What he said was the truth in a way, and sums up what a lot of people think about Lara/THAT style of boxing. But he still has a commitment to the fighter to sell him to the public.

I agree - Schafer's a douche. He's mad that Lara messed up his $$$. If as a promoter, you can't or won't do your job, you should:

1. release that fighter from their contract and,
2. quit the business because you ain't shyte....

Good Article!!!! There is nothing wrong with what Schafer said here, because it was absolutely the truth weather some people want to acknowledge it or not.

The fight was excitting, but it was excitingg because of Anguko pushing the action, not because of Lara. Lara would have been content to throw a punch and run arounf the ring.

He isn't easy to sale to the casual fan because of his style.

Yes there is - Schafer basically said he can't do his job. If there's nothing wrong with that, then I have a bridge I'd like to sell you.....

It's funny how if this was Khan,Canelo,Pacquiao or Ortiz etc. They have weak chins, but Lara gets rocked twice, and he has heart and he showed ability to recover.

It's funny how depending on who the fighter is he's either gutsy or weak chinned.

Khan - KTFO
Canelo - rocked by a smaller fighter
Pacquaio - planked
Ortiz - quit, not once, but TWICE

Great examples!

[SkillspayBills]

Getting dropped and fully recovering against one of the biggest punchers in the division = weak chin?

Goddamn the butthurt is strong with this one.

The butt hurt is

*Put's on sunglasses*

Way2strong

YEAHHHH!!!

[sicko]

People use a fighter "STYLE" as a way to be Politically Correct but a Cuban fighter is going to be a tough sell in America IN GENERAL regardless of their "STYLE"! Especially to the Conservative Casual Boxing Fans and we really don't need to get into WHY. Those are the same people who made a big deal about Beyonce and Jay Z visiting Cuba

[Cubanborn87]

no hate what has this guy done that makes him so great? drawing molina? drawing vanes?losing to paul williams? without that thumb angulo was on the verge of knocking him out. Canelo would destroy this guy ..I just dont want to read people accusing ginger of "ducking" a man who is not even on his level

did u really say losing to paul williams lol enough said next

[Mister Wolf]

two strikes against Lara. Number one he is black. Number two he doesnt speak english.

[Underboss]

Hard to sell or not doesn't mean you have to neglect the guy. You had him fighting in Missi-fkin-ssippi not to long ago. WTF is a Cuban doing fighting over there?

These Cuban boxers need better promoters. Fighting in cities where there aren't Latinos or people of his culture isn't going to help him at all.

[jai mari078]

two strikes against Lara. Number one he is black. Number two he doesnt speak english.

Ignorant Comment!!

[MikeRo1972]

It's funny how if this was Khan,Canelo,Pacquiao or Ortiz etc. They have weak chins, but Lara gets rocked twice, and he has heart and he showed ability to recover.

It's funny how depending on who the fighter is he's either gutsy or weak chinned.

Canelo got rocked by a career lightweight. Khan got KO'd by Prescott.... BREIDIS F'n PRESCOTT for crying out loud. Ortiz quit in the Maidana scrap. Lara on the other hand got KD'd by a relentless tank and proceeded to win the rounds immediately following his KDs. Apples and oranges.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Did I read that **** right, Lara has a weak chin? Lmao... Can't believe this place is a boxing forum with some of the comments I read.


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[Underboss]

two strikes against Lara. Number one he is black. Number two he doesnt speak english.

and 3..He's not Mexican.