What's next for Lara?

[Rome-By-Ko]

Josesito is more known than Lara. And besides times change. This year Canelos on the cusps of stardom and Lara isnt. All Lara has to do is keep winning fights and Canelo would have no choice but to give Lara his shot.

He was also a WW,and a clearly smaller man..I get what ya saying overall,and yes if Lara continues to win he will eventually get his shot..I'm just saying does that sound right to you??I believe Lara is ready and deserving right now..After the Mayweather fight,he should get a shot at the winner or loser of that fight..

[Rome-By-Ko]

Bump thread..

[MikeRo1972]

I actually bumped into Lara last month while on vacation at a resort in the Dominican Republic. First of all, really cool dude. Very fan friendly. Well, I asked him what's on deck and he said he wanted Cotto next and his management was negotiating with 3 fighters. Cotto, "a European", and Ishe Smith. I had to break it to him that it looked like Delvin or K9 was getting the payday and he seemed really salty about it. I don't know who he was referring to when he said "a european" but I recommended to him to go after Ishe's weak strap. I also told him I thought it was BS how his own promoter has been keeping him from Canelo and how in house fights are so simple to make they are obviously protecting Canelo. He just shrugged it off and said he really wanted Cotto.

[techliam]

Let him give Canelo his 2nd loss after Mayweather

[techliam]

I actually bumped into Lara last month while on vacation at a resort in the Dominican Republic. First of all, really cool dude. Very fan friendly. Well, I asked him what's on deck and he said he wanted Cotto next and his management was negotiating with 3 fighters. Cotto, "a European", and Ishe Smith. I had to break it to him that it looked like Delvin or K9 was getting the payday and he seemed really salty about it. I don't know who he was referring to when he said "a european" but I recommended to him to go after Ishe's weak strap. I also told him I thought it was BS how his own promoter has been keeping him from Canelo and how in house fights are so simple to make they are obviously protecting Canelo. He just shrugged it off and said he really wanted Cotto.

Hmm interesting. The only European that means anything at 154 is probably Zaurbeck Baysangurov who holds the WBO strap

[MikeRo1972]

My takeaway from our conversation was that he wanted the Cotto payday (and easy win). And in lieu of that opportunity he wants a strap/any strap to at least give him a bargaining chip to get a name fighter in the ring.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I actually bumped into Lara last month while on vacation at a resort in the Dominican Republic. First of all, really cool dude. Very fan friendly. Well, I asked him what's on deck and he said he wanted Cotto next and his management was negotiating with 3 fighters. Cotto, "a European", and Ishe Smith. I had to break it to him that it looked like Delvin or K9 was getting the payday and he seemed really salty about it. I don't know who he was referring to when he said "a european" but I recommended to him to go after Ishe's weak strap. I also told him I thought it was BS how his own promoter has been keeping him from Canelo and how in house fights are so simple to make they are obviously protecting Canelo. He just shrugged it off and said he really wanted Cotto.

Landy must be a pretty cool guy; it looks like he spent quite a bit of time shooting the shit with you. The "European" Lara mentioned must not be very well known, otherwise he would've referred to him by name.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Hmm interesting. The only European that means anything at 154 is probably Zaurbeck Baysangurov who holds the WBO strap

lmao This must be the guy. I wouldn't expect Lara to remember this name.

[MikeRo1972]

Landy must be a pretty cool guy; it looks like he spent quite a bit of time shooting the shit with you. The "European" Lara mentioned must not be very well known, otherwise he would've referred to him by name.

Actually it was only about 10 mins. We were both at a bar waiting to be seated to eat dinner. He was with family and I didn't want to be a groupie. We took a couple of pics and it was a wrap. Like I said, really cool humble dude.

[Thickback]

Canelo's mandatory he's been dodging for quite some time. Golden Boy hates he beat Angulo because they can't keep him shelved and quite while Canelo gets the big opportunity to fight Floyd.

Trout is definitely the most logical option. Definitely could be a decent fight since Trout hasn't been in a bad fight since drastically stepping up his competition against Cotto & Canelo. Lara also has the confidence of hurting/stopping a tough guy like Anglo so I think he will be more aggressive and have better fights.

If he beats Trout he's definitely logically next for Canelo/Floyd as the next best contender at 154. Cotto/Lara would be badass though.

Lara would beat Cotto easily imo. And would likely stop him. If Cotto beats Delvin, this would be a good exposure fight for Lara. I'd like to see him fight Kirkland if he gets back in the ring. If Canelo loses to Floyd, which I expect, Lara-Canelo is well overdue and would be a great one.