Erislandy Lara vs Antonio Margarito

[John Locke]

Lara would've schooled Margarito.

[hhs661]

Lara plays with this guy for 12 rounds. Margarito was nothing above 147

[Mr.Fantastic]

Boring fight, style plays in favor on Lara. That's who I would of had my money on.

[dan_cov]

@ the poll

Lara doesn't lose a round.

[toshmurph]

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WTF are you talking about?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/erislandy-lara-calls-gennady-golovkin-bluff-gets-turned-172300388--box.html

This assessment could've been proven wrong had Erislandy Lara had his way.

"How about you @gggboxing me fight you anytime! #badboyvsgoodboy," Lara wrote on his personal Twitter account.

The Cuban star's willingness to fight Golovkin was confirmed shortly after by his manager, Luis DeCubas Jr.:

"Yes. I spoke to Lara today and he wants to fight GGG," DeCubas told Boxingscene. "He feels they are both the most feared guys in boxing so why not fight each other."

The match-up would involve the junior middleweight Lara moving up one division and being allowed to leave Showtime for one bout in order to fight on Golovkin's home network of HBO. According to DeCubas, though, the network situation wouldn't be a deal-killing obstacle.

However, almost as soon as the story came out and fans began to pass the word, the idea was killed by Team Golovkin.

"He [Lara] is not approved by HBO and never on our radar, he should be calling out Quillin, if he wins, he becomes interesting," Golovkin's promoter Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions said via Twitter. "Lara fights on Showtime and had draws with Vanes and Molina, GGG vs Stevens=high ratings, who watches Lara? Lara fights on Showtime and is Jr Middle, why would he be on our radar?"

In other words, Golovkin will be refusing Lara for many of the same reasons others are refusing Golovkin. And to make matters worse Loeffler is brushing off the Lara challenge because Lara is a junior middleweight despite his guy having fought plenty of converted 154 lb. fighters.

Through this all, it should be clear to see that Team Golovkin, just like every other elite-level management team in the sport, is concerned with the risk to reward ratio when it comes to who their fighter will face.

Macho posturing aside, boxing is a business and even the most feared man in boxing is concerned with looking good against the right type of opponent.

Hmm, looks like some people can't comprehend even the least subtle of sarcasm...

[J The UnBiased]

I've always viewed Margarito as an unskilled, talent less fighter. His power comes from him never stopping. Never stopping isn't enough to beat the elite, which is why I've always said he'd lose every fight against an elite opponent. Outside of Cotto, but of course we can relay that to the hand wraps.

[J The UnBiased]

LOL is this seriously a question? Lara had fits against Freddy ****ing Hernandez, Lost to Molina, Goes life and death with Angulo, has to foul just to compete with vanes.

Margarito stops Lara without a Doubt!

Who has Margarito ever beaten????

[J The UnBiased]

I love these idiots overrating Margs.

Lets be honest, he was a decent fighter but very limited in numerous aspects.

Lara imo beats this mindless gutsy warrior. No inside strategy needed. He would simply be pick apart from the the outside. Easy win for Lara.

that's a stretch

[ramses07]

Tony never looked good at 154.

[DannYankee]

Margarito without plaster? Would get the other side of the orbital bone fked up.