Erislandy Lara vs Antonio Margarito

[SlySlickSmooth]

Antonio Margarito (07/08) vs today's Erislandy Lara

Lara has a 75" reach at 5'9"
Margarito has a 72" reach at 5'11"

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Antonio Margarito (07/08) vs today's Erislandy Lara

Lara has a 75" reach at 5'9"
Margarito has a 72" reach at 5'11"

lara whoops his ass.

[The Problem Child]

Margarito stops him, no doubt about it.

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[MikeRo1972]

Lara shuts him out. Wraps and all Margarito doesn't win a single round.

[damit305]

Margarito stops him, no doubt about it.

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Yup, any mindless brawler would stop Lara dur. Only people with sense in the ring like Golovkin would possibly pull off the win. I mean the guy fights nothing but the absolute best! All want to fight Golovkin :boobies:. Lara is the ONLY one ducking!

[Exciterx30]

The logical answer, based on skills, is Erislandy Lara. However, Angulo is like a generic version of Margarito and everyone saw how "life and death" that fight was.

I think Margarito has the intangibles, I am not even thinking about any possible plaster or whatever, and the sheer will to overcome his limitations. Logic says that Lara wins but if I was going to bet, I guess I would go for Antonio.

[thuggery]

Tony walks him down and drops him in the 9th for good.

[MikeRo1972]

Yup, any mindless brawler would stop Lara dur. Only people with sense in the ring like Golovkin would possibly pull off the win. I mean the guy fights nothing but the absolute best! All want to fight Golovkin :boobies:. Lara is the ONLY one ducking!

WTF are you talking about?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/erislan...0388--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.

[-Kev-]

Margarito was a bit dangerous at 147 depending on the style put in front of him. Williams beat him in his prime in a clear 7-5 win, past prime Mosley won every round and destroyed him coming off the best win of his career against Cotto, and Mosley coming off a poor performance against Mayorga. That was at 147. At 154, Daniel Santos gave Margarito a lot of trouble and Marg didn't really look like the killer he was at 147 and 154.

Lara defeats Margarito fairly easily. ******ed fans will come up with Angulo KD's, a legit 154 pounder, to show an example on why Margarito, a career WW, beats Lara. But that's part of ******Scene.

[damit305]

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WTF are you talking about?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/erislan...0388--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.

Sorry bro, completely dismissed any credibility in that article as soon as I saw "Yahoo"