Why is Erislandy Lara known as the guy nobody wants to fight?

[-Kev-]

same reason GGG, and Thurman are...people on the internet love to hype people up

Thurman doesn't get much hype. Who's his fanbase? I don't really see any Thurman hype.

[BendOver]

It is quite simple, non-commercial style and his defensive minded ways make for a difficult fight. Not a recognizable name in the public eye so it's a lose-lose situation for any top fighter.

Top fighters do not want to face runners without name.

By now a lot of fans knows who Lara is, and his last two fights had being a pleasure to watch, then again haters are going to hate...

[Luilun]

Truthfull question here folks...
i must have missed all the hype surrounding him, but why exactly is it that nobody wants to fight him? I'm readin names like GGG, Canelo, this one, that one.... whats the deal here?

Because they will lose

[CubanGuyNYC]

Because he has similar style to Mayweather, Hopkins, Ward, Forrest, A. Dirrell but doesn't bring in big money or fanbase.

With that said, he's done very well for himself as far getting the best opponents possible.

Williams
Trout
Molina
Martirosyan
Angulo

And make no mistake about it, the guy is lined up to fight Canelo if he beats Angulo, Haymon will make sure of that.

I think you're right, Kev...and Landy has already gotten loads of opportunities for a guy with 22 professional bouts.

[JBell11]

Truthfull question here folks...
i must have missed all the hype surrounding him, but why exactly is it that nobody wants to fight him? I'm readin names like GGG, Canelo, this one, that one.... whats the deal here?

Simply, risk vs reward - not many fighters want to fight a very difficult fight if they really have to - especially if there is not much monetary gain (i.e., butts in seats and to an extent viewership). The more diehard fan would watch but it's really dependent upon the numbers of the masses.

UNtil Lara starts acting like a fool and draws more attention to himself and start popping off then he'd probably be more inticing (I'm being sarcastic).

[Rocky_Balboa89]

He's probably the best at 154.

I would favor him to beat Floyd to be honest.

Wow.. that's a pretty big thing to say man!
To be honest i haven't seen any of his fights yet so first thing i'ma do is watch the Angulo fight, see whats up with him.

[BendOver]

vanes molina and angulo want the rematch but he doesn't so its all bull

vanes doesn't want $h1t he was on his way to get ktfo tha's why he quit and when the rematch was ordered he balk out, molina and Lara shared the same manager and they both wants to face each other but to cubas doesn't any sense now and el perro quit, but if he wins against ginger Lara will kick the crap out of him again...

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

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Originally Posted by .:: JSFD26 ::.

GBP isn't doing **** for Lara. The 'most feared' title came from the fans, not the promoter. GBP will never hype up Lara as long as Canelo is around.


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I think GBP is doing what they can. I don't think any promotional company will heavily invest in hyping Lara to the US public given his nationality, language barrier, and fighting style.

A Canelo fight would be ideal. I agree they are going to wait a while. Even when they finally do it you can bet it will be in Texas with open scoring, which will hurt Lara the way it did Trout.

Doing what they can? Like what? Like **** coming out bashing Lara Arum style?

Its been Lara and his manager doing all the hyping. Zilch from GBP.


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[AddiX]

LAra is more like the figure I don't want to watch.

I can honestly care less if I never see this dude fight again.

[Beercules]

Wow.. that's a pretty big thing to say man!
To be honest i haven't seen any of his fights yet so first thing i'ma do is watch the Angulo fight, see whats up with him.

Yeah Floyd hits just as hard as Angulo!


Floyd will knock Lara down then out!