Lara/Nelo/Ishe updates??

[garfios]

"A lot of people feel Lara is the best at 154 pounds after Floyd," Schaefer said. "Canelo said, 'That's the guy I want.' I presented other names to him. He didn't say yes and he didn't say no. But he kept saying, 'Get me Lara. That's what my fans want to see.' So I have begun negotiations with Team Lara. I've been working on it with [Lara adviser] Al [Haymon] and we have made an offer. We are going back and forth and my hope would be the negotiation could be concluded swiftly. We're a little bit apart but if everyone will give a little bit we can get this done.
Schaefer said he wants to get the fight wrapped up to allow ample time to plan and execute a media tour to promote the fight.
"Canelo would like to do a media tour," he said. "When you have more time to promote, you can do a bigger tour. He liked the media tour we did with Mayweather and the big crowds. He loves to embrace his fans and mingle with his fans and so he definitely would like to do a big press tour."
Lara has a title defense scheduled against former titleholder Ishe Smith (25-6, 11 KOs) on May 2 in Las Vegas. Schaefer said part of the negotiation he is having with Haymon to make Alvarez-Lara is what to do about Lara-Smith.
Most likely, Lara would pull out of the Smith fight, rather than risk losing or getting injured and also not leaving enough time to mount a serious promotion for the pay-per-view fight.
"We are talking about what we want to do," Schaefer said. "Would we pull him out to have him ready for the promotion? That's part of the negotiations and discussions. I can't tell you what's going to happen because I don't have it done. But if you want to put together a major pay-per-view, the dates are a bit too close."

from ESPN boxing site

in other words the fight gets done if they can pull out lara...

They know what to do, pay ishe and the Hard Rock Cafe and it i done

[Hougigo]

here is your answer:

RONNIE SHIELDS SAYS NO CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR LARA TO FIGHT CANELO; STILL TRAINING FOR ISHE SMITH

Don't expect them to sign one till after the fight

[brettWall]

Lara will have a hard time withdrawing from the Smith fight, I would assume.

[icha]

Lara will have a hard time withdrawing from the Smith fight, I would assume.

it was a dumb move by lara and his team to sign that contract before the canelo-angulo fight... he could have signed a week before the fight and no ones gives a sçhiet about that fight...

[garfios]

it was a dumb move by lara and his team to sign that contract before the canelo-angulo fight... he could have signed a week before the fight and no ones gives a sçhiet about that fight...

you do realize that they being asking for the fight for two years now, and that gbp was in agreement with the ishe fight so by all accounts they didn't know that ginger will change his tune and he did it after Lara-ishe was signed, why he didn't told at the press conference yes I'll fight you in July? ginger didn't give a hint that he will consider it, what was Lara supossed to do, wait for ginger to find his balls?

[285Kid]

Smith will be alright. He will get step aside money and a date with a network in the future to let Canelo/Lara happen. He'll probably be on the undercard fighting Charlo for the vacant IBF title, my guess.

Why is the IBF vacant? Molina can take the belt to mexico is a world title not usa title

[New England]

i'm glad that ishe made some money at the end of his career, but he's a boring fighter these days. he's just not that good.

i don't see the point in discussing him with the players in the division. if he gets a fight i'll watch it, but it's nothing to salivate over.

[jqSide]

I don't think Mayweather will just let the Smith/Lara fight get canceled without a fight. Remember that Floyd wanted Canelo in his undercard for his May fight. It didn't happen.

[Bigg Rigg]

you do realize that they being asking for the fight for two years now, and that gbp was in agreement with the ishe fight so by all accounts they didn't know that ginger will change his tune and he did it after Lara-ishe was signed, why he didn't told at the press conference yes I'll fight you in July? ginger didn't give a hint that he will consider it, what was Lara supossed to do, wait for ginger to find his balls?

Great post!

[brettWall]

Lara can't even bribe his way out of the fight especially when he's dealing with The Money Team.