On the real - Screw Erislandy Lara!

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Is anyone else tired of this whiny entitled guy who seemingly can't appreciate how above and beyond Golden Boy has done for a guy who's style, appearance and uncanny ability to lay an egg when it matters most has done for him. Looking at the stable of fighters Golden Boy - it's hard to find many other fighters they've gone out of their way for. Now, he's involved in one of the largest fights of the year - and he's still whining.

I mean lets be real - it takes more than just being an average-to-good boxer to be marketable.

-He speaks ZERO english - but wants to be on American TV

-He's butt ugly - let's be honest, if you have a face fit for Radio, and not TV - then you'll be a hard sell. You don't need to be the next member of N'Sync, but a modicum of decent looks helps propel someone. And not just in boxing - but all sorts of TV entertainment, from NFL to Hollywood.

-Small base of fans -- Boxing is already a niche sport at this point. I mean the average non-PPV show on HBO and Showtime can draw around 700-1.5M viewers. That's on the "free" TV. PPV is smaller unless Manny or PBF are fighting. Within' that relatively small amount of dedicated boxing fans - Cuban Americans don't seem to be out in force like say Mexicans or Ricans - or say the Euro fans for their fighters. It's just a small market and everyone is trying for a tiny peice of the pie. He literally does nothing else to separate himself from the pack.

- "Style" -- Granted - he's a decent boxer. He's not great, but he's not bad. But overall, he usually has a safety first approach to the sweet science, which is all in well - so how does he attempt to stand out from the pack? He's not the type to go in for the kill when he can, so it's not like fans can expect a finishing attempt from him.

- ZERO charisma -- so, he's ugly, doesn't speak english, has a boxing style that requires a come forward fighter with zero defense to make it engaging for him and on top of all that, he has ZERO personality. He's not an engaging personality. Remember the press conference for Canelo he tried to 'crash'? He looked like a fan begging for an autograph, instead of demanding a fight. It was sad.

And finally - lets just be real about his run of top opposition and this "murderer's row"

-Carlos Molina - he drops a dud and gets a draw
-Paul Williams - a guy who was crushed by Sergio - seemingly shot and he takes an L - which admittingly, he should have narrowly won. But still - P.Will at this point was just through some wars.
- he fights two cans, back to back in unengaging affairs; then
-V. Martiyosan - another big step up fight - another dud from Lara
-Angulo - gets dropped, on his way to an L - but thankfully Angulo breaks from an injury.
-Trout - so Lara finally has a good performance, in like two years at the upper echelon. So in two years, he finally has a full performance against a good fighter

And the dude then gets rewarded for that performance with a Canelo fight.

So tell me again why he's whining? He got his big fight from the only decent performance he's put on - instead of whining - he should be on his knees slurping the boxing gods that he's getting a big check from the a**whipping he's in line to receive

Does anyone else agree? Thoughts

If TL:DR

Lara is vastly overrated and has only ever dropped duds. He finally has a big win and now gets his shot. He has zero market appeal - just shut up and be happy that you got the big fight - go perform.

not everyone can be as pretty as Leon Spinks

[otrocubiche]

"The funny thing is, you're a grown man whining about another man who you think is whining; very ironic lol."

;-)

[JmH Reborn]

not everyone can be as pretty as Leon Spinks

Well, he was a once in a generation beauty.

De LA Hoya gets so much play from both aisles in his current form, imagine with the exquisite looks of Spinks. No hooker would be safe

[T-97]

Yeah, there are plenty of things I can say about the original post, some of them even in agreement, but the above is pretty blatant. Lara-Williams was one of the worst robberies in recent memory. It was a one-sided win for Landy. No question about it. I was amongst the many (I'm sure) that complained to the NJSAC about the decision. Judges don't get suspended (how often do you even hear of that?) because of a "narrow" decision.

Oh shit, I forgot about that Close decision my ass.

[UTEP]

-Paul Williams - a guy who was crushed by Sergio - seemingly shot and he takes an L - which admittingly, he should have narrowly won. But still - P.Will at this point was just through some wars.

[bojangles1987]

Lara has been the mandatory for the WBC belt for like 2 years. He fought 2 or 3 "eliminators" while Alvarez got to do whatever the hell he wanted.

Lara has a right to be bitter.

[soul_survivor]

Lara does come across as an idiot, living off the reputation of that solid performance against P Will, a fight which honestly could have gone either way.

Since then he got caught by one of the slowest fighters ever, multiple times and barely got through it. This was supposed to be a fight in which all his skills were supposed to give him a showcase victory.

Outside of that, he has provided dud after dud after dud.

But the kid has good skills and speed and is rangy enough to do well. He just needs to prove it.

[Bardock]

Lara does come across as an idiot, living off the reputation of that solid performance against P Will, a fight which honestly could have gone either way.

Since then he got caught by one of the slowest fighters ever, multiple times and barely got through it. This was supposed to be a fight in which all his skills were supposed to give him a showcase victory.

Outside of that, he has provided dud after dud after dud.

But the kid has good skills and speed and is rangy enough to do well. He just needs to prove it.

^^^^^^^^This X1000000000

[northstar]

Lara does come across as an idiot, living off the reputation of that solid performance against P Will, a fight which honestly could have gone either way.

Since then he got caught by one of the slowest fighters ever, multiple times and barely got through it. This was supposed to be a fight in which all his skills were supposed to give him a showcase victory.

Outside of that, he has provided dud after dud after dud.

But the kid has good skills and speed and is rangy enough to do well. He just needs to prove it.

With this post, you've proven that you're indeed a survivor...of a traumatic brain injury.

[PR ESQ.]

I'm 100% confident that Canelo will viciously put a beating on Lara. Canelo TKO10

I don't disagree.
Canelo has a equally great chance at winning as well. Toss up fight imo. Just glad that Canelo is stepping it up and Lara is getting his shot.