Why is Lara so overrated on here?

[K-Nan]

I have no idea. Same with Khan, I have no idea. At least that's over this Saturday.

Khan's hype is such a mystery to me. Its a modern phenomenon.

[DeadLikeMe]

Lara's problem is that he consistently fights down to his competition. He has had every opportunity to shine and has yet to deliver (though the Williams fight should have been his stepping stone and he was horrendously robbed instead). He's a tough out for anyone and is guaranteed to make your fighter look bad. He has been given opportunities that Rigo can only dream of and squandered them.

[boxinghead530]

Seriously the guy has not done anything worth the hype..who is his best win?? Trout?..Yes you can say he was robbed against Paul Williams ok cool...but on the biggest stage against Canelo he layed a huge stinking turd...The guy is limited and far from what i would call slick,slick fighters dont get dropped 2 times by a shot slow ass Angulo.

Lara has never impressed me and i dont get why people want to see him get his **** pushed in by GGG. Its a pointless fight against someone who doesnt even fight at 160. So why all the hype over this guy?

I agree with you Larry. I think Lara is fine boxer with skill but he has never lit the boxing world on fire or went on a tear of wins that made people take notice. I think he is good but people overrate the heck out of him. He doesn't have any big wins but has been in many close fights against very good opponents but he always comes up short. To me when people say that fighters are ducking him, I just don't get it. He brings nothing to the table for fighters to duck him. Personally at 154 I think he gets beat by Andrade, JRock and by at least one of the Charlo's in close fights. GGG by KO and in a rematch with Canelo I see Canelo getting a clear UD this time and possible KO.

The overhype he gets by some fans is a little to much IMO.

[KillaMane26]

Cuz he called out Triple OG....and they used him to say he ducked him....but as soon.as the fight gets made the will discredit him.

[bug0092]

So what I get from this thread is Floyd and ggg ducked Lara. Lara is the best at 154 but haven't fought the best of 154. Since he's the "best" of 154 he's the best opponent on ggg resume. Oh and Lara is undefeated. I think I got it all down right?

That's all correct...you just forgot to mention Ward.

[R_Walken]

Not over rated , he's the best at 154

Should have Ws over Williams and Nelo

[glenn mcrory]

The point is people like to talk. They like to spew crap because theres no consequence for getting every ****ing fight prediction wrong.
They want it to look like Golovkin is scared of this guy, they cluck like hens, the moment the fight gets made, they'll only murmur at best and begin to make excuses about weight and jump to "why doesnt he fight *insert name*"

By the end, Lara will be a crumpled pile of bandages on the canvas, and everyone will say he fought a JMW and how it was a cherrypick and how they never said that Lara was being ducked and that he would beat Golovkin.

Lara lost to Canelo, got dropped twice by Angulo, some other mexican guy whose name I'm forgetting gave him a tough fight, drew with Vanes, and got whooped by Carlos Molina and robbed him, so guys shouldn't even be able to use the "He robbed him!" argument for Lara considering he himself has a massive gift on his own resume.

[_Maxi]

You mean the hand ball red card of 1986? I only got respect for Maradona because he did coke just like Chavez Sr. that ended their careers. Pele got three World Cups. I know, that Messy dork ain't won no cup nor will he ever.

Football is a team game. Team.

[FrankieBruno]

Except for beat Canelo.

he beat him because he's black right?

[FrankieBruno]

I had him beating Canelo in that fight.

thats because you love BBC's


Canelo soundly beat Lara