Dominic Wade vs Caleb Plant?

[MasterPlan]

Will these all be on the same card?

[sicko]

I like Wade as step up for Plant that is a good fight and a great test for Plant

Lara needs a BIG FIGHT! Please no more inferior opponents for him!

[Dip_Slide]

Good step up for Caleb Plant.

[xhiddenx87]

will the Wade fight going to be at Jail?

[Eastcoast]

I think Plant would mess Wade up.


Who will Lara be fighting?

Looks like Lara still has his target set on the ever dangerous Yuri Foreman! Reading, PA will never be the same.

@Laraboxing and @YForeman are close to making a deal to meet in the first quarter of 2017, I've been told.

— Mitchell Abramson (@mabramson13) November 30, 2016

The fight w/ Foreman, a former titleholder, is viewed as a stay-busy fight for Lara before takes on another belt-holder in his next fight.

— Mitchell Abramson (@mabramson13) November 30, 2016

Golovkin is a manufactured chump, Lara's the truth.

[Eastcoast]

Correction - they're still looking at fighting in Florida.

BY MITCH ABRAMSON
The Rabbi and The American Dream could be meeting in the ring in 2017.

Erislandy Lara is in advanced talks to defend his 154-pound title against Yuri Foreman, a former champion and ordained rabbi for the first quarter of 2017, a source told RingTV.com on Wednesday. Both sides have agreed to the match, the source said, with Jan. 13 in Florida eyed as a date and destination.

The rationale for Lara, whose nickname is “The American Dream,” facing Foreman, a skilled 36-year-old who has fought just twice since 2013, is to get Lara a stay-busy fight before taking on the challenge of a unification match with another junior middleweight titleholder. Jermell Charlo, who holds the WBC 154-pound title, is eyed as a likely opponent, another source said. The southpaw Lara (23-2-2, 13 knockouts) had also been in talks to face Luis Collazo, another former titleholder, before narrowing his focuse on Foreman.

Lara, the WBA champion and a Cuban defector, last fought on May 21, winning a rematch against Vanes Martirosyan in Las Vegas. Brooklyn’s Foreman (34-2, 10 KOs) seemed to peak in 2009 when he won a 154-pound title against Daniel Santos with a wide decision. A boxer who relies on his legs and reflexes, Foreman lost his next fight to Miguel Cotto at Yankee Stadium in 2010, sustaining a knee injury before the bout was stopped in the ninth round.

Foreman stepped away from the ring for two years before he returned in December of 2015 against Lenwood Dozier. He won a decision then, and he stopped Jason Davis in the second round in June. Now, if a deal is made, Foreman will be stepping way up in class against the Cuban stylist.

http://www.ringtv.com/475457-erislandy-lara-yuri-foreman-close-deal-jan-fight/#.WD8gACiv7ak.twitter


And lol, Lara was also looking at fighting Collazo, another retired WW....

[Madison Boxing]

decent fight, wade should win. Pretty underrated fighter.

[The Gambler1981]

That is a good step up for Sweet Hands, I think he has what it takes to beat a guy like Wade but this is a big step up for him and should be a real test for him at this stage.


They need to find some better opposition for Lara, Vanes was mildly acceptable but taking a step back from Vanes level is not really acceptable for Lara at this stage in his career when that is his recent high water mark (post Alvarez).

[DoktorSleepless]

Correction - they're still looking at fighting in Florida.


http://www.ringtv.com/475457-erislandy-lara-yuri-foreman-close-deal-jan-fight/#.WD8gACiv7ak.twitter


And lol, Lara was also looking at fighting Collazo, another retired WW....

Would have preferred Luis Collazo to Foreman tbh. He did say he was planning on fighting 3 time this year though.

Good to know Jermell Charlo isn't off the table because of their history together.

[US Dirk Killer]

Close, it's Lara vs Yuri Foreman... who is all of a sudden ranked after 3 years