Comments Thread For: Erislandy Lara Keeps Winning, Keeps Calling For Canelo, Golovkin

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Erislandy Lara is still pining for a second chance. It's been 920 days or two years, six months and five days, if you'd rather since the skilled Cuban southpaw suffered the greatest disappointment of his professional boxing career. That was July 12, 2014. And it ended with a split-decision loss to Canelo Alvarez in a catchweight bout that left a majority of observers thinking he'd deserved a better scorecard fate...
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[Dc9140]

Keeps winning against crap opponents.

[Mexican_Puppet]

Lara vs Canelo fight was a draw.

Lara did a super mediocre fight.

[Mexican_Puppet]

Lara will school charlo brothers, easy

[Boxing Logic]

I want his manager to come out on social media and state for the record they are willing to fight GGG on HBO, and that they won't ask for more than Lemieux got to fight GGG unless Lara shows he can draw more fans. Until then I don't take the callouts serious.

[TexasCowBoy]

Lying Lara at it again.

[Rock&Roll]

I want his manager to come out on social media and state for the record they are willing to fight GGG on HBO, and that they won't ask for more than Lemieux got to fight GGG unless Lara shows he can draw more fans. Until then I don't take the callouts serious.

Boxingscene: Has there been any recent contact with either of those camps, and is there any optimism that you'll get them?

Lara: "I want to fight the best. I have the best team in boxing and I let them handle the business and I handle the boxing."

So, Lara is calling Golovkin and Conela, and has no idea if his 'team' are contacting them or following up on it.

He is giving the appreance of solidity in pure wind.
I do not need any further reasons to take his callouts serious - apart from what you suggested.

[BOXING-SCRIBE]

No need for canelho he beat him already...wonder if any of the sheep herders in khazikstan (however you spell it) have checked if golovtits balls have dropped..he is close to 40..lara cleans the floor with him..

[SteveM]

No need for canelho he beat him already...wonder if any of the sheep herders in khazikstan (however you spell it) have checked if golovtits balls have dropped..he is close to 40..lara cleans the floor with him..

Lara is exactly one year younger than Golovkin. Golovkin turns 35 in April. Lara turns 34.

[New England]

Why doesn't he go after them? Seems like those are the guys he should be after since they are in the same division.

I think if he's serious about fighting Golovkin and Canelo again, he should move up to 160 since that is where they both fight (seems very unlikely Canelo will return to 154 after his fight against Chavez at 165). Beating guys like Yuri Foreman, Jan Zaveck and Delvin Rodriguez isn't really making any splashes in the sport and isn't drawing any attention. He should go after Andrade and the Charlos, which would say a lot of he could actually beat them.

But if he doesn't care about fighting the best at 154 and is only looking for paydays at middleweight, then go to middleweight. Golovkin isn't going to fight him just for shits & giggles and Canelo is being protected by Golden Boy since he is their only source of income, which we've seen very clearly in making the Khan fight followed by Chavez jr - low risk, high reward fights, so don't expect him to fight anyone who poses a risk unless it's for massive amounts of cash.

Personally I think his manager is shIt. DeCubas jr hasn't done jack **** for him since fighting Canelo. 5 very mediocre opponents in a row. Any buzz he had against Canelo from the people who thought he won has completely been drained.

I think he has a better chance at fighting Golovkin than he does Canelo though. But Canelo has Jacobs next and undoubtedly wants Canelo after. There are a couple of other fights he could take if Canelo doesn't happen and maybe Lara could fit in there but Lara is probably going to need to beat someone good to get a shot at the three middleweight belts Golovkin holds.

lara and the charlos are both trained by ronnie shields. i'm sure they'd fight if they money was good enouhg, but i doubt they'll bite.

i think you're mixing up poor management for management that isn't good for fans. lara is getting paid a ton of money without requiring a lot of marketing from decubas or even showtime. he makes apercentage of lara's purse. he's getting him easy fights for a ton of money, and us9ng the name of a guy they likely won't fght to promotote those fights and keep his guy relevant.

decubas is doing well with lara's career. it's not good for fans, but believe me dude hthese guys don't care about you. they are trying to make a lot of money, and if you do it right you can make hundreds of thousands, if not more than a million, handling a fighter the way he has. then, when it is time, you try and cash out.