Comments Thread For: How Much Time in on Erislandy Lara's Side?

[TexasCowBoy]

Lara will be forever known as the guy that got into a track meet with Canelo, got KD twice by an incredibly shot Angulo, and got a gift draw against Molina.

He's a really good fighter but never quite lived up to his talent. I don't see any top level fighter giving him a shot because there's no entertainment value in fighting him.

Great Post and my I add that Lara and all that lot of fighters at 154 are bffs and hold hands and sing Kumbaya

[j.razor]

WOW! ASININE? REALLY?

November 17, 2014:

Junior middleweight world titleholder Demetrius Andrade, unhappy with his purse and by a lack of communication with his promoters, has dropped out of a defense scheduled against Jermell Charlo on Dec. 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Although Charlo promoter Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime, which was going to televise the bout as the opener on a tripleheader, announced the fight on Oct. 31, Andrade-Charlo was never finalized and now it's off...

Paul Andrade, Demetrius' father and trainer, who guides his career, was upset about how things went down making the fight.

"They make fights without talking to us," he said of DeGuardia and Pelullo. "They said they had a deal to for us to fight Charlo. We said, 'Really?' We are fine fighting Charlo but then we started talking about money and it wasn't worth the money.


http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...jermell-charlo

July 4, 2016:

Demetrius Andrade wants to have a world title around his waist before he goes on to fight the winner of a bout between World Boxing Council titleholder Jermell Charlo and Charles Hatley.

That leaves a short list of potential foes. One name at the bottom of the list is World Boxing Association beltholder Erislandy Lara.

“Don’t get me wrong. Lara is an interesting fight because he also is slick. But that last fight against Vanes Martirosyan, he tried to stay in the pocket a little bit, he felt comfortable with somebody he’s already fought before, which I don’t know if he’ll do that with somebody like me,” Andrade told BoxingScene.com late last month.

“I don’t know. If that’s the last resort, than yeah, I’m going to take the fight,” he said.

But it otherwise doesn’t interest him as much.

“He won’t engage or try and make the fight entertaining, especially if it’s coming into my favor,” Andrade explained. “He’s just going to survive, try to run, try to do the little pitty-pat counter punches. I’m not about that right now. I’m about sitting in there, doing what I need to do best, and letting the fans know that I’m willing to get in there with anybody and put on a show and make ends meet.”

Interestingly, while Andrade doesn’t want the WBA “super” titleholder in Lara, he would be OK with facing the secondary titleholder, Jack Culcay, who holds the sanctioning body’s “regular" belt.

http://www.boxingscene.com/demetrius-andrade-lara-last-resort-id-fight-jack-culcay--106350

"Reading is fundamental!"

I said asinine about comparing Lara to Mayweather......."Reading is fundamental!"