Luis Sandoval catches up with former champion Austin Trout to discuss doing charity work with the Watson family, his recent decision loss to Erislandy Lara, what went wrong with his performance, what he wants to do in the future and more.
Erislandy Lara's jab (7 of 23 landed per round), movement and accurate punching (landed 41% of his power shots) was the difference in this battle of counterpunching southpaws. Austin Trout landed just 20% of his total punches- the exact number landed by Lara's last 6 opponents. That's #3 behind only Rigondeaux (16%), Mayweather (18%) and Anselmo Moreno (18%).
Bill Emes catches up with WBA interim-junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara to discuss his dominating victory over former beltholder Austin Trout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, what he plans to do next with his career, some potential future targets at the weight and more.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12 KO's) soundly defeated Austin Trout (26-2, 14 KO's) by unanimous decision in a technical bout. The scores were 115-109 and 117-110 twice. Trout never seemed comfortable in the ring. Lara sent Trout down in the 11th round for only the second time in Trout's career.
Bill Emes catches the post fight press conference to Shawn Porter vs. Devon Alexander and Erislandy Lara vs. Austin Trout. Porter discusses his title winning effort of the IBF welterweight championship over Alexander and Lara talks about his dominating decision over Trout.
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York - In a fight for the vacant WBA "regular" junior middleweight title, Erislandy Lara (19-1-2, 12KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over former beltholder Austin Trout (26-2, 14KOs), who suffers his second consecutive defeat. The scores were 118-109, 117-110, 117-110. It was a boxing match for most of the fight, with Lara the more accurate and harder puncher. In the eleventh, Lara landed a hard left that put Trout down and he was lucky to survive to the final round..
Erislandy Lara landed 36% of his total punches, while opponents landed 20%- good for a +16 rating, tied for #2 with Leo Santa Cruz and trailing only Money Mayweather's +24 rating. Lara also landed 49% of his power shots, #2 on C'box Categorical Leaders List. Austin Trout's 39 jabs thrown per round, #2 behind only Malignaggi's 44 per round. Trout's opponents landed just 23% of their total punches, good for a #5 ranking. Overall, Trout throws 24 more punches per round, which could win him the close rounds.
CompuBox takes a detailed look at tonight's battle between top junior middleweight Erislandy Lara and Austin Trout, who battle for the "regular" World Boxing Association Championship at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Showtime will televise.
Zab Judah, Former Five-Time and Two-Division World Champion "I'm the real Brooklyn, New York. "This is my office. They built this arena for me and on Saturday night I'm going to show the world why. "We're in a gladiator sport. We have to fight to the best of our abilities. People want to see tough fighters with skills. Even though my last fight was a setback, it still got me back here today.
Austin Trout came up short in a fight that either would have put him in position to participate in the year’s biggest event, or at least prevent it from having actually happened. He’s had seven months to dwell on that April night where three judges decided early into the evening that nothing he would do against Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez was going to be enough to win. Instead, thanks to the beauty of open scoring, Trout knew as early as round eight that he didn’t stand any chance at all of emerging victorious. With that came the realization that he wasn’t going to land a third straight life-changing payday in the form of a showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Trout long ago came to grips with what took place in San Antonio that evening. It’s the fact that he’s been forced to sit on that loss for more this long that has made the past seven-plus months a struggle with which to contend.