Erislandy Lara, who gave Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez one of the toughest bouts of his career, has discussed how Crawford can beat ...

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Erislandy Lara squints through his left eye, just a purplish slit beneath the softball-size lump swelling his temple. His feet, though, dance like Astaire's across the blue ring emblazoned with ...

When Erislandy Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs) enters the ring this Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (Showtime, 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT), to face 2012 American Olympian Terrell Gausha ...

Erislandy Lara was born on April 11, 1983, in Guantanamo, Cuba, and is the current WBA middleweight champion, having held the title since 2021. Later in his life, the Cuban boxer relocated to the ...

At the age of 41, Erislandy Lara is well beyond what is often considered a boxer’s prime years. He’s even past the age that almost every fighter of note hangs up his gloves.

Erislandy Lara has long had a reputation as a brilliant boxer and a fine technician but also as a fighter who wasn’t much fun to watch. That changed 11 months ago when he lost a close (and ...

Erislandy Lara should receive a hero's welcome in his former home of South Florida on Sunday, as he looks to defend his WBA and IBO World junior middleweight titles against the ...

Erislandy Lara boxed brilliantly throughout the fight, controlling the pace and distance, and out-landing the Las Vegas-native 124 to 68 punches. “I’m an experienced fighter and I know how to ...

Erislandy Lara earned a comfortable unanimous-decision victory over Ishe Smith on Friday night in San Antonio, Texas. The judges scored it 119-109, 119-109, 117-111, per Showtime Sports: ...

For Lara (19-1-2, 12 KOs), this will be an opportunity to showcase his boxing skills. He will be facing a slower but more powerful opponent in Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 KOs), who will also be carrying ...