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

WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara says he’s now fighting for legacy and believes a win over Danny Garcia next month will take him a step closer to the International Boxing Hall of Fame ...

Erislandy Lara (30-3, 18 KOs) is the current WBA World Middleweight Champion following a win over Thomas LaManna and subsequent defenses over Gary O’Sullivan and Michael Zerafa. He’ll defend ...

Jermell Charlo (WBC), Jarrett Hurd (IBF) and Erislandy Lara (WBA) have been entangled in a war of words over the last few months with the latter two set to collide on Saturday night in Las Vegas ...

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Erislandy Lara was absolutely dominant on Friday night in Chicago. The skilled Cuban completely dismantled Delvin Rodriguez en route to a lopsided unanimous-decision win in the main event of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Erislandy Lara fought an intelligent fight Saturday night, frustrating Canelo Alvarez with his quickness, movement, longer reach and his seeming ease at slipping punches.

Lara, 31, is originally from Guantanamo, Cuba, but defected in 2008. He now lives in Houston. Like Alvarez, Lara is 5-9. Unlike Alvarez, he boasts a 75-inch reach and operates from a southpaw stance.

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 ...

In Cuba’s Erislandy Lara, a slick, skilled boxer raised in his native country’s impressive amateur system, Alvarez (43-1-1, 31 knockouts) is expected to deal with a quicker, defensive-minded ...